John Prisco
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Prisco joins Triumfant as President and CEO with more than 25 years of experience as a founder and manager of numerous high-tech start-up companies. Prisco established a track record of success in the high-tech field first by founding Penn Access, a competitive local access carrier operating in Pittsburgh. Prisco also served as President and CEO of 2nd Century Communications, the nation’s first packet-based CLEC operating in 33 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. In 2001, Prisco became CEO of eLink Communications, a BLEC with over 300 multi-tenant buildings operating in New York City. In 2003, he became President and CEO of Ridgeway Systems & Software, a U.K.-based software company specializing in secure firewall traversal and acquired by Tandberg Incorporated in 2004. Most recently, Prisco served as President and CEO of GeoVantage Inc., a location-based services aerial imaging company sold to John Deere at the end of 2005. Prisco holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dave Hooks
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Hooks has 25 years of experience in product development, product management and product marketing, serving 8 years at ITT and 16 years at Nortel Networks. For the last seven years, he managed Nortel Networks’ Access Products Group, a mini-business unit with 150 employees and annual revenues of $500M. Hooks has been known as an innovator throughout his career and was the primary creator of the Triumfant Resolution Manager product concept. Hooks holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Adam Berlew
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
Adam Berlew joins Triumfant as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Business Development. Berlew has over 20 years of experience in High-Tech and Telecommunications industries, and he has served in senior level roles within Corporate Development, Sales, and Marketing. Before joining Triumfant, Berlew was at Dell, Inc. where he served in a number of roles during his tenure, including Sales, Brand, and Product Marketing. Berlew also served as a Corporate Development and Marketing Executive at Prodigy, Inc. Additionally, Berlew worked as a Consulting Manager for the Boston Consulting group and as an Executive in a number of telecommunications companies. Berlew holds a B.A. in Development Economics from Brown University and an M.B.A from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Jim Ivers
Chief Marketing Officer
Jim Ivers is responsible for worldwide marketing activity, product marketing and product management at Triumfant. Ivers has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry with a background that spans corporate positioning and messaging, branding, press and analyst relations, lead generation, product marketing, competitive analysis and sales support. Prior to Triumfant, Ivers served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Vovici, a leader in Enterprise Feedback Management. Ivers also served as the senior vice president of marketing for Cybertrust, providing strategic marketing support to position the company as a leading provider of information security. At webMethods, Ivers served as VP of corporate marketing and VP of product marketing. Earlier, Mr. Ivers spent 15 years with Information Builders, where he held a variety of roles in marketing and professional services.
Brenda Jellicorse
Vice President, Finance
Brenda Jellicorse joined Triumfant (formerly Chorus Systems) in 2003. Prior to joining Triumfant, Jellicorse served as President of Horizon Analytics, a consulting firm performing business planning and market research for financial services companies. Her 17 years of experience in finance, operations and economic research includes work as an economist at Research Triangle Institute, where she managed multi-million dollar contracts focused on the economic and financial impact of regulation. Subsequently, Jellicorse was an integral part of the management team focused on financial and strategic planning for GE Capital.
Jellicorse holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill.
John Stabb
Senior Vice President, Sales
John Stabb joins Triumfant as a proven sales leader with over 20 years of successful U.S. and international sales and marketing management experience. Prior to joining Triumfant, he served as Vice President of Sales at ACE*COMM Corporation. Previously, Stabb was Director of Sales for Riverbed Technologies where he generated early stage revenues, leading to a successful billion dollar acquisition by Aether Systems in 2000. Prior to Riverbed, he was head of sales and General Manager for International Business for Microlog Corporation. Stabb holds MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees from Georgetown University.
