Mr. Gobeille is responsible for management and direction of Network Computing Architects, Inc. His ultimate focus is on the technical sales process and providing the tools and support to drive consultative lead business solutions. This approach insures that Network Computing Architects follows the customer lead in determining the company’s direction on products, services, training, and image. Mr. Gobeille was nominated for “Entrepreneur of the Year” for the State of Washington and sits on several CEO and Operating Officer roundtables. Network Computing Architects was named by Puget Sound Business Journal four years in a row as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the region and was recently awarded the honor of being one of the “Best Companies” to work for in the State of Washington by Washington CEO magazine.
Mr. Gobeille is a founding member and served for three plus years as Chairman of the Board for the 1NService group of companies. Mr. Gobeille still maintains an active board seat. 1nService is a consortium of North American systems integrators who have joined together to serve the commercial market place across North America. He has held other formal board positions and currently sits on several advisory boards.
Mr. Gobeille draws on 24 years of experience of successful sales and marketing for leading manufacturers and resellers, such as, National Semiconductor, Digital Equipment Corporation, Arrow Electronics, and Sequent Computer Systems. He also owned and operated Sigma Sales, headquartered in Bellevue, WA. His emphasis on continuous improvement and accountability to the customer are key enablers in positioning Network Computing Architects as a quality, value driven organization. Graduated from Washington State University in 1982 with a BA in Marketing.
A proven senior-level executive with 25 years of financial, operational and administrative experience over a broad range of industries gained through public accounting and private industry work. Kevin is adept at gaining and understanding for an entities current position and businesses needs and then providing a detailed solution and/or implementation plan for management to meet those needs.
Mr. Hagen's vast experience includes CFO and Controller positions with M2 Innovative Concepts, CFO Selections and public accounting for Pratt & Chew, CPA's, and numerous consulting roles as CFO, Director of Finance and Controller for his private consulting business clients.
Mr. Hagen is a licensed CPA in the State of Washington, a member of the AICPA & WSCPA. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance from Washington State University. Kevin is also deeply involved with the Bellevue Youth Theatre Foundation as their Treasurer and Executive Committee member, the Open Window School as Treasurer and Finance, Executive, and also the St. Vincent, DePaul, Seattle Council on their Executive and Finance Committees.
Craig Suhadolnik - Founder& Vice President of Operations
Craig Suhadolnik founded Network Computing Architects (NCA) in 1992 after recognizing the coming importance and potential of the internet. NCA shared office space with one of the nations first Internet Service Providers, Northwest Nexus, and partnered with them to provide hardware and high speed data circuits to the early commercial adopters of internet access. This partnership lead to relationships with many manufacturers such as Cisco Systems, Livingston (Lucent), Ascend Communications (Lucent), and Telebit Corporation, along with a telco partnership with USWest (Qwest). As the early adopters grew and became more dependant on access, everyone realized the importance of having secure access, which spawned our security practice in the mid-1990’s. Craig is a graduate of Washington State University with a BA in Economics and minor in Math. Before founding NCA, Craig held senior sales management positions for, Almac Electronics (Arrow), R-Squared (Fujitsu), and Puget Sound Data Systems.
Don Flynn- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Mr. Flynn comes to NCA with over 22 years of experience in bringing advanced and emerging technologies, products, and services to the market place. Mr. Flynn most recently served as Terabeam Networks Vice President of Technology Development and Architecture where he developed and led an engineering team that delivered the world’s first Ethernet over MPLS free space optics service provider environment. The solution won the Superquest award (Supercom 2002) for best Built Network. Prior to Terabeam, Mr. Flynn created and directed a service provider solutions group for Newbridge Networks, where he was responsible for introducing emerging IP technologies targeting the service provider market. Prior to Newbridge, Mr. Flynn worked for Alan Crawford Associates, a premier Canadian system integration firm, where he provided leadership technology consulting for a number of large nation wide financial institutions. Customers included Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of Montreal, Nesbitt Thomson, Burns Fry, among others.
Mr. Flynn plays an integral role in the company’s strategic direction and provides executive level leadership in delivering new services and technologies successfully to NCA’s customer base.
Jeff Ommert - Vice President of Oregon Sales and Operations
Mr. Ommert comes to NCA with the recent acquisition of the premier Portland area Systems Integrator, NetWorks Inc. where he served as President , CEO and Chairman of the Board for 12 years. Mr. Ommert entered the data-communications industry in 1983 joining Rush Drake Electronics in Technical Services and was fast tracked through a formal sales training program. He quickly became the top producer company wide. He was recruited by REPSAC to serve as District Sales Manager, which lead to a position as Regional Sales Manager. Mr. Ommert was asked to join NetWorks Inc. in the early days to become a partner. During his career he served on the advisory board for top data communication manufacturers. Jeff Ommert currently serves on the board of Network Computing Architects Inc. and serves as a key leader in the organization.
Brad Erickson - California Regional Sales Manager
Mr. Erickson came to NCA in 1996 with the acquisition of the firm Capella Networking, Bay Area where he served asPresident and CEO. Mr. Erickson has full responsibility for all sales and technical supportfor theNorthern Californian market. Mr. Erickson began his career in 1984 with Arrow Electronics where he excelled in technical system sales and then moved on to US Robotics where he served as Western Regional Manager.
