Management
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Randy Lowe – Non-Executive, Chairman and Co-founder Randy refined the OwnDepot business model while holding the position of Vice President, Emerging Markets and Business Development for Rainmaker Systems, where he was responsible for opening new markets for aftermarket services in consumer retail, manufacturing, HVAC and automotive. For over 15 years, [ more + - ] |
Randy served in a senior executive capacity for Sales and Field Operations at a number of public and private companies. During this tenure, he drove a successful IPO, and five successful acquisition exits. In addition, Randy was founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar sales agency with offices in San Jose, Dallas and Atlanta. He has an MBA in Finance and possesses extensive P&L responsibility. In addition, Randy has been directly involved in a number of Series A, B, and C financing rounds.
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Doug Huggins – Non-Executive, President and Co-Founder Doug has 25 years of management, sales, marketing, and private and public company experience in high technology environments. He is an innovator in the design and delivery of technology enabled services, business process outsourcing and on-demand-software. [ more + - ] |
| A strong advocate of customer-centric and data-driven service sales offerings, Doug led the drive to integration of best-practice marketing and technology solutions as Vice President and Marketing Manager at Rainmaker Systems, where he worked hand-in-hand with Randy in validating and refining the business model. Along with his sales and marketing expertise, he brings a wealth of operations expertise, and personnel and management development skills, which has been instrumental in the development of multi-billion dollar organizations. Doug maintains a keen eye on optimized process, and has been responsible for shepherding a previous employer to ISO 9000 certification.
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Brett Langlinais - COO Brett has 20 years experience in sales operations and marketing in consumer-based warranty and insurance within the retail, financial, insurance, manufacturing and warranty product and services industries. [ more + - ] |
| His core operational expertise is maximizing revenue potential through office management efficiencies, contract and bid negotiation and overall product manufacturing to reduce operating costs.
Brett successfully promoted retail and OEM-based sales and service operations by developing unique products for retailers and manufacturers, including Best Buy, Microsoft, AOL, Costco, Sears, Kmart, AIG, Office Depot, Apple, Staples and Circuit City. His business experience comes from working side by side with corporate leaders at successful Fortune 500 companies.
Brett has led numerous operational teams in the development of customer centric systems, which benefitted both the institution and end user with a number of industry-changing market sales solutions.
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Dave Stege – Vice President Sales David’s background includes over 25 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently in senior sales positions in both private and public companies. David’s most recent position was Director of Enterprise Sales for Rainmaker Systems, where he was responsible for sales [ more + - ] |
| and marketing outsourcing services to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to this, David held senior sales management positions at Encover , a leading service contract sales outsource provider, and Bellamax, a leader in providing image enhancement software and service to the photo industry. David was a Founder and VP of Sales for Porterhouse Solutions, a successful executive sales agency selling both services and software. Earlier in his career, he held various sales management positions at HP, Siemens, and Specialix. David is experienced at driving new business, and establishing strategic partnerships in both regional and national sales management roles. He has successfully sold into Fortune 1000 and mid tier players.
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Chris Carothers – Creative Director Chris is a design professional with over 20 years of experience in corporate marketing. His specialty is creating visual marketing tools that communicate the value of a product through the use of information/business process graphics.[ more + - ] |
| He augments the sales and marketing team efforts by creating information driven communications that explain complex sales products and offerings. Chris’ marketing expertise includes: concept, design, illustration, complete layouts and presentations, including documents, brochures, pamphlets, posters, electronic deliverables and other informational materials in support of internal/external customer communications.
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