FortiusOne
- Sean Gorman, Ph.D., President and Founder
- Tony Bansal, Chief Financial Officer
- Andrew Turner, Chief Technology Officer
- Matt Madigan, Director of Operations
- Michael Eckert, Vice President of Commercial Sales
Board of Directors
- Sean Gorman, President and Founder, FortiusOne
- Tony Bansal, CFO, FortiusOne
- Cole Van Nice, Chart Venture Partners
- Don Spero, New Markets Venture Partners
- Steve Walker, Walker Ventures
Board of Directors Observers
- Mike Graniger, In-Q-Tel
- Raj Rai, New Markets Venture Partners
- Frank Bonsal, Red Abbey Venture Partners
Board of Advisors
- Peter Batty, Spatial Networking
- Michael Frankel, LexisNexis Group
- Jeff Harris, Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Wolf Ruzicka, EastBanc Technologies
Sean Gorman, PhD
President and Founder
Sean Gorman founded FortiusOne in 2005 to bring advanced geospatial technologies to market. With over 10 years of experience at the forefront of the geospatial revolution, Sean brings insight and innovation to GeoWeb and GIS solutions. Prior to FortiusOne, Sean served as VP of R&D for GeoTel and Director of Strategy for iXOL. His expertise is sought after by the Critical Infrastructure Task Force and the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He has been featured in Wired, Der Spiegel, ABC, The Washington Post, Business 2.0 and CNN. In 2008, Sean was selected as one of “Top 35 Entrepreneurs Under 35” by BisNow on Business. Sean received his PhD from George Mason University as the Provost's High Potential Research Candidate and Fisher Prize recipient.
Tony Bansal
Chief Financial Officer
Tony Bansal is a seasoned executive with extensive general management, strategic planning, and financial management experience. Prior to FortiusOne, Tony served as CEO of Digital Commerce Corporation where he raised over $60 million in venture capital and other equity financing. Tony also held numerous leadership positions during his 14-year tenure with ICF Kaiser, International, including VP of Finance, Rate and Budgets, Chief Information Officer, and President of a first-tier subsidiary. Tony also worked as VP of Business Development and Strategic Planning at Harris Corporation. Mr. Bansal holds a Master of Science with Dean’s distinction from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
Andrew Turner
Chief Technology Officer
Andrew Turner is the co-founder of Mapufacture, acquired by FortiusOne in August 2008. Andrew is actively involved in open-data projects such as OpenStreetMap and VoteReport, as well as open-source projects like Mapstraction and GeoPress. He has consulted with companies such as MapQuest, the BBC, and the UN in developing their geospatial and community components, and he regularly speaks at conferences on the benefits of open-source software and geospatial standards. Andrew wrote the O'Reilly shortcut "Introduction to Neogeography" and "Trends in Where2.0" business report. He is also published in MacTech and Make magazine on his home-automation hacking. Andrew received his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Virginia and his Master of Science from Virginia Tech.
Matt Madigan
Director, Operations
Matt Madigan has been with FortiusOne since its inception in 2005 and serves as the Director of Operations. Matt began his career as a financial analyst with HP and worked as a non-profit project manager and business manager in Finance and Operations. Prior to joining FortiusOne, he founded, built and operated an e-commerce/government website and administrative system. Matt spends his early mornings coaching elite rowers, including several FortiusOne co-workers, at Potomac Boat Club. He is also a coach of the U.S. National Rowing Team and the 2008 Olympic Team. Matt graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Accounting and Italian.
Michael Eckert
Vice President of Commercial Sales
Michael Eckert has over 20 years of diverse experience in sales, sales management and business development. As an early adopter of location intelligence, Michael led a national sales team in evangelizing the power of pushing geospatial information out of the GIS trenches and up to the board rooms of Fortune 500 CXO’s for more intelligent decision making. Michael developed a solutions selling training program for the sales organization to focus on utilities, national homebuilders, finance, associations and international development consultancies. Prior to FortiusOne, Michael held executive level sales positions with top tier IT and management consultancies such as Perot Systems, James Martin, Keane and Transition Partners.
