Leadership
William C. Brown
VP & Chief Marketing Officer
Honed his eye for design as a commercial architect and lead designer for the interior spaces of high-end hotels and restaurants while working for Smallwood, T+CT Design Studio, and The Van Dresser Company. In October 2010, Brown joined Sionic where he wore many hats. He designed and created digital maps for the top 42 US airports for the first release of ION; identified, hired, and managed a design firm to create the corporate and product brands, as well as a PR and marketing firm; and built a network of suppliers for all digital and printed marketing materials. Brown also manages Company website design, digital marketing, and all social media outlets.
Ronald D. Herman
Founder & CEO
Co-founded two tech companies; the first was divided into automotive services and sold to Carlson Marketing Group and the healthcare practice sold to EDS, bringing him to Atlanta, Georgia. Herman joined Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in 1997 to help build the firm’s Advanced Technology Group immediately following the split from Andersen Consulting. In 2001, Herman co-founded IntelliOne Technologies, a location-based services company. In a span of nine years, IntelliOne completed two acquisitions and raised $40 million in private, venture and strategic capital prior to its acquisition by a Canadian partner in 2010. Herman provided seed stage capital and founded Sionic Mobile in 2010 and brought forward key staff members and stakeholders from IntelliOne into the venture.
Greg Reynolds
VP Cloud and Security
Served as IT Director at the Center for Educational Technology at Florida State University, and as Regional IT Director Elementary Commission for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Reynolds headed IT efforts at IntelliOne where he helped oversee IT infrastructure and networks. He later joined Sionic Mobile in 2010 as IT Director where he implements and maintains company cloud environments. Reynolds also maintains important company systems in Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, as well as oversees staff technology needs and education. Reynolds brings over 32 years of IT management experience to the Sionic team.
Chris Rotondi
Chief Revenue Officer
Served as partner director for Shift4 with a proven ability to attract and close new business. Rotondi drove company revenue growth and expanded the company portfolio through new business development and growing partnerships. Rotondi leverages a strong operations background to drive revenue which he obtained from his early experience where he managed a 24/7 support call center, created a new support department, developed training materials and schedules, and analyzed trends and revenue for Harbortouch. He brings to Sionic over 20 years of experience in management and creating and maintaining business synergies with partners to increase revenue.
Matthew Watson
Chief Technology Officer
Served as Chief Technology Officer for InComm and helped create IT strategies and deliver enterprise transaction processing systems for Target, Walmart, CVS, and other global retailers. Watson managed the integration vendors for the connected car platform for General Motors, providing end-to-end solutions to meet complex requirements of the platform. He also helped strengthen marketing automation systems to deliver targeted content and offers to segmented customers in their vehicles and mobile devices, which increased the adoption of in-vehicle and mobile apps at XEVO. Governance, compliance, privacy, and security have been critical areas of focus throughout his career. Watson brings over 30 years of IT expertise in enterprise technology solutions for travel, insurance, medical, financial services, automotive, and other large-scale environments.