About Us
Management Team
Michael Ferguson, Managing Partner
Mr. Ferguson is the Founder of ECCOgen. Mr. Ferguson is the Founder and CEO of ATM Plus. Since its inception in 1997, ATM Plus has become an industry leader in independent ATM management and service to Shopping Center Owners in the United States. In 2003 ATM Plus announced a partnership/merger with TRM Corporation. TRM Corporation is a global consumer services company that has provided convenience banking (ATM) and photocopying solutions to retailers for more than 22 years.
Ryan Herrmann, Executive Vice President
Mr. Herrmann has over 15 years of Business Development expertise with start-up organizations and divisions within the high-tech field. His expertise includes setup and launch initiatives for Software-as-a-Service, Merchant Services, Software and High-end Telecom Solutions. He has held Senior Management positions within these organizations for the past 12 years. Ryan holds a B.S. degree from Minnesota State University – Mankato.
Janele Aldana, Senior Product Manager
Janele started her career with Eccogen as a project manager in 2008. Janele brings over ten years of operational experience and has worked with high profile organizations such as, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and Genentech. Her expertise is in developing processes and procedures to meet our client's needs. She has an accomplished business acumen and a diverse business knowledge with a passion for software. Her growth and development strengths in product and project management and additional technical and professional skills have advanced her career here at Eccogen.
Cary Etcheverry, CTO
Prior to joining ECCOgen, Mr. Etcheverry was the CTO at Gomper, an online advertising site. From 2002 – 2007, Mr. Etcheverry was the CTO at Brand Interactive, an Internet Advertising, Marketing, and Lead Generation Agency. From 1998 – 2001, Cary worked at Premier Retail, As the senior technical engineer, Cary architected, designed and developed the world's largest satellite based television and interactive advertisting network. Cary led a team of engineers to a successful rollout to over 5000 Walmart, Sam's Club, KMart, and Best Buy stores worldwide.
Board of Directors
Charles Berolzheimer
Mr. Berolzheimer is President of California Cedar Products Company, the world leader in the supply of wooden slats to pencil manufacturers, with over 25 years experience in the forest products, consumer products, pencil and school supply industries. California Cedar also markets its growing range of California Republic brand pencils and school supplies through its Pencils.com website. Charles is an owner and member of the board of directors of Duraflame, Inc., the market leader in fireplace logs. He is a principle partner in B3 Ventures LLC and an active member of San Joaquin Angels. Charles is a graduate of University of California, San Diego and has an M.S. in Management from Stanford University.
Larry Rosenberger
Larry became Fair Isaac's first Research Fellow in October, 2007 and currently fulfills that role on a half-time basis, continuing a 34 year career with the company that began in 1974. From 1999 to 2007, he led Fair Isaac's Research Unit, focused on early stage innovation in predictive and decision analytics focused on helping consumer products and services clients make better decisions on their prospects and customers. From 1991 to 1999, he served as President and CEO. During that time, Fair Isaac experienced consecutive years of record growth, with annual revenues increasing from $31 million to over $276 million. Prior to that position, he led the Engineering, R&D Division focusing on the technical development, production and marketing of the company's most advanced products. Larry holds a B.S. in physics from MIT and an M.S. in physics and a M.S. and an M.Eng. in Operations Research from UC, Berkeley.
Advisors
Gus Spanos
Mr. Spanos was a partner with JH Partners; a private equity firm for which he helped raise their inaugural $200 million institutional fund. His investment experience began in 1989 as President of the investment firm Spanos & Yecies, Inc., which was affiliated with Gryphon Investors, Inc. Prior to that, he worked as an investment banker in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions with Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York.
Surya Turaga
Mr. Turaga is currently the Director of Engineering Operations for Brocade Communications Inc. He has also held the positions of Director of Offshore Research and Development, Director of Strategic Alliances, and Senior Account Manager (OEM) with Brocade. Previously he held senior roles with Sun Microsystems, HAL Computer Systems (a Fujitsu Company), Digital Equipment Corporation, and WIPRO Technology India Ltd. His educational background includes degrees from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), Southern Illinois University, and Osmania University (College of Engineering).
