Sentelligence has a solid management team with extensive
technical, market, and entrepreneurial experience.
Rob Qualls - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Qualls has over 22 years experience in marketing,
sales, and general management in the vehicle and
heavy equipment technology industries. He has been
pursuing the development of fluid condition monitoring
technology as an entrepreneur for the last five
years. Prior to that, he held executive positions
as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Puradyn
Filter Technologies, Vice President of Marketing
for HighwayMaster, Director of Sales and Marketing
for Advantage Battery a division of Grupo Imsa,
served as a principal with Marketing Group Resources,
and Director of Sales and Marketing for GNB Technologies
with the Battery Distributor Group. Mr. Qualls has
been published in numerous trade publications relating
to the commercial automotive industry. He attended
the University of Kentucky majoring in Business
Administration.
William Linden - President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Linden has over 27 years of experience in the
transportation, consulting, and technology industries.
Previously, he was a principal of The LSM Group,
a consulting firm specializing in sales, marketing,
and product development of technology products to
the transportation industry. Clients included ArvinMeritor,
Terion, TransCore - DAT Services, and others. He
recently held business development positions with
two transportation telematics providers - HighwayMaster
(now @Track) and Terion. He has been a leading consultant
to aftermarket transportation suppliers with Martin
Labbe Associates, and also worked for Ryder System
as Director of Marketing for commercial lease, consumer
rental, and then emerging commercial logistics operations.
He has been active with the Marketing Science Institute
and the M.I.T - Center for Logistics Management.
Mr. Linden holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
John Coates, Ph.D., CChem, FRSC –
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Coates is a world -renowned expert in optical
spectroscopy, lubricant analysis, and analytical
instruments. He led development of a leading off-line
oil analysis system that is marketed by Global Technovations,
Inc., and is available at truck stops and Jiffy
Lube™ locations across the country. Dr. Coates
has worked for various instrumentation manufacturers
since 1974, including Perkin-Elmer, Spectra-Tech,
and Nicolet, serving in several technical roles,
including staff scientist and senior technologist,
as well as in technology-based business development
roles. He also serves as an advisor to the US Department
of Energy. Dr. Coates is author of more than 90
technical papers, articles, book chapters and other
publications. He holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry
from Brunel University in the United Kingdom.
Phillip Evans – Secretary &
Corporate Counsel Phil maintains a private practice specializing
in franchise law and commercial transactions, acquisitions
and divestitures. He also holds the position of
Associate Professor of Business Law at Kutztown
University, where he has also served as Chairman
of the Department of Accounting and Finance. Earlier
in his career, Phil served as Group Counsel for
Burger King™ Corporation. He has also been
retained by companies such as Exide™ Corporation
and Tony Roma's™ A Place for Ribs. Phil is
a graduate of Kings College and the University of
Miami Law School.
Brad Kelsheimer –Advisor and Board
Member
Brad is currently Vice President of Administration
and Business Affairs for Rose-Hulman Ventures. In
his position with RHV, Brad is responsible for evaluating
investment opportunities and overseeing financial
and portfolio management. He is also responsible
for the management of the flow of prospective clients
through the RHV selection process. In his previous
role as Business Manager at RHV, Brad developed,
executed, and monitored all of the contractual agreements
with RHV clients and served as the liaison between
RHV and the Institute's legal counsel. After five
years in auditing at Price Waterhouse, he worked
for a multi-national, publicly held consumer goods
manufacturer and distributor where he held various
finance and accounting positions including Corporate
Controller and Chief Financial Officer. Brad is
a Certified Public Accountant with extensive business
analysis, planning, and reporting experience as
well as mergers and acquisitions and business start-up
experience. Brad earned his BS accounting degree
with high honors from the University of Illinois.
Derek Kaufman – Advisor and Board
Member
Derek is President and cofounder
of C3 Network, a communications consulting firm targeted at the heavy duty
transportation market. In addition to Sentelligence, Derek is a board member
of Reid Tool Supply and Vermeer Manufacturing. Derek has held senior
management positions as President of Diesel Technology, a subsidiary of
Penske Corporation, Vice President of Marketing for Freightliner Corporation
and Vice President of Product Support for Euclid Trucks. Derek is a BSME
graduate of General Motors Institute.
Sentelligence, Inc.
8470 Allison Pointe Blvd., Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46250
