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Rafi Spero, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer

Rafi Spero co-founded NeatReceipts in 2003 with a goal of creating a technology solution for an everyday problem: his expense reports. And as the idea grew, one paper led to another.  Which led to a whole pile of papers.... and NeatReceipts became an entirely new proposition: a tool for an organized, paper-free life.

Rafi leads the team at NeatReceipts to innovate and build technology solutions that work for people in their daily lives -- at home, at work and on the road. Real businesses, real people.

Rafi's leadership has driven the company to grow quickly and operate efficiently. He raised over $7M in financing for the company, and serves on its Board of Directors.

Background Information:

Rafi opened the first NeatReceipts kiosk in the Philadelphia International Airport. The effort not only yielded sales for the burgeoning company but provided Rafi and his colleagues with invaluable customer feedback. The kiosk provided them with a captive audience very willing to critique the application and provide suggestions on usability. As sales and marketing chief for the NeatReceipts product line, this information was of great value to Rafi in further enhancing the products.

Before starting NeatReceipts, Rafi was a manager at Bearing Point, formerly KPMG consulting, where he gained experience integrating and designing enterprise resource planning systems for Fortune 1000 companies. Specifically, he managed large proprietary system projects for clients such as SAP, Oracle, and others.

Rafi began his career as product designer and project manager of business simulations software at Strategic Management Group in the e-learning group. He spent 1½ years based in the company's London office, gathering feedback about the products and working directly with the modelers to build better solutions.

Brian M. Doran, Chief Financial Officer

Brian M. Doran is responsible for NeatReceipts' accounting & controls, financial planning & analysis, as well as generating financial forecasts. Brian brings over a dozen years of strategic and operating experience to NeatReceipts across a range of industries. Prior to joining NeatReceipts, Brian worked in senior management positions at numerous startups, including an airline in Las Vegas, NV and software/hardware integrator in suburban Philadelphia, PA.

For the six years prior to NeatReceipts, Brian was a consultant on finance and strategy to some of the largest firms in the world, working throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia. As a global consultant, he enabled executives and managers to better understand working capital management, financial analysis and how to drive strategy through organizations.

Brian holds business degrees from both the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Kevin Garton, Chief Marketing Officer

As Chief Marketing Officer, Kevin is responsible for engaging and delighting customers.  He and the marketing team lead the effort to communicate NeatReceipts value in the marketplace by showcasing the company’s ability to simplify your life by scanning, analysing and organizing all of your paper.

Kevin has over 20 years of experience in marketing and brand development across a broad range of industries including technology, media and consumer products.  His extensive experience developing unique brand value propositions has generated significant growth at both developed and emerging brands.  Prior to joining NeatReceipts Kevin was Vice President of Sales & Marketing at ThinkFun, a children’s entertainment brand, where he created double digit revenue growth by transforming the company into a branded manufacturer of educational games and toys.

Before ThinkFun, Kevin was Vice President of Channel Marketing at AOL, LLC where he led marketing for new member acquisition.  Prior to AOL, he held key marketing positions at Microstrategy, Levi Strauss, Corning Consumer Products Company and Proctor & Gamble.

Kevin earned a B.A. in Psychology with a Business minor from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and he holds an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

David Gitlin, VP Development

David, along with a team of talented software engineers, is responsible for the overall development of the design and development of the NeatReceipts product line. He selects the technologies used and manages the development process through all of its phases.

His responsibilities include, making technology decisions, consulting with other members of the senior executive team, overseeing development staff, architecting NeatReceipts products, building code, writing specifications, managing contractors, project management, and team development.

David’s mission is to develop powerful, user-friendly products that provide value to customers. David develops a birds-eye view of customer needs by interfacing with marketing, sales, software development, and tech support. He thrives on inter-departmental interactions and product analysis. Soliciting diverse perspectives on the user interface and functionality of the company’s software ensures that NeatReceipts meets customer’s complex and diverse needs.

David describes the NeatReceipts corporate environment as "controlled chaos" with a great mix of creativity, energy, intense insight, emotional sensitivity, lunacy, and laughs. Although the environment is informal, all development staff share a common commitment to professionalism and dedication to their work.

David brings more than 20 years of experience in the IT field to NeatReceipts. He has focused on leading and managing both system integration and software develop projects for GUI and middleware application in C and Java-based technologies. He has worked with a large variety of information technologies including: .Net, Java, J2EE, Windows Systems, UNIX systems, Sequel Server, and Oracle. He has led development and systems integration efforts at Strategic Management Group, Sanchez Computer Associations, and Thomas Jefferson University. David has a varied educational background that includes both a MS in computer science from Temple University and MA in political philosophy from the University of Toronto.

Originally a doctorate student in political philosophy, David switched gears when he became interested in computer technology. He credits his early philosophy training for enhancing his analytical skills and ability to argue an issue through.

Object-oriented theory and design patterns are two computer areas of particular interest to David. (Design Patterns are the art of identifying patterns of behavior; a recurring set of relationships that manifest themselves in different forms.) Along with other members of the NeatReceipts staff, he maintains a strong interest in philosophy, politics, and economics. David greatly enjoys participating in the numerous debates that occur in the company around these issues.

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Bruce Borenstein, Executive VP, Retail Sales

A 30-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry, Bruce maintains close relationships with most of the world's leading retailers and distributors. He brings his wealth of knowledge and experience to NeatReceipts, leading sales and distribution efforts through all retail channels.

Bruce also serves as Sales Practice Leader for North Riverside Partners, a firm that provides sales, marketing and strategy consulting to growing organizations in a variety of industries. NRP accelerates business, marketing, and sales strategies that successfully introduce consumer electronics and technology products, line extensions, and category launches.

Prior to co-founding NRP, Bruce served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Digital Innovations and on its Board of Directors. For NRP, he developed $25m sales in 4 years by utilizing his ongoing global distribution relationships. He also owned and led a world-class manufacturer rep agency, representing a who's who in the consumer electronics industry, including IBM, Intel, Nintendo, Canon, and Hitachi.

Bruce has been active in several trade associations, serving as a board member of the Consumer Electronic Association's accessories group and, prior to that, vice president of the Consumer Group of the Electronic Representative Association (ERA).

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Jeff Thomas, VP Business Development

Jeff is tasked with building sales channels through Membership Organizations, NeatReceipts users, partners, and non-traditional channels. He brings 15 years of sales and marketing experience in both large and small technology companies to NeatReceipts.

Most recently, Jeff served as the Director of Channel Programs for TurnTide, where he designed and executed a multi-tiered channel program. This program included traditional resellers, international and government sales. He was also responsible for the creation of an independent professional network that could introduce TurnTide to its clients. TurnTide was acquired by Symantec just five months after it was founded for $28 Million.

Prior to TurnTide, Jeff was Director of Professional Alliance sales at Gateway where he managed a national sales team and grew the organization from $60 million in annual revenues to over $100 million, representing a 70% increase in less than 12 months.

Jeff has also served as Vice President and General Manager of Berkeley Corporation and held positions in both sales and information technology at Apple Computer and CIGNA.

He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Business Administration. Upon graduation, he received the Grossman Award for the most significant contributions to the University. He resides in Chalfont, PA with his wife and three children.

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Harris Romanoff, VP Product Development

Harris Romanoff leads the research & development group at NeatReceipts, known as the “SPI team” for its pioneering work in the fields of Scanning, Parsing and Image optimization.  Harris and the SPI team develop the "magic" technology that makes NeatReceipts work -- everything from improving the readability of faded or wrinkled paper, to intelligently extracting information from receipts and business cards, to automating such tasks as capturing contact information and generating expense reports.  The SPI team has developed many patent-pending processes in this regard, including one for document classification and another for itemizing complex bills.  Harris also leads the development of NeatReceipts’ next generation of hardware products, a complex task combining elements of industrial design and engineering with business-focused project management.

Before joining NeatReceipts, Harris was a Lead Business Modeler at Strategic Management Group (SMG), where he developed the underlying system dynamics equations that powered various business simulations.  Prior to SMG, he worked as an Electrical Engineer at Ballinger, the country’s oldest architecture and engineering firm.

Harris graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Electrical Engineering, receiving First Prize in both of Penn’s engineering design competitions.  He is currently pursuing a Masters in Integrated Product Design from the University of Pennsylvania – an interdisciplinary program of the School of Engineering, the School of Design and Wharton.

Harris is currently President of Penn’s national Engineering Alumni Society and is a board member of Penn’s Philadelphia alumni chapter. Harris is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).  As a hobby, Harris organizes Make:Philly, a casual forum for creative individuals in the Philadelphia area to exchange ideas, learn and build together.

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