IntelliEvent's team is composed of accomplished individuals who have significant industry experience.

 Don Romeka - Founder & CEO (Monterey, California)
Founded IntelliEvent in February 1998 while serving as the Vice President and General Manager of ISI Systems, Inc., an event resource rental and staging corporation for the Event Management Industry. Previously, Mr. Romeka spent seven years with Triad Systems Corporation, a $220 million provider of vertically integrated business and information management solutions for the automotive aftermarket, retail hardlines and lumber industries, in both sales and service management roles. Prior to his position with Triad, Mr. Romeka managed MIS Operations for a division of Unocal 76. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and an M.B.A. degree in Business Administration from the Fischer School of International Business, Monterey Institute.

Sales, Finance & Marketing

Andrew Ehler – General Manager (Phoenix, Arizona) Andrew lived in Houston, TX through the age of 13. He is well known for his loyalties to the Houston teams - the Rockets, Astros, and the Tennessee Titans (formerly the Houston Oilers). Andrew moved to Northern California at the age of 13, and gained a lot of small business experience working in his father’s construction company. Andrew received a BS in Entrepreneurship from Cal State University Monterey Bay.  Andrew has a beautiful daughter, Ashley.

Chris Kellner – Territory Manager (Phoenix, Arizona) Currently resides in Reno, NV after spending most of his life in Northern California. Chris is the oldest of seven kids and recently joined this industry after spending the first part of his professional career in land development. Like most of his co-workers at IntelliEvent, Chris is an avid sports fan pledging his allegiance to the Duke Blue Devils and the Dallas Cowboys. In addition to being a sports fan, Chris participated in basketball and baseball in high school and is definitely the man to beat when the staff partakes in an athletic competition amongst each other.

Marc Tedeschi – Territory Manager (Houston, Texas) Marc was born in raised in Hartford, CT, and graduated from the University of CT in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance.  His entire professional career has been in the rental and leasing industry.  After graduation, he started in the Auto Industry and later migrated to the software world.  Soccer has been a large part of his life and he is enjoying his recent transition from player to volunteer coach for the local youth program.

Kelvin Smith – Controller (Phoenix, Arizona) Kelvin grew up in Brentwood California in Northern California. He attended Los Medanos and Diablo Valley College also in northern California. In 2004 he joined the IntelliEvent family as a member of the sales team. In 2005 he relocated back to Northern California to Sacramento but because of the strong bond he formed with the entire IntelliEvent team he return to IntelliEvent in 2007 as our Director of Marketing.

Support & Training

Devon Schroeder – Director of Technology (Iowa) Devon received his Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa, and is a MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and a MCDST (Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician). His experience as a credit and risk management analyst for Wells Fargo Bank adds strategic value.

Andy Bunyard – Customer Support (Toronto, Canada) Andy was born in the UK, and currently resides in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He has over twenty four years of production experience in all facets of multimedia, video, film and print production, as well as Order Entry Systems design and programming in MS access. He has worked on numerous high-level projects with companies such as Architel Systems Corporation, Aerial Communications, General Electric, and North American Life. Andy had been asked to do some research on rental software for a friend’s event focused company. Andy finalized his research project by recommending that his friend buy IntelliEvent. His friend did, and Andy was also assigned the project of leading the implementation of the software, which he did very successfully.

Lisa Foster – Customer Support and Training (Southern California) Lisa has lived in Southern California most of her life. She has three children, and a great husband, Rick. She enjoys golf and going to the beach, and she leads the music at her church. Her focus has been helping mid-sized companies control their operations. Prior to joining IntelliEvent, Lisa was head of internal operations for a mid-sized event focused rental company where she successfully implemented IntelliEvent Express. Lisa became so passionate about the benefits the IntelliEvent software had to offer and about the IntelliEvent team.

Edd McNamee - Customer Support & Training (Raleigh, North Carolina) Edd grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia. He graduated from Cabrini College in 1991 with a BA in English and Communications. He has been in the Rental and Staging industry for over 15 years; the last 10 as a project manager. In 2003 he oversaw the implementation of the IntelliEvent Express software and was so impressed with it that he decided to join the team. "The software is well put together and is always improving. When the opportunity to help other companies use the software came about, I couldn't resist." Edd lives in Oxford, PA with his wife, two children, and two dogs. He spends his free time playing with his kids and Sailing.

Michael Bowles - Customer Support (Phoenix, Arizona) Michael grew up in Tempe, AZ, and received a Business Degree from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.  Michael came to IntelliEvent after supporting customers at a technology company in the insurance industry for six years.  He has an additional sixteen years business experience operating a small local landscaping company.  Outside of work, Michael is active in his church and serves in many duties there as well as in the Boy Scouts.  He also likes to spend any time he can with his wife and kids.

Development 

Norm Sutch – Vice President of Product Development (Northern California) Norm grew up in Southern California. He loves the ocean and enjoys fishing, surfing, and kayaking. He was number one in his high school class, then graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, and received a Law Degree from Pepperdine University. He is a licensed California attorney and a registered Patent attorney.

Paul Gilster – Senior Developer (Northern California) Paul grew up in Southern California. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He received his Masters in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. Paul currently lives near the Napa Valley, has 3 boys, and a lovely wife named Ann.

Accounting & Administration

Jill Kahlow – Accounting and Administration (Monterey, California) Jill has worked with numerous mid sized companies. She was referred to IntelliEvent by IntelliEvent’s CPA firm Thelen & Chang.

Jesse Obrand - Accounting & Administration (Monterey, California) Played basketball at University of California, Irvine 2000-2003 Graduated in 2004 w/ B.A. in History. Currently attending Monterey College of Law.

John Frise – Marketing (Monterey, California) Born and raised in Castroville, CA.  Avid Basketball player.  Attended Hartnell College in Salinas, CA.

Board of Advisors:
Pete Yozzo, Patrick Bormann, John Crivello, Chris Crawford, and Fred Ehler. These fantastic five have a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of business.