Leadership Team

David Shimoni - Chief Executive Officer

David has a well-rounded and successful business experience consisting of over 30 years of executive positions at global tech companies. Most recently, David was the President and CEO of PlumChoice, a PE-backed company that delivers tech-enabled support services to the SMB and consumer markets. There, he led the company through a major improvement in financial performance and service quality resulting in the acquisition by Allstate Insurance.

Prior to that, David was the President and CEO of Mformation Software Technologies, a leading provider of mobile device management (MDM) solutions. There, he repositioned the company for high growth in the IoT market leading to the acquisition by Alcatel-Lucent. Prior to that, David held C-level roles at technology companies in the telecom, IoT and enterprise software markets including, Networks In Motion (acquired by TSYS) and Comverse Technologies. David holds an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering.

David MacGrandle - Chief Financial Officer

David brings over 30 years of financial and operational leadership to Denovo for his role as Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer and VP Operations at Theatro, a start-up technology company. Prior to that he was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Vazata where he guided the company’s growth from entrepreneurial start-up to a mid-sized hosting and colocation provider.

David was Chief Financial Officer at Fusepoint where he played a significant role in Fusepoint’s exponential profitable growth eventually leading to its $124.5 million acquisition by Savvis (CenturyLink). Prior to Fusepoint, he was Chief Financial Officer of Masergy Communications. David held executive positions at EDS, CapRock Communications and Excel Communications where he was responsible in various roles for strategic planning, operations, corporate development, business development and controllership. Mr. MacGrandle is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in Texas, and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He holds an MBA and MSMAS from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a BS degree in Applied Mathematical Sciences from Texas A&M University.

Paul Cioni - CTO & EVP, Operations

Paul is an experienced technology, architecture, operations, and product management professional with more than twenty-five years of experience in the managed services market space. Prior to joining the Denovo team, Paul had customer and delivery-focused roles at Velocity Technology Solutions, NaviSite Inc., netASPx, ServiceNet, and Andersen Consulting / Accenture.

Paul served in leadership roles including Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, SVP Operations, SVP Sales and Marketing, SVP Sales Operations. He began his career in service to our nation as an Engineer Officer in the United States Army. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Chris Gartner - Chief Revenue Officer & EVP

Chris has an impressive leadership background working in ERP and Cloud Services. His experiences in leading technology and services companies spans an achievement-filled 25 years. Prior to joining Denovo, Chris served as Managing Partner and CRO with Triumph Consulting helping organizations improve sales, build a customer-centric culture, grow organically, scale product offerings and services and leverage acquisition potential in the most effective and efficient manner. He spent four previous years with Velocity Technology Solutions as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing.

Formerly Chris was VP Strategic Accounts, leading sales efforts in the HCM space for Oracle’s largest accounts, such as: Talent Managements solutions, including PeopleSoft, Taleo, Fusion, Oracle EBS HCM and JDE HR (all software and SaaS solutions). Prior to that role, Chris held the title of VP, Aerospace & Defense, Oracle Applications, responsible for sales in North America for Aerospace & Defense. Chris is a graduate of Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Don Landrum - EVP, Sales

As Executive Vice President of Sales, Don is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of Denovo’s Consulting Services business. During the last 25 years, Don has been involved in executive leadership roles throughout the Oracle partner community. While at Sirius Computer Solutions, Don was responsible for the startup of Sirius JD Edwards business.

Over a five-year period, he successfully grew the business to be the largest JD Edwards reseller in North America. Sirius Computer Solutions consulting business was later acquired by CD Group in 2001, in which Don continued as a strategic resource. While at CD Group, he served in several Senior Leadership roles including Sales, Consulting, and Managed Services including serving as the Chief Operations Officer from July 2015 through September 2016.

Candide Lopez - VP of Consulting and Delivery

Candide is a seasoned IT Professional with over 25 years of experience managing IT projects and professionals.  She is an Oracle JDE Certified Supply Chain Specialist, having successfully completed over 100 full lifecycle projects.  She has held several Director and Vice President level roles as well as owning her own IT business for 12 years.  She is a former President of the Southern California Users Group.

Candide has experience in JD Edwards Distribution, Advanced Pricing/Preferences, CRM, Transportation, Warehouse Management, and Integrations.  Her industry experience includes High Tech, Pharma, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Hospitality, Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Packaging, Public Sector, Casino, E-Commerce, Retail, and Lifesciences. 

Susan Szymanski - VP & Oracle Practice Leader

As the VP & Oracle Practice Leader, Susan is responsible for the enablement of Denovo’s Oracle Solutions Architecture Team, guiding the team in the scoping, sizing, and pricing for Denovo Professional Services.

Susan has extensive knowledge of ERP systems, having started her JD Edwards career within development, building development teams and methodology to support the full development life cycle within JD Edwards projects. Susan's role then expanded into project management and leadership roles, serving as Director of Development at CD Group and Vice President of Delivery for Denovo.

Phil Myrant - VP of Innovation

As Vice President of Products and Innovation, Phil is responsible for managing and developing Denovo software products, including Denovo on Demand (DoD), Quick Calculators, Quick Calculators for Cloud, and Equipment IQ for asset-intensive businesses.

In leading Denovo’s Innovation Team, Phil is driving new tools and capabilities to improve the quality of service and information provided to Denovo customers. Phil has a diverse background that spans over 30 years and includes experience as a software developer and designer, project and program manager, consulting Vice President, solutions architect, and software development leader.

With experience at Leprino Foods, Andersen Consulting, Sirius Computer Solutions, CD Group, and now Denovo, Phil has well-rounded expertise across multiple software frameworks.

Kim Brennan - VP of Operations & Service Management

Kim is an experienced IT professional with over 15 years in managed services roles providing solutions and delivering infrastructure operations, application operations, customer relationship management and service management operations including ITIL, Network Operations Center and Service Desk.

Over her 35 year career she has server in leadership roles at Sears, Discover Card, DXC Technology (formerly CSC), T-Systems (Deutsche Telekom), and Sirius Computer Solutions serving in various roles including Regional Director of IT Quality and Enterprise Service Management, Global Director, Enterprise Service Management, and VP, IT Infrastructure Service Support. Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a minor in Computer Science from Lock Haven University.

Bill Grimmer - VP of Customer Experience Management

Bill has an extensive background in ERP systems such as JD Edwards, Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, and SAP. He worked in internal IT ERP support for many years before moving into customer account management roles. Bill is focused on building and maintaining customer relationships resulting in higher customer satisfaction.

Prior to joining Denovo, Bill lead Customer Program and Account Management teams at managed services companies like Corio, IBM and Velocity.

Bill holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Campbell University and BA degree in Computer Science from East Carolina University.

William Mahoney - VP, Information Security & CISO

William is an accomplished IT Executive and CISO with over 28 years of experience in spearheading the secure delivery, management, design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise-wide application, information, infrastructure, and business system solutions to support organizational performance and robust security.

William is a recognized leader, applying high-impact technical solutions to major business objectives, with capabilities that transcend IT operation boundaries. He is committed to helping Denovo achieve maximum benefit from its IT investment, through meticulous research, development, and implementation of technologies.

Rush Brar - SVP, Application Management Services 

Rush has more than 20 years of experience working with Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne implementations and consultations across multiple industries, including automotive, professional services, public sector, real estate, and more. He is also a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Configurable Network Computing Certified Specialist.

Rush has an extensive background in architecture design, sizing and buildout, as well as the administrative end of implementations, upgrades, foundation updates, QSoftware, and more.