Meet Our Team

Tom is a repeat founder and pioneer in the research and data space. He has been building category-defining enterprise data and research companies from the ground up since 2006.

Previously the Founder and CEO of ETR, Tom scaled the company from a mere concept to a lucrative business with eight figures in ARR by selling directly to several hundred of the largest financial institutions and enterprise technology firms. Tom organically grew and skillfully curated one of the world's largest research panels of CIOs, CTOs, CSOs, and other high-level enterprise IT Decision Makers. This panel effectively mirrored global IT demand and predictively identified vendor performance trends. During his tenure, Tom’s firm was named the sole technology market research provider for the CyberSecurity Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and awarded the Best Medium Term Dataset Provider award from the Battle of the Quants.

Scott is a founder of Fc and has been a prominent institutional technology investor since 1999. With over 20 years as a professional investor, he has extensively researched, analyzed, advised, and invested in hundreds of public enterprise technology companies.

Scott’s career started at Eminence Capital in ‘99, where he worked for 19 years as the Tech, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Portfolio Manager with a deep focus on Enterprise Technology, Media, and Internet companies. There, he specialized in horizontal and vertically integrated software and cybersecurity. Following his tenure at Eminence Capital, Scott joined Point72 as a TMT Portfolio Manager, where he continued his fundamental research and investment in the enterprise technology sector and Media and Internet companies.

Chuck is a transformational CIO with 41 years of experience in computing and technology, currently working at Inframark—a leading company in Water Infrastructure Operations and Infrastructure Management Services, partnering with communities across the United States to protect the most critical resource that helps communities prosper. Chuck develops enterprise technology strategy, promotes internal and external strategic IT policy and compliance relationships, and promotes enterprise governance and technology alignment across the company.

Chuck is helping companies transform, align, and optimize their technology platforms to drive business success and shareholder value. During his 26-year tenure as a CIO, he has addressed technology challenges facing the sport of purebred dogs for the American Kennel Club, the construction aggregates industry for Martin Marietta Materials, real-time medical transcription services for M*Modal, and the utility services industry for Osmose Utilities Services.

Niel has held technology executive (CIO/CTO) and operations executive positions (COO), often stepping in to lead turnaround roles, and is currently the CIO of Boart Longyear. His notable accomplishments include transforming a manufacturing business into a software company, rapidly modernizing a telecommunications company, and developing numerous successful technology products and artificial intelligence tools.

He is also the author of "The Agile Culture" (2014, Addison Wesley) and "Stand Back and Deliver" (2009, Addison Wesley). Niel has earned multiple IT leadership awards, such as the ProphIT award, CIO Magazine 100, and the Golden Bridge award. In 2020, he was recognized as one of the top 20 CIOs changing the future of technology.