Meet our Softec Board of Directors! Click on the board members to view their profile.
President
Contact Info: HillaryT@longcriercpas.com (805) 782-5236 (SLO) (805) 238-3600 (Paso Robles) Hillary Trout provides business advisory and tax services with expertise in technology, manufacturing, and defense contracting. Hillary...
Vice President
As co-founder and CEO of TekTegrity, this up-state New York native is responsible for operations and business infrastructure. Russ also carries a broad range of technical expertise, including academic environments, project management...
Treasurer
Secretary
Robert has over 15 years of experience designing, documenting, and developing web- and windows-based applications from the UI level down to the database level. These applications have been high-volume and high-performance, including...
Board Members
Deborah Bayles is a seasoned business professional and futurist who blends extensive experience in technology marketing, education and healthcare. This high-tech/high-touch combination has enabled her to translate complex concepts...
Hans Sommer is the founder and Managing Partner of Live File LLC Hans has over 20 years of experience in working in a variety of technology companies in a number of capacities. Some of these diverse industries include, aerospace...
Jeff Buckingham is President of Blue Rooster Telecom, a CLEC formed in 2009 to provide telephone and Internet service to business customers in California. Jeff was President and co-founder of the reincarnation of Call America...
Justin specializes in insurance and risk management for e-commerce, IT, communications, manufacturing, and other technology related firms. He works for Morris & Garritano, one of the largest insurance agencies on the central...
Kim is an attorney with 32 years of practice, mainly assisting businesses with their corporate, contract, intellectual property, and real estate issues and transactions, many currently in various technology areas. He is a member...
Tom Lebens practices intellectual property law with expertise in business strategy, licensing, infringement & validity analysis, patentability, infringement, & validity opinions, and copyright for artistic works and computer...
Emeritus Board Members
Bob Dumouchel brings over 29 years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur to SMS. He founded and served as the CEO for 5 start-ups businesses including one that was selected to the INC 500 as one of the fastest growing...
Eric Schwefler is extensively involved in the high technology community on the Central Coast. He is a founding member Softec: the Central Coast Software and Technology Association Board of Directors. Eric served on the board for...