At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Dallas based COO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Pablo Genevo
COO & Co-Founder of GoFasti
Pablo is the COO & Co-Founder of GoFasti.
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About GoFasti, Pablito: GoFasti is the Talent-as-a-Service enabling companies to scale their teams with hand-picked senior software engineers based in LATAM.
Patrick Benson
Chief Operating Officer of iMiDiA
Patrick Benson is the CIO for ClubCorp, the largest owner and operator of private golf and country clubs in the US. Patrick’s career as an IT Executive spans multiple world-class consumer, retail, and service corporations including CIO of the Ovations restaurants, multiple senior IT roles across the PepsiCo global business, as CIO of Lighthouse International in New York City, and as Americas Vice-President for Cadbury. He is a graduate of Loyola University.
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About iMiDiA: iMiDiA, provide services to help Manage, Deliver and Analyze the explosion of information.
Chris Drake
COO of Leap
As Founder and Head of Strategy and Technology for Armor, Chris is charged with developing key strategic partnerships, creating large business opportunities, and advancing Armor’s long-term product vision. Chris founded the company in 2009. Under his leadership, Armor has grown to become one of the leading cloud security solutions providers in the industry, protecting 1,200 customers in 45 countries. Prior to founding Armor, Chris began his career by serving as a paratrooper in the legendary 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. After his service, Chris went on to establish an interactive marketing and web development company, TargetScope, which developed hundreds of websites and applications containing critical data. After watching customers’ data being compromised while using other hosting providers, he saw a clear need in the market for a secure cloud platform and established FireHost, now Armor. Chris has been recognized as one of the “40 under 40” business leaders by the Dallas Business Journal and has received the University of North Texas Distinguished Young Alumni Award. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of North Texas.
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About Leap: Leap is a data-driven company.
David Redfield
Chief Operating Officer of Cloud 9
David Redfield is Advisor at Cloud 9.
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About Cloud 9: Cloud 9 creates a dual treatment solution for behavioral healthcare prevention and intervention.
Hugh Jones
Chief Operating Officer of Sabre Corporation
As president of Sabre Airline Solutions®, Hugh Jones oversees the world’s leading provider of technology solutions to the air transportation industry. A 22-year veteran of the travel industry, Jones’ diverse experience at Sabre Holdings® equips him to accelerate Sabre Airline Solutions’ plans to be the world’s leading Software-as-a-Service business. Prior to his role at Sabre Airline Solutions, Jones served as Travelocity Global’s president and CEO where he oversaw a portfolio of online travel businesses, including Travelocity, lastminute.com in Europe and ZUJI in Asia Pacific. During his tenure, the business expanded in new growth areas including media, Travelocity Partner Network and international. He oversaw the rollout of the company’s global hotel distribution platform and international shopping platform, and expanded the company’s presence in Latin America and India, in addition to strengthening its Europe and Asia businesses. Prior to that, Jones held a number of executive roles at Sabre including senior vice president and chief operating officer for Sabre Travel Network® and Sabre Airline Solutions, where he oversaw airline supplier initiatives and global customer support. Jones also led Sabre Travel Network in North America and served as senior vice president and controller for Sabre Holdings. Jones began his career in travel with American Airlines in 1988 and held a variety of finance positions including financial controller for the airline’s European and Pacific airport, sales and reservations operations. A big sports fan, Jones enjoys cheering for the Green Bay Packers football team, and he also follows baseball and, when abroad, cricket. He is an avid skier and especially enjoys the slopes of Park City, Utah, with his wife and two daughters. Jones earned a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Wisconsin.
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About Sabre Corporation: Sabre Corporation is a U.S.-based travel technology company providing software solutions to the travel industry.
John Hatem
Chief Operating Officer of CyrusOne
John handles the financial management and strategic innovations involved with designing and constructing CyrusOne data centers. Prior to joining CyrusOne in 2011, he served as the director of design and construction for ConceptCSI Global Data Center Solutions. One of the preeminent construction firms in the industry, it is exclusively dedicated to the design, planning, and construction of mission-critical facilities throughout the world. With more than 20 years of experience in information technology and data center strategy, John started his career as a network operations engineer, and he has worked with some of the largest financial companies in the world, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (formerly Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.), Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley. As managing director at Bear Stearns, he was responsible for the strategic design, planning, and control of vital data centers worldwide.John studied at Texas Tech University.
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About ConceptCSI, CyrusOne: CyrusOne is a data center operator that offers colocation and peering services.
Srivatsan Padmanabhan
Co-Founder and COO of GoFloaters
Srivatsan Padmanabhan is the Co-founder and COO at GoFloaters.
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About GoFloaters: Pay-per-use office spaces for work and meetings across India
Scott Williams
COO, CFO, Co-Founder of Quince Imaging
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About Quince Imaging: Quince Imaging is a premier image display, content delivery, video production technology and services company for live events.
James Skidmore
Chief Operating Officer of Perry Weather
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About Perry Weather: Perry Weather is an weather technology firm with a SaaS supported concentration and complementing propriety hardware.
Kim Pichanick
President & COO of KPN Health
Kim Pichanick is a business owner and thought leader who has built upon her experience and skills gained working with senior level management and leadership teams in a variety of industries. Her participation in a number of acquisitions greatly enhanced her skills in the acquisition and implementation aspects of corporate business. Ms. Pichanick’s experiences and skills have enriched her with insights and perspectives valuable to a wide range of clients and companies. Ms. Pichanick has a keen understanding of how professional disciplines fit together to create value, and of the business aspects of implementing technology tools and solutions to solve business problems.
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About KPN Health: KPN Health provides software solutions and advisory services for clinical transformation.
Gary Leeman
COO of Hoops
Gary helps formulate and execute our strategic objectives and intiatives. He’s focused on implementing the most effective operational policies and procedures to ensure that we deliver a world class experience for our users.
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About Hoops: Find talent, connect, and create loyalty with the perfect talent journey and talent acquisition solutions from Hoops.