Apogee, Inc. » The Apogee Team

Charles Brady, Founder & CEO
Charles Brady founded Apogee in March 1998. As CEO and President, Brady´s vision and management style have created a company that is poised to offer a proven, and profitable, business model to universities and colleges.

While the company began as a success in offering student long-distance services, Brady recognized that there was an even greater untapped potential in helping colleges and universities at the administration level. Relying on his own engineering background, Brady refocused the company on technology. In the summer of 2000, Apogee began introducing a custom networking solution that helps schools meet and exceed their financial and educational objectives. This solution is being utilized by public and private universities, ranging in size from 1,200 to 50,000 students.

Gene Gilbert, Director of Information Technology
Gene Gilbert has been with Apogee since 2000. As the Director of IT, Gilbert develops and evaluates IT strategies and oversees the management of IT-enabled business development and improvement projects such as software design and programming, website development and internal/external customer support. His group is involved in ongoing research and development for ResNet technologies as well as streamlining service delivery. Gilbert has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas in Austin.

Wendi Lisso, Sales & Marketing Director
As a member of the Apogee Team since 2005, Lisso facilitates the numerous efforts involved in marketing the company´s service lines. She is responsible for creating, scheduling and coordinating Apogee's marketing efforts as well as providing support for new business development. With more than 8 years of marketing experience in commercial and residential real estate, Lisso´s portfolio includes strategic branding, marketing communications, media relations, public affairs, financial forecasting, investor relations, special event planning and more.

Sean Eaton, Field Services Supervisor
Sean Eaton has been with Apogee since 2004. As Apogee's Field Service Supervisor, Eaton oversees end user support strageties. He manages a team of field coodinators to resolve on-site issues, and is also responsible for communications with ITS regarding student issues. The Field Services Team is often the "Face of Apogee", as they are the ones that most actively interface with students on a day to day basis. Eaton has 10+ years experience in the customer service field, including 8+ years on the technical support side.

Robert Foster, National Account Manager & Division Manager for CALEA
Robert Foster has been affiliated with Apogee since 2001 and brings four decades of technology experience to the firm, including almost 20 years with IBM. As National Account Manager he is responsible for working with Apogee customers to create a workable strategy for implementing new services and technologies. In this role, he acts as a point of contact both internally and externally to facilitate rapid response to client needs. During the construction phases of client on-boarding, Foster is active in project management, overseeing every aspect of installations, upgrades and expansions.

As Division Manager for CALEA, Foster crafts solutions and proposals for commercial and higher education entities that are seeking to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.

Jeff Tobias, Call Center Director
Jeff Tobias joined Apogee in May 2008, bringing more than 20 years of experience in call center management to the team. Most recently, Jeff was responsible for creating and implementing the support and service organization for Motion Computing. As Call Center Director, Jeff oversees the operation of Apogee’s 24/7 Customer Service Center and develops forward-looking strategies for continued growth.

Holt Hackney, Business Development
Holt Hackney began working with Apogee in 2001. With more than 20 years of experience in communications and marketing, Hackney has been especially successful in the technology arena. He helped CyBerCorp, through effective public and analyst relations, to obtain a valuation of more than $500 million when it was purchased in 2000 by Charles Schwab, Inc. He also guided Dazel Corp. through its transition after it was acquired by Hewlett Packard.