Meet Our Team

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

Don Romeka – Founder & CEO (Monterey, California) Cell: 831-521-5251

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) Cell: 831-601-4690 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.

Braden Johnson – Territory Manager (Phoenix, Arizona) Braden Johnson was born and raised in Tempe, AZ. Braden was a collegiate baseball player and earned a dual degree at Arizona State University. He has a degree in Business Administration from the W.P. Carey School of Business as well as a degree in Real Estate. In Braden’s spare time he enjoys playing golf, taking his boat out on the weekends and spending time with friends and family.

Natalie Pruetz – Territory Manager (Phoenix, Arizona) Ms. Pruetz is from Tempe, AZ and currently resides in Phoenix. She attended Troy State University in Alabama on a full ride Division 1 athletic scholarship for softball and throws a mean drop ball. Prior to joining IntelliEvent, Natalie followed her journalistic pursuits and dabbled in magazines and television. She has a 2 year old son named Colt whom she is already grooming to be the next great college quarterback. Natalie loves to paint, listen to music and spend time with her family.

Support & Training

Chris Kellner – Director of Support & Training (Phoenix, Arizona) Cell: 925-301-5477 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.

Andy Bunyard – Customer Support (Toronto, Canada) Cell: 416-738-0105 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.

Edd McNamee – Customer Support & Training (Raleigh, North Carolina) Cell: 610-563-6735 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.

Lisa Foster – Customer Support & Training (Southern California) Cell: 909-754-4519 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.

Daniel Keranen – Customer Support (Southern California) Cell: 951-538-0352

Development

Norm Sutch – Vice President of Product Development (Northern California) Cell: 951-500-7666 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) Cell: 707-799-1166 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