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About Us >> Leadership

The Endeavor Team has built the company from its founding in 1999 to its Guided Selling marketplace leadership position today. The team brings substantial experience from global leaders such as Accenture, Apple, Verizon, Microsoft, Insites and Sage as well as start-up companies in the Dallas and Toronto marketplaces.

Founders

Sean Myers (Co-Founder & CEO): Sean has served as CEO of Endeavor since he started it in 2000. Sean is responsible for the strategic direction of the company as well marketing and sales leadership. After graduating from Penn State University in 1990, Sean spent ten years selling in the Healthcare and Technology industries. Following an acquisition by Pivotal of Software Spectrum in 1999, he decided to follow through on his entrepreneurial dream and teamed up with Richard Vosylius to start Endeavor. In the past ten years, in addition to running the company, Sean has served as Chairman of the Board and successfully secured the debt and equity financing the company needed to advance its business model and survive the macro-economic meltdowns in 2002 and 2009. Sean also works within numerous non-profit organizations and serves on their Boards. In addition to being an entrepreneur, Sean is passionate about community service and Business’s responsibility to give back to the Communities they work within.

Richard Vosylius (Co-Founder): Prior to his passing in 2009, Richard served as Endeavor’s Executive Vice President of Global Alliances and as a Director on Endeavor’s Board. Richard was responsible for all strategic partnerships including Microsoft, Sage, Accenture and Avanade, as well as for the expansion into the European marketplace. The four years prior to Richard forming Endeavor in 2000, he was the President and CEO of Springhill Software, a leading Canadian CRM Service Provider. After graduating from York University in Toronto in 1984, Richard spent eight years in the Oil & Gas and Healthcare industries before moving into Technology in 1992. When Richard passed in 2009, the company lost a visionary and dynamic leader as well as a friend who helped form and implement the passion and excitement that make up the company’s culture.

Leadership Team

Sean Myers (CEO): Sean has been the CEO of Endeavor since its founding in 2000.

Jamie Riell (Chief Technology Officer): Jamie joined Endeavor in 2002 and has brought to market 3 major releases of SmartCatalog and the first release of Savant CPQ, a multi-tenant/SOA CPQ offering.

Jose Fontanez (Vice President, Professional Services): Jose joined Endeavor in 2010 following eight years with Verizon. Jose has revolutionized Endeavor's service offerings with managed service methodologies and advanced technology.

Jenifer Reed (Vice President, Human Resources): Jenifer joined Endeavor in 2001 and has served numerous roles over the ten years of service with the company. Jenifer currently oversees all Human Resource and Operational aspects of Endeavor.

Steve Brown (Vice President, Market Development): Steve joined Endeavor in 2006 as the Director of Marketing having extensive experience in channel sales and marketing and having successfully launched, from concept-to-market, several entreprenuial ventures. Steve currently oversees all Channel Sales and Marketing for Endeavor.

Board of Directors

Sean Myers (Chairman of the Board)

John Schilsky, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Teletrac. John brings an intensely focused accounting background to his role as Chief Financial Officer of Teletrac including seven years in public accounting and five years of industry experience. John oversees the financial, legal and operational issues of Teltrac. He was also instrumental in the recent purchase of the company by a Private Equity firm and the subsequent M&A transactions for the company. As a member of the audit and advisory division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, John managed a variety of financial audits ranging from privately held mid-market clients to Fortune 500 corporations. It was here that he gained a working knowledge of how companies grow and change, the common management threads that are vital to the survival of any business. John received his bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan University with a double major of Public Accounting and Risk Management and Finance. John received his CPA the year following graduation. John is a member of the AICPA and an active member of Rotary International

Marc Eller, Managing Partner of Ellerphund Capital, a $25 million Private Placement Fund : On June 1, 2006 Marc retired from Nano Proprietary where he has served as CEO and Chairman of the Board since it went public in 1993. Marc has funded and sat on the board of many private and public companies since 1992, and also has an extensive real estate background. Marc founded multiple real estate investment partnerships that includes the purchase of 20 shopping centers, office buildings and vacant land from the Resolution Trust Corporation(RTC)/FDIC 1989 - 1992 and participated in high-rise condominium development projects since 2000.

Ryan Eller, CEO of WeSave and Partner, Ellerphund Capital. In addition to running WeSave, the nations leading online savings network, Ryan is a member of Ellerphund Capital, and sits on the Board of many private companies. Prior to joining WeSave and forming Ellerphund, Ryan directed the research of Green Peak Partners, a Dallas based private equity fund. Ryan also has a legal background and served as a Litigation Consultant at Tucker Alan Inc., a leading litigation and business consulting firm in Chicago.

Bill Quinn, Founder & CEO, christmastreeforme.com. Following sale of his Professional Services company, Quinn Reeder & Associates, to Software Spectrum in 1997 and then to Pivotal Corporation in 1999, Bill has focused on the boutique eCommerce market. Bill's current venture is www.christmastreeforme.com which he formed as a sole proprietorship back in 2005. Since then, christmastreeforme.com has grown into one of the top artificial christmas tree distributors in the United States.
 

 

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