LEADERSHIP TEAM

As a strategic, global technology thought leader, Eric Kelly has over 35 years of experience in developing accelerated growth strategies, improving profitability of complex global businesses, organizational transformations, technology and business innovation, corporate financing, mergers and acquisitions and cybersecurity. In addition, he has over 15 years of board experience in public companies trading on the U.S. and Canada stock exchanges, private companies, universities, and foundations.

His earlier executive positions have included Vice President and General Manager of Storage Systems Division at Adaptec Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, President and CEO of Snap Appliance acquired by Adaptec; President of the Systems Division at Maxtor Corporation, a Fortune 500 company; Enterprise Vice President at Dell Computer Corp., and Vice President of Strategic Sales at Hitachi Data Systems. Mr. Kelly also held executive-level positions with Diamond Multimedia, Conner Peripherals and IBM. Mr. Kelly is the former U.S. advisor for Nomura Securities Venture Group, a leading global investment bank with over $360 billion in assets.

Mr. Kelly was appointed by President Obama for an 8-year term to the Executive Office of the President of The United States Counsel of Advisors on Science, Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee. United States Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, appointed Mr. Kelly to the U.S. Department of Commerce Advanced Manufacturing Council where he served as Vice Chairman of the workforce sub-committee from 2013 to 2016. Mr. Kelly is currently the Chairman on the Board of San Jose State University Tower Foundation and serves on as the Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Advisory Council.

He earned a B.S. degree in Business Management from San Jose State University, an MBA from San Francisco State University and an Executive MBA from Harvard University.

Kevin Brown serves as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Global Vice President. In this role, he is responsible for forging new business strategic relationships with current and prospective partners worldwide. Prior to joining OT Global Technologies, as Creative Director of Vector Holdings, Mr. Brown has driven significant new business for major brands including, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Blue Shield, Bank of America and Microsoft Azure, as well as a variety of the world’s largest advertising agencies.

Previously, Mr. Brown founded Strategic Marketing Resources, Inc., a full-service marketing communications company that was ranked as one of the Bay Area’s fastest growing companies, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer until 2005. Mr. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Randy Gast has served as COO for OTGT and OTGP since October 2021. Prior to joining OT Global Technologies, Randy has held several executive positions as SVP of Supply Chain Management & Logistics for Siemens Medical Systems, VP of Supply Chain & Manufacturing for HP, and VP of Global Operations for 3PAR, along with executive and management positions at Maxtor, Adaptec, Snap Appliance and IBM.

Randy was appointed to the Obama’s administration Advanced Manufacturing Partnership as Co-Chair for the Manufacturing Reshoring Initiative in 2014-16. He is also a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

He earned two B.S. degrees, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering from Arizona State University.

Valarie Kelly serves as General Counsel for OT Global Technologies. In this position, Ms. Kelly is responsible for maintaining legal compliance, continuity and guideline oversight. Ms. Kelly has over 30 years legal experience having worked for global law firms including Wilson Sonsini. In addition to her extensive corporate experience, Valarie has also been a Sr. Partner in a number of law firms serving the enterprise and SMB sectors. Ms. Kelly holds a BA in Political Science from San Jose State University and a Juris Doctorate from Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley.

Mark serves as Senior Vice President of Americas Sales and Strategic Accounts for OT Global Technologies. In this role, he is responsible for product, services, and solution sales for the Americas region as well as strategic global accounts and partners.

Mark brings over 30 years of proven experience in executive positions at leading software, SaaS, and hardware technology startups to Fortune 500 companies. Mark’s record of accomplishments includes six successful exits.

Prior to OT Global Technologies, Mark was Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer for Compellon, a cloud-based artificial intelligence company (acquired by Clearsense). Mark also served as SVP of Sales and Marketing for SaaS-based learning company Altus 365, was co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Snap Appliance (acquired by Adaptec), and held executive positions at Netigy, Western Digital, Maxtor, and Conner Peripherals. Mark has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.