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Executive Team
Patrick Stewart
Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Stewart brings over 25 years of Fortune 500 executive management, company growth and CIO experience to Pepperweed. Most recently, Patrick served as the Chairman of the Board for GSP Consulting and was co-founder and managing director of Idea Foundry, a business accelerator creating and funding over 30 early stage technology companies.
His leadership experience extends into his service with Pittsburgh-based MetalSite as CEO and ScrapSite as co-founder and chairman. Prior to MetalSite, Patrick was the CIO/EVP of Technology at Weirton Steel Corporation, the fourth largest steel company in North America during that time. |
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Sam Melehy
Senior Vice President, Technology Services & Federal Business
Sam Melehy has over 20 years experience in consulting, consulting management, support services, business management, sales and alliances. Prior to Pepperweed, Sam was Managing Partner and principle owner of JCube, a premier partner of Peregrine Systems in North America (JCube was acquired by Pepperweed in 2006). While at JCube, Sam developed consulting practices and resale channels for IT Service, IT Asset and Facilities Management solutions. This included development of partnerships with Peregrine, Hewlett Packard, Altiris, Knowledgebrokers and TRIRIGA. Prior to JCube, Sam spent 10 years with Peregrine Systems, a major software company specializing in IT Service and Asset management solutions, where he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services, overseeing consulting and education services in 30 countries. Sam also held the position of Vice President of Global Operations for Peregrine’s Xanadu business unit, a self-maintaining, appliance-based IT Service and Asset management solution. Sam also served as Vice President Technical Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Peregrine. Prior to that, he held various operational positions with Alcoa. |
Ray Ramey
Senior Vice President, Administration
Ray joined Pepperweed as VP Corporate Development and as a member of
its Board of Directors in 2006, bringing extensive management and
ownership experience in startup and high growth businesses in North
America and Europe. Most recently, Ray was co-Founder and CEO of
InterTECH Security, a leading commercial electronic security systems
integrator. Prior to starting InterTECH, Ray was a partner and
executive at Herzog-Hart Corp, a Boston based architectural design and
construction management firm. Ray has held senior management positions
with Digital Equipment, ABB and CDI Corporation. He has extensive
experience in strategic and tactical analysis and planning, with
specialized expertise in financial analysis and mergers and
acquisitions which were extensively relied upon during Pepperweed’s
acquisition of JCube Consulting Services in 2006. |
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Alex Ryals
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ryals serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Pepperweed Consulting with the role of building solutions to help Pepperweed customers manage and transform their technology environments to optimize business outcomes. With over 15 years of IT and consulting experience, Alex has a long history at Pepperweed including positions as Delivery Consultant, Solutions Architect, Director of Pre-Sales and Director of Research and Development. Prior to Pepperweed, Alex worked for Fedex as a third level support engineer and administrator for HP Software solutions. An extensive background in development, management software and IT process gives Alex a unique perspective when helping customers navigate through the complexities of transforming IT into a business aligned service. Alex is active in the IT management business community, speaking at industry conferences and participating in vendor and customer advisory boards.
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