Ken Colby
Chief Executive Officer

Ken Colby is CEO and brings to PINC more than 25 years of management leadership and a proven record of success. A veteran executive with high-growth mobile solution and enterprise software/SaaS companies, his focus at PINC is driving the company's strategic direction and overseeing all operations of the company. Ken most recently served as President of Software Operations Improvement, providing consulting to VCs and startups implementing mobile resource management solutions. Before SOI, as SVP of Global Operations for SmartDrive Systems, he oversaw the manufacturing, deployment, and support of an industry-leading, SaaS-based solution for driver safety and fleet productivity. Through the end of 2007, Ken held the position of President and General Manager of @Road, the leading SaaS-based provider of mobile resource management solutions for commercial fleets in North America. Ken delivered over $100 million in revenue and led the company following its acquisition by Trimble Navigation, a worldwide provider of advanced GPS solutions. Prior to @Road, he held executive level positions at Sybase, Oracle, Mincom, and a number of enterprise software providers. Ken has extensive international experience, living and working in both Asia and Europe where he led regional sales and service organizations and gained experience opening up new and emerging markets.

Ken served twelve years in the U.S. Navy and is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md where he holds a B.S. in Engineering.

Aleks Göllü, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer

Aleks Gollu is the founder and CTO of PINC Solutions. Dr. Gollu drives further innovation for the company's best-in-class asset visibility solutions. Prior to founding PINC, Aleks was VP of Product and Services Marketing at Telecommunication Systems (TSYS), which he joined when it acquired OTelNet, a company he co-founded. At OTelNet, a venture-backed startup company in the telecom software market, he was VP of Engineering and Corporate Development and a member of the Board of Directors. He was instrumental in establishing Verizon, Vodafone, and T-Mobile as the company’s tier-1 customers, which ultimately led to its successful exit. Prior to OTelNet, his industry experience include positions at Sapient, Oracle, and Teknekron Communication Systems.

Dr. Gollu holds a BS degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and MS and Ph.D. degrees from University of California, Berkeley, all in EECS. He holds 3 patents.

Alan Park 
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing

As executive vice president of sales and marketing, Alan Park is responsible for the successful execution of PINC Solutions’ sales and marketing strategy. Alan is a seasoned industry executive with over 28 years of experience starting and managing direct and indirect sales operations, and growing new account and install base territories.

Before PINC Solutions, Alan served as senior vice president of global sales at Openwave, a provider of messaging and mediation solutions for wireless and broadband operators. Previously, he was senior vice president and general manager, field services division for Trimble Mobile Resources Management (formerly @Road, Inc.). Prior to @Road, Alan was president and CEO of Praxid, a provider of hosted business management applications. His other leadership roles include 20 years of sales and executive management positions at IBM, Compaq, Digital and Sybase, where he sold integrated solutions to companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to small and mid-sized companies.

Alan has a B.S. in finance from Oregon State University, and he is a graduate of the United States Navy Nuclear Power Engineering Officer Program. He retired from the US Naval Reserves as a Captain.

Kester Fong 
Senior Vice President, Engineering

Kester brings 29 years of execution experience in software product and services engineering to PINC Solutions.   As SVP Engineering, Kester is responsible for product development in software and hardware, SaaS delivery, and corporate IT.    Prior to PINC Solutions, Kester worked as a management consultant on IT in luxury goods industry.   Before that, he spent 6 years at NetDeposit first as director of engineering and later as VP Engineering.    He had over 10 years of software product and SaaS delivery experience managing engineering teams producing payment and mortgage processing products in banking industry.   Earlier, he was an active contributor in communication products such as network address/resource management, PC based remote access, telecom equipment management, and ISO OSI Application Protocol suite.    Kester was active in IETF DHCP working group while working for Novell in the 90s.   He also chaired the working group for IEEE POSIX API standardization on ISO OSI Application layer protocols.  He published several papers on Application Layer protocol API development in ACM Computer Communication Review.
 
Kester holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, BS in Systems Science and Applied Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis.  He also has a MS in EECS from UC Berkeley.

Aimee Tang
Vice President, Software Development

Aimee Tang brings more than 20 years of experience in software engineering, engineering management and professional services to PINC. Aimee oversees PINC’s efforts in product development, software development, project and release management, and quality assurance. Prior to joining PINC, she was Director of Engineering at NightFire Software (acquired by NeuStar), where she managed the development of intersystem service management platforms for the telecommunication industry.  Aimee represented NightFire in TeleManagement Forum, the world’s industry association of web, telecom and media companies focused on end-to-end service management. In 2001, she collaborated with companies from six different countries at the prestigious TeleManagement World Catalyst Exhibition in France. Previously, Aimee held program and project management positions at TCSI Corporation where she worked extensively with international companies as well as working and living in Asia.

Aimee holds a BA degree in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley.

Naisan Modjarrad
Vice President, Customer Operations

Naisan Modjarrad leads PINC Solutions customer care organization and drives service excellence throughout all PINC operations. Before PINC, Naisan led customer operations for Trimble Navigation’s Mobile Resource Management (MRM) division, the leading GPS SaaS provider for local commercial fleets in North America. At Trimble, Naisan built a Customer First team supporting an installed base of over 200,000 vehicles. Prior to Trimble, Naisan held senior level product marketing and management positions at network equipment makers Salira Optical Networks, Larscom Inc., and Netility Corp. Before Netility, Naisan led product management at Nortel Networks’ broadband access business unit where he developed DSL platforms. Prior to Nortel, Naisan headed business development for Netopia creating the first DSL education centers with leading internet search engines. Naisan began his career at telecommunications equipment makers Coastcom and Premisys where he moved from finance to marketing  and product management.

Naisan holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an Accounting Concentration from California State University Hayward.

Rick Mizzo
Vice President, Manufacturing Operations

Rick Mizzo has over 32 years of experience in manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, logistics, transportation and warehousing operations for both consumer goods and wholesale grocery operations.  As Vice President of Operations, Rick is responsible for all Supply Chain functions at PINC as well as best practices and rapid ROI at our customers.  Prior to joining PINC, he was Vice President of Global Operations at Corgi International Ltd., a consumer goods toy and gift company where he oversaw a global supply chain with engineering and manufacturing operations in Asia with worldwide distribution. Rick has held executive positions at Pacific American Services, Summit Logistics, Pacific Warehouse Company and Bunzl Foodservice.

Rick holds a BA degree in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.