Meet The Team
Our Leadership
David Kingland
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
David Kingland
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
David is responsible for setting the vision and direction of the company. Mr. Kingland founded Kingland in 1992, and has guided the company to become a leader in providing software based solutions for some of the largest companies in the world. Prior to founding the company, he founded an SEC registered financial services firm.
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Todd Rognes
Chief Administrative Officer, Board Member
Todd Rognes
Chief Administrative Officer, Board Member
Todd is responsible for the strategic direction and governance of the company. Mr. Rognes is a seasoned leader of private and public software and professional services businesses. Before becoming CEO of Kingland in 2019, Mr. Rognes services as President and CFO of Kingland, joining the company in 1999. He has held several executive positions prior to joining Kingland.
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Tony Brownlee
President, Board Member
Tony Brownlee
President, Board Member
Tony is responsible for all business operations of the company. Mr. Brownlee served previously as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, head of business development, and other management positions driving the company’s product and client growth. Joining the company in 2003, Tony's work with Kingland has been instrumental in growing the company. Tony is recognized as a creative thought leader and “data nerd.”
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Courtney Hiveley
Chief Operating Officer
Courtney Hiveley
Chief Operating Officer
Courtney leads the company's operations for clients and delivery of professional services. She drives company-wide IT, security, and compliance best practices. Mrs. Hiveley has helped build and maintain a high quality, reliable, and scale-able data management program that reveals insights for opportunities of continuous improvement. Courtney has navigated a diversified career path, ranging from serving clients in Banking & Capital Markets to regulatory reporting.
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Jeff Jacobs
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President Corporate Support
Jeff Jacobs
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President Corporate Support
Jeff is responsible for managing and overseeing accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, audit and tax. Mr. Jacobs is also responsible for strategic oversight of Kingland’s human resources function. Prior to joining Kingland, Mr. Jacobs was an Audit Manager at KPMG where he was responsible for the coordination and overall management of integrated and financial statement audits of financial services organizations.
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Alex Olson
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
Alex Olson
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
Alex is responsible for leading our business in the industries we serve – banking and capital markets, public accounting, retail, and insurance. Mr. Olson leads a team that sets strategy, engages with our clients, and determines our software products. Since starting with Kingland in 1998, Alex has been a leading voice in the industry.
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Patrick Rice
Chief Technology Officer
Patrick Rice
Chief Technology Officer
Patrick leads our engineering and architecture processes at Kingland and establishes effective tooling and engineering processing to ensure that our client solutions are successful. Mr. Rice has deep experience with IBM technologies, next generation open source technologies, and leading a team providing industry-recognized SaaS services.
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Ron Jordan
Executive Vice President, Banking and Capital Markets
Ron Jordan
Executive Vice President, Banking and Capital Markets
Ron is responsible for leading the company’s work with integral clients in Banking and Capital Markets. Mr. Jordan has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry working with industry-leading organizations such as DTCC and NYSE. He served 4 years as a member of the Financial Research Advisory Committee of the U.S. Treasury Office of Financial Research.
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Matt Good
Chief Technology Evangelist
Matt Good
Chief Technology Evangelist
Matt is responsible for Kingland Platform product management and technology evangelism. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Good has gained a variety of experiences at Kingland, IBM and SPSS architecting and engineering software solutions and leading teams focused on compliance, risk management, predictive analytics, AI-based enterprise data management automation, and brokerage web and reporting applications.
Jon Allen
Director of Banking & Capital Markets
Jon Allen
Director of Banking & Capital Markets
Jon leads Kingland’s professional services implementation teams for Banking & Capital Markets. Mr. Allen also directs a staff focused on data cleansing and monitoring operations. He has over 15 years of experience in data analysis and software engineering, including data ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and data modeling projects.
Janice Anderson
Director of Client Support
Janice Anderson
Director of Client Support
Janice is responsible for leading the client support function at Kingland. She also serves as an internal auditor of the company's corporate standards and processes. Janice works on projects related to securities and entity data risk and portfolio management, as well as the expansion of corporate tooling used in day-to-day business activities.
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Bob Baoguo Li
General Manager
Bob Baoguo Li
General Manager
Bob is responsible for managing the operations of Kingland's Dalian, China Software Development Lab. Mr. Li is a seasoned software development and project management leader, specializing in solution deliveries to financial industry clients. Mr. Li spent several years at Accenture and IBM, leading extensive software development and maintenance projects and the delivery strategy of insurance products.
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Julie Clark
Director of Human Resources
Julie Clark
Director of Human Resources
Julie leads the execution of Kingland’s human resources initiatives, including recruiting, employee engagement, performance management, and the company’s total rewards program. She provides management, leadership, and direction for the HR team. Her experience spans multiple industries including healthcare and high-tech/telecommunications where she has provided support and leadership among multiple HR disciplines.
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Neil Davis
Director of Solution Delivery
Neil Davis
Director of Solution Delivery
Neil ensures our software engineering processes and resources maximize software engineering productivity, drive augment strategic priorities, and produce high-quality software solutions. Mr. Davis has deep knowledge and experience in leading software engineering teams in adoption of modern practices, driving DevOps and CI/CD initiatives.
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Leslie Frame
Director of Program Management Office
Leslie Frame
Director of Program Management Office
Leslie Frame is responsible for coaching and facilitating teams to high performance and leveraging cross-team connections to build DevOps tools. Sought-after leader with a talent for building teams, communicating strategy across business and technology, and driving successful software delivery.
Christy Johansen
Director of IT
Christy Johansen
Director of IT
Christy provides strategic oversight and innovation for the systems, security and applications of the Kingland enterprise. She has more than 20 years of experience in software support and software development. Prior to Kingland, Ms. Johansen developed software for the hospitality industry, holding positions of Chief Operating Officer, manager, and director . Christy’s technical background spans Windows, SQL, AIX, DB2, cloud computing and numerous certifications.
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Shane Jones
Chief Security Officer
Shane Jones
Chief Security Officer
Shane is responsible for overall security and data protection. This includes aspects of security operations, security compliance and risk, security technology/engineering, and data privacy. Prior to Kingland, Mr. Jones was the Global Security Services Operations Manager and the Sr. Information System Security Manager for Raytheon Missile Systems, and worked extensively with customers, regulators, and inspectors throughout the Department of Defense.
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Amanda Kasten
Director of Business Operations
Amanda Kasten
Director of Business Operations
Amanda is responsible for operational improvement across all Kingland organizational units to meet Kingland’s strategic vision and business needs. She has 14 years of success in managing large complex software engineering, compliance, analytics, data quality and process improvement projects and programs.
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Jon Loge
Director of Client Engagement
Jon Loge
Director of Client Engagement
Jon is responsible for leading and growing the client engagement team. Prior to Kingland, Mr. Loge worked for Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, leading teams serving regional and national banking institutions, and was a member of their Software Quality Assurance Master Process Team.
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Morgan McCarley
Director of Security Technology & Privacy
Morgan McCarley
Director of Security Technology & Privacy
Morgan is responsible for designing technical security controls, testing them, and ensuring they are in place across the organization and solutions. He works with various stakeholders across the organization to ensure that security best practices are being followed and that Kingland has an accurate and managed risk posture. Prior to joining Kingland, Mr. McCarley led the application security program at Wellmark BCBS.
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Lindsay Wetter
Director of Accounting & Finance
Lindsay Wetter
Director of Accounting & Finance
Lindsay is responsible for managing and overseeing accounting, organizing, and coordinating year-end process with internal and external auditors, preparing financial statements and reports, forecasting and budgeting, and many other corporate functions. Joining the company in 2009, Lindsay’s expertise has been influential for tracking Kingland’s growth through revenue.
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David P. Spalding
Board Member
David P. Spalding
Board Member
David has served as the Raisbeck Endowed Dean of the Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University for the last five years. Before assuming this position, Spalding served for eight years at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, most recently as senior vice president and senior advisor to Dartmouth’s president. Prior to Dartmouth, Spalding had a 29-year career in finance in New York City.
Azra Kanji
Board Member
Azra Kanji
Board Member
Azra represents Abry Partners. She has originated, supervised and been a board member of numerous companies during her career. Areas of investment focus include technology-enabled business and financial services, compliance, subscription information, and marketing services businesses. Before joining Abry, Azra was a member of the Communications, Media and Entertainment investment banking group at Goldman Sachs.
Nicolas Massard
Board Member
Nicolas Massard
Board Member
Nicolas represents Abry Partners. He has originated, supervised, and sold numerous investments in Abry’s targeted sectors. His areas of focus include communications, data centers, software, and information services. Nicolas worked for the investment firms Spectrum Equity Investors and Continuum Group as well as in the investment banking divisions of Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers in London
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