John W. Linss - President / CEO

John Linss has over 28 years of experience in a variety of business & technology arenas. A serial entrepreneur, John often provides executive coaching and speaks on topics ranging from sales & marketing to technology, healthcare, and business strategy. He also serves periodically as an adjunct professor in the Emory University Goizueta School of Business.

His professional career has focused on establishing, growing, or turning around innovative business ventures like FirstReef (SalesFusion), CCS, Giben America, BravePoint, & ClearNova. As President & CEO of CoreSpeed, LLC, he employs proven techniques to strategically build teams and establish business foundations and systems capable of supporting rapid, profitable growth for his clients.

In 2008, John formed the CoreSpeed Incubator to facilitate innovative new businesses through the use of CoreSpeed’s technology platforms and unique business processes. The Incubator grants dedicated entrepreneurs access to CoreSpeed’s proven solutions in technology and business systems to accelerate time to sales or potential venture capital investment.

As President/CEO of MedicaView International, Inc. (MVI), he is also instrumental in defining and driving the emerging global healthcare market. MVI is a global organization that is leading the way in establishing the infrastructure necessary for effective and flexible international healthcare solutions. MVI's flagship brand, Global Connect™, provides both technology and strategic solutions for the new international healthcare market. Click Here for More

John also has interests in a number of businesses and non-profit organizations for which he provides guidance on a board level basis. His earlier career involved building companies in the industrial machinery business where he engineered rapid business growth in mature markets. His formal education includes Bachelor of Science majors in Economics & Interpersonal Communications at the University of Georgia.

Mark Pew - Vice President Professional Services- CoreSpeed
Vice President Customer Engagement Services - MedicaView International

Mark Pew has 30 years of extensive experience in building large and small enterprise strategies for different types of businesses in healthcare, finance, and technology. His leadership has driven value and success for clients as they navigate business process engineering and strategic planning.

Since beginning his career in Information Technology 1979, Mark has held a variety of positions in development and management roles. He worked for 14 years at Equifax in various IT development roles, followed by 5 years at ChoicePoint where he managed large teams developing mission critical applications. He then joined Professional Reviews Inc as Chief Information Officer. Mark played a variety of roles in two IT start-ups.

He is certified in the CoreSpeed (MVI) Enterprise Process Engineering (EPE) which is the methodology that describes the application of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) across the enterprise.

Mark’s expertise lies in facilitating the across-the-board shift in thinking and commitment to innovation required for entering new markets and improving efficiency in existing enterprises. His approach speeds this process and elevates its quality by automating, simplifying, measuring, directing, and managing the flow of information from department to department across the enterprise.

Xavier Beguiristain – Vice President Sales and Marketing - CoreSpeed
President - NeighborAlerts

A native of Cuba, Beguiristain studied in France prior to starting his career in Houston with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He quickly worked his way up the ranks and ended up in Atlanta as a sales executive.

He left KLM to begin his career in the Supply Chain Industry where he spent the majority of his time working for UPS. His career highlights include opening up an operation in Monterrey, Mexico to handle Kemet Electronics maquiladora facility.

He also managed a region covering a territory that included Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Northern Iowa and Western Wisconsin where he managed supply chains for fortune 500 accounts in High-Tech, Retail, Food and Manufacturing sectors. In addition, he directed International Air Freight Marketing where he managed a $3 billion business unit. He ran several successful campaigns at UPS including adding freight forwarding to the UPS shipping system and introduction of the heavy weight express product.

With success in the logistics field in his repertoire, Beguiristain left the logistics business and moved into the automotive sector as Vice President of Marketing for Global Vehicles where he was in charge of advertising, lead generation and corporate communications. Beguiristain launched their website while developing and integrated marketing plan for the first vehicle launch in the US market in 20 years. Click here for NeighborAlerts

Kevin Morris - President and COO - CoreSpeed Hosting

Kevin Morris is a multi-disciplined executive with vertical market expertise in the telecommunications, government, healthcare, technology, financial service and professional services industries. For over 20 years Kevin has provided strategic oversight and tactical management of organizational strategy, financial management, marketing, sales, and service implementation for organizations.

Kevin is responsible for both the commercial hosting business unit and the infrastructure of the parent organization CoreSpeed, LLC.

Prior to joining CoreSpeed Hosting, Kevin served numerous senior management and executive sales and operations positions, including: Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for PerformanceIT. Kevin was the primary driving force behind expansion and growth of this leading developer of IT network and system monitoring solutions for mid-size enterprise customers, government agencies, and service providers. Kevin also held full P&L accountability for Operations, Professional Services and Administration.

As Director of Consulting Services for STI Knowledge where he led all key sales opportunities that resulted in an annual professional services revenue increase of 150% and achieved a consultant utilization rate of 87%. At Concert Global Networks While leading the Application Development team for Network Integrity and Assurance Kevin worked with the Distributor Sales and Marketing organizations to create the Test Management Reseller Program that generated revenues of £1.5B over a three year period.

Kevin’s financial background includes; Vice President of Finance for UXB International, where Kevin was responsible for developing and submitting the winning proposal response to the US Army Corps of Engineers for their environmental remediation program. The contract was at the time the largest of its type ever awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers. As Controller for New Options Group Kevin developed and implemented the first internal accounting and financial control system to increase quality, accuracy and timeliness of investor and partner reporting.