Comprehensive Software Systems

Kirk King is the founding President and Chief Executive Officer for CSS International, Inc. In his role, Kirk oversees all aspects of the company, from business development to partner relationships to client service to technology; and he is personally involved in building many customer relationships. Kirk's oversight of the company has fostered an almost zero employee turn-over, and award-winning performance for growth and quality support of CSS customers and partners. Over the three decades of his career, Kirk has held leading IT positions throughout the manufacturing and distribution sector, including an executive role at a company running JD Edwards software.

As senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, Dennis M. Kortman brings extensive securities industry and financial management experience to Comprehensive Software Systems, Inc. (CSS). Mr. Kortman manages all financial aspects of the company's operations, including financial reporting, accounting, tax, treasury, financial analysis, billing, procurement functions, corporate strategy, and oversight of human resources functions. Since joining CSS in 2000, Mr. Kortman has expanded the reach of Q Securities Processing Software, the company's next-generation brokerage software system, and established a financial foundation on which CSS can continue to grow. Prior to joining CSS, Mr. Kortman served as a managing director and chief financial officer for the investment banking firm of Hanifen, Imhoff Inc. While in this position, in addition to being responsible for overall financial affairs and financial regulatory reporting, Mr. Kortman was instrumental in the successful merger of Hanifen with the investment banking firm of Stifel Financial, Inc. Mr. Kortman was also a partner in the national CPA firms of RSM McGladrey and BKD, LLP, where he served as an SEC specialist and was the partner-in-charge of the firms' investment banking and brokerage practices. Mr. Kortman is a certified public accountant and has served on the American Institute of CPA's Committee on Stockbrokerage Accounting and Auditing. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Colorado Society of CPAs. Mr. Kortman resides in Littleton, Colorado with his wife and two children.

Patrick McKenzie is one of the countrys top experts in the deployment of JD Edwards software for manufacturing and distribution environments. Prior to joining CSS, he gained extensive hands-on experience on a career trajectory that led from Business Analyst to CIO. He spent over a decade in industry working in the aerospace and textile & apparel sectors.

Bill has over 30 years experience in designing and implementing manufacturing and distribution systems. In 1985 he led one of the very first JD Edwards World implementations for a 20-plant packaging manufacturer.

Pete Ballou has nearly twenty years of experience in Information Technology project management and business development. He has marketed systems and services in executive and entrepreneurial roles to clients across the asset intensive, defense and healthcare sectors. Petes responsibilities include sales execution and R&D activities into new service lines and markets. This reconnaissance function helps position CSS to better meet the markets evolving technical and functional needs.

Donald W. Hultgren was elected President in November 2007 and Director and Chief Executive Officer in August 2002. He served as Executive Vice President and Director of Capital Markets from March 2000 to August 2002. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Hultgren was employed by Raymond James & Associates in various capacities including Managing Director in the Healthcare sector of Corporate Finance and Director of Research. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst ("CFA") and a member of the Advisory Committee for the University of Texas MBA Investment Fund. He formerly served as chairman of the board for the American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas Division, and is currently on the association’s Executive Committee. He also serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of the CFA Society of Dallas/Ft. Worth.

Nothing pleases Jim Hopes more than to see an organization change for the better because he had the opportunity to contribute to the growth of its sales managers and salespeople. Steve Marx already knew this. And in 1992 Jim became the first addition to the CSS staff when Steve made him a Partner in the company. Since then Steve and Jim have quintupled the company's revenue and added nine Senior Consultants. Jim first got into sales at radio station WTIG in Canton, Ohio and shocked everyone when he became VP/GM of the station at age 23. It just seemed like a natural progression to Jim, though, and when his team set new revenue records, Miller Broadcasting sent him to Sandusky, Ohio to run their AM/FM combo, where the call letters Jim picked in 1970 still stand. Following these spectacular successes, Jim was 'head-hunted' to become VP/Sales for Scantland Communications, a company that produced both newspaper and radio. Lady Luck had a hand too, when Jim found himself attending the same Gallup Organization program as the top execs from Katz Broadcasting (to become NewCity Communications and later, CSS). They recruited him to become the General Sales Manager for their highly successful radio station, WZZK in Birmingham, Alabama. Since joining CSS, Jim has performed consulting and training services in many of the company's largest radio and television markets in the USA (LA, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami), and in Australia and Malaysia. Jim has a passion for training and developing talented people, and the most gratifying part of his job today is the constant recognition he gets from clients and associates, alike. He's known to all as a good listener, an objective thinker, and a great problem solver. Clients throughout America and beyond routinely include Jim Hopes in work at the corporate level, on projects ranging from long-term strategic planning to compensation design and talent selection.

Karen Coe attended California State University Long Beach where she studied Accounting. She has been working in Construction Accounting many years, working with various accounting systems. She started working with American Contractor in 1992. Karen specializes in working with Developers, Tract Home Builders, Custom Home Builders, and Subcontractors. Karen works with many of CSS's clients to provide after-the-installation accounting support.

In professional terms, that is the moment Mike lives for, and it's the reason he was recruited to join CSS in June 2002 as our Director of Communication. It is Mike's job working with the rest of our team to help design and refine the tools and systems CSS offers to advance the practice of broadcast sales and marketing, helping keep our hundreds of broadcast clients worldwide a step ahead. In recognition of Mike's wide-ranging contributions and accomplishments since joining CSS, and added responsibilities of heading up the new online Sales Edge and Edgewise, Mike was appointed to Vice President, Communication in 2006. Immediately prior to joining CSS, Mike spent five years as the creative director for Infinity Broadcasting/Twin Cities (WLTE, WXPT, WCCO, and KCCO). In that position, he was the primary source of marketing research, commercial creative, and presentation strategies for a wide variety of account executives and their advertising clients. He developed a wide variety of interactive presentation tools, including a Virtual Service Department for the company's intranet, "one-minute media kits" (movies delivered by e-mail), and CD-ROM resource kits. Mike has been in the broadcasting and advertising business since 1977, starting on-air at KKXL Grand Forks, North Dakota (when there was still rock music on the AM dial!). Recognizing that creative solutions make an important contribution to the sales process, Mike soon migrated from the production room to the sales department. He makes no apologies for spending the first 15 years of his career in small markets: Where ratings are tough to come by, the only thing that matters is achieving results for advertisers. That passion has made Mike totally compatible with the focus and principles of CSS. Mike has worked in a variety of positions in radio, including Program Director, Account Executive, Promotions Director, Production Director, and General Manager. One of his former GMs even gave Mike the unofficial title of "Director of Everything Else." Mike has been a freelance writer, editor, and creative advisor for the Radio Advertising Bureau, and served a two-year term on the Planning Committee for RAB Conventions. He has served a three-year term on the Radio Advisory Board for Scarborough Research.

Dr. Hector R. Cordero-Guzman is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Black and Hispanic Studies Department at Baruch College of the City University of New York and a member of the faculty in the Ph.D. Programs in Sociology and Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center. Currently, Dr. Cordero-Guzman is completing a report on organizations that work on Day Labor issues; preparing a book manuscript analyzing the role of community based organizations (CBOs) in the social, political, and economic adaptation and incorporation of immigrants and in maintaining ties between immigrant communities and countries of origin; a project examining transnational community economic development practices, a paper on the economics of micro-lending; and a study of self-employment patterns and trends in the Latino community. Dr. Cordero-Guzman received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Chicago and is on the Board of Directors of ACCION-New York, the Community Service Society of New York (CSS), and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ).

Susan joined Mogen Real Estate Company in January of 2002 and earned her real estate broker's license in February of 2005. Susan brings 13 years experience in the retail industry with the last three years of her tenure as the Real Estate Manager for a major retail jeweler. Her duties included managing a database for the company's 1,000 locations, negotiating new lease and renewals and site selection. Born and raised in the northern Kentucky area, she moved to the Cleveland area in 1981. She has lived in Bath since 1986 and has been an active community member in the Revere Local Schools, serving on the Executive Board of the Bath Homeowner's Association and on the Bath Township Trustee's Advisory Council. Susan has a BA in Business from Baldwin Wallace College. She is an active member of Leadership Akron's Class 19 (2002-2003) and serves on the Board of Directors for Community Support Services (CSS) and Humility of Mary Housing, Inc. She is involved in the leasing, buying and selling of all types of commercial properties. Her organizational skills and get-it-done attitude make her a valued addition to the firm.