Management Insight-Knowledge-Ability-Technology
The personal relationships with industry leaders and other experienced individual consultants make up a team of professionals from all areas of technology who can meet the most demanding requirements for your business needs. This experience and knowledge provide the insight for integrated solutions for the small to medium businesses that all require telecommunications, financial transaction and internet expertise needed to succeed in today business environment.
Joseph A. Saavedra - CEO/Founder
Mr. Saavedra brings 30 years of executive management experience with major United States and International companies in technical sales, marketing and business development. Mr. Saavedra has held technology management positions with IT&T International Telegraph & Telephone, United Telephone North Supply International Division (Sprint/Nextel), Telrad Telecommunications (Israeli National Telephone Company), VeriFone/Hewlett Packard, Capital One Financial Corporation, GTE Internetworking BBN/GENUITY Solutions and Qwest Communications Corporation.Joseph has a BS Telecommunications / Mass Communications- 1976, Northern Arizona University. Past corporate membership in the following organizations: USTA-United States Telecommunication Association, ABA-American Bankers Association, AMA-American Management Association, TSTS-Transaction Switching & Transport Services, AFCEA-Armed Forces Communications Electronic Association, add insight and knowledge provided by CICLLC.
Email: jas@cic-llc.net
Advisory Members
Serena Murphy - CEO, CentraleWeb, LLC.
Serena has over 20 years experience in business and technology former sales and marketing manger with Gateway Computers and Harley Davidson. Ms. Murphy has worked with many state and government agencies, major Fortune 500 companies and medium size business. Creating and developing CRM systems, e-commerce and custom applications takes every business where it needs to be. Centraleweb believes in one thing and that is giving clients the e-tools to really make their business fly.Scott Ross - CEO/Founder, Siris Financial Corporation
Mr. Ross has been an active professional in the financial services industry for over 15 years. Throughout his career he has produced web-based platforms, customer centric content delivery systems and large call center operations. Mr. Ross has held positions as COO, Vice President of Sales and as Director in business development for many prominent companies in the payment industry, such as Universal Savings Bank, TermNet, BankServ, Retail Technology and with Data Processors International (DPI), now a Trans-First company. Mr. Ross received his Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, and brings an experienced hands on approach to defining practices and policies that are fundamental to developing and leading a fast growing business.Paul Parisi, Vice President - Governmental Affairs
Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce/Principle Lobbyist.Mr. Parisi, served as a member of US West (Qwest) Agent Advisory Council, was Qwest Communications Manager of Community Affairs, Policy and Law for Southern Arizona. Paul was founder of Partel, Inc. in 1983, a successful telecommunications interconnect company providing a full range of telecommunications products and services which he sold in 2002. Mr. Parisi, served two terms as Councilman and Vice Mayor of the Town of Oro Valley and four years on the Governing Board of the Pima County Association of Governments including being its Chairman. Paul also is a veteran of four years of military service in the United States Air Force.
Gary Blume, Principal at GB Blume & Associates, LLC
Mr. Blume brings over 20 years of sales, marketing, and management experience to the CIC Advisory team. Mr. Blume possesses vast experience in business development roles with professional services organizations such as GeoTrust, Jefferson Wells (a division of ManPower), and SolomonEdwardsGroup, LLC. Mr. Blume's international experience includes his management oversight of the global strategic alliances group for the beTRUSTed division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. His various assignments have also included strategic marketing roles with companies such as British Telecom, Diebold, VeriFone, and Hewlett Packard Company.Along with managing the day-to-day operations of his consulting firm, Gary and his family are residents of Rowell, Georgia. Mr. Blume is an alumnus of the US Naval Academy where he studied the physical sciences prior to graduating from Malone College (BA) and Ashland University (MBA).
Jim Troy, Partner-CPSRetail
Mr. Troy brings over 25 years of expertise in payment systems, retail automation, channel partner development, and alliance partner relationships. Mr. Troy began his career with TeleCheck, Inc. /Tymshare, where he delivered the first completely electronic credit/debit/check authorization system supporting over 400,000 merchant locations. Mr. Troy began Integrated Transaction Solutions, Inc., where he developed alliances with VISA, NCR, IBM, Fujitsu, and Wincor-Nixdorf, along with their Business Partners.In the early 1990's Mr. Troy worked for VeriFone, Inc. where he headed up their transaction management and host-switching program called Digital Xpress. In 1998 Mr. Troy joined IVI Checkmate where he developed the indirect-channel strategy leveraging the same VAR channel relationships he has cultivated throughout his career. Mr. Troy also serves as SVP Business Development-VueMedia, Inc., a related party to Critical Path and a provider of integrated payment, in-store customer specific marketing technology applications.