Perceptive Software's Executive Team
Scott Coons
President and CEO
Mr. Coons joined Perceptive Software, Inc. in 1995 and has piloted the company to a substantial and sustained period of growth. Early on, Mr. Coons refocused the company's market strategy, and under his guidance, Perceptive Software has become a leading developer of enterprise document management, imaging and workflow software.
An engineer with customer focus, Mr. Coons also established a long-term vision for the company's flagship product, ImageNow. His role today includes contributions in strategic guidance, tactical implementation, executive team leadership and architecture/design leadership for the product's technical evolution.
Coons began his career as a software engineer with the University of Kansas after graduating from KU with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. In 2006, Coons was honored as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® and a Computerworld Honors Program Laureate.
Coons is an advisory board member of the Kansas State University College of Business Administration and the University of Kansas School of Engineering. In addition, he's a founding member of the board of directors for the Software and Information Technology Association of Kansas (SITAKS), a statewide trade association created by the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC).
Tim Helton
Executive Vice President, Sales & Alliances
Tim Helton is executive vice president of Sales and Strategic Alliances at Perceptive Software. Helton's responsibilities include directing sales for public and private sectors worldwide, building strategic alliances, refining product positioning and identifying new markets. Since joining Perceptive Software in 1999, Helton has developed and formalized the direct sales organization responsible for the company's rapid revenue growth, which has exceeded 40 percent annually for the past six years.
Helton began his career at IBM in Kansas City in the early 1980s and held senior leadership roles with two other privately-held technology firms. Helton joined Perceptive Software after working with company executives in an advisory capacity.
Helton serves on the board of the Enterprise Center of Johnson County, which promotes entrepreneurial development in the Kansas City metropolitan area. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Kansas State University.
Cary DeCamp
Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Cary DeCamp joined Perceptive Software in 1996, leading the early charge for securing new ImageNow customers. DeCamp's success in building the higher education market created important momentum that spread quickly to other verticals.
To support the needs of a growing company, DeCamp assembled an in-house marketing and communications team that handles trade shows, collateral production, web and interactive development, public relations, lead generation and proposal coordination.
Before joining Perceptive Software, DeCamp was director of sales for DMJK Consulting, a system integration and application development service provider. Previous experience also includes owning an accounting software company and serving as director of sales for Triad Technology Group and senior systems consultant for Coopers & Lybrand. DeCamp graduated from Union College in Lincoln, Neb., with a bachelor's degree in accounting.
DeCamp serves on the Shawnee Mission Medical Center board, where he's a member of the Financial Committee, and is on the Technology Advisory Council for the Kansas University School of Business.
Brent Flanders
Vice President, Technical Services
With 16 years of success in the technology industry, Brent Flanders cites exceptional customer service combined with technical brilliance as his top priority. Since joining Perceptive Software in 2002, Flanders has shaped the Technical Services division to provide a solid business platform from which Perceptive Software delivers quality service from implementation through training and support.
From a customer point of view, someone else was here before. Flanders understands this and knows that even to be considered acceptable, his team and Perceptive Software as a whole must surpass the best each competitor or predecessor had to offer. While Flanders evangelizes the service quotient daily, he combines proven mechanisms, processes and procedures with exceptionally skilled individuals to exceed customers' expectations.
Flanders earned his degree in Pharmacy at the University of Kansas in 1984. While practicing pharmacy he started a then-unique computer dealership, MacSource, which provided solutions and support for the fledgling electronic publishing industry. After MacSource, Flanders held executive-level positions at pharmaceutical and computer technology firms including the precursor to Perceptive Software.
Patrick Kearney
Vice President, Professional Services
Patrick Kearney came to Perceptive Software in 2006, after 16 years of overseeing successful, enterprise-wide ERP initiatives for global customers. Kearney will apply his leadership and development background to the expansion of the fast-growing Project Management and Implementation Consulting units.
Kearney will continue to refine the already established processes of the organization's professional services arm, and will apply to the division a global awareness that is in keeping with ongoing corporate strategies. Finally, he will effectively guide the expansion of the team to keep pace with Perceptive Software's consistently accelerated growth.
A veteran of Andersen Consulting, Kearney advanced to become Vice President and Managing Partner of Clarkston Consulting, a management and consulting firm specializing in consumer products, life services and manufacturing industries. Here he served as the face of multi-million-dollar customer ERP implementations, strategic ERP initiatives and Supply Chain Management. He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College.
Eric Bur
Chief Financial Officer
Eric Bur added his financial and business leadership skills to the Perceptive Software executive team in 2007 in the newly created position of CFO. Bur oversees day-to-day financial operations and human resources. At a higher level, he works with the executive team to understand long-range corporate objectives and define financial strategies to achieve those goals, helping to ensure the company continues on a growth rate that is four times the industry average.
Previously, Bur served as CFO of NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) since 2001, and as Senior Vice President of Finance for American Century Investments. He also spent 11 years as an accountant at Ernst & Young after completing his B.A. in business and accounting at the University of Kansas.
Marjorie Adair
Vice President, Corporate Finance
Since 2002, Marge Adair has successfully framed Perceptive Software's strategic initiatives within the context of responsible fiscal policy. Adair primarily manages corporate finances, working closely with auditors, tax accountants and attorneys to apply sound accounting and forecasting practices to Perceptive Software's aggressive expansion goals.
In addition to looking out for the financial health of the company, Adair oversees organizations including Human Resources and Administration which provide internal, company-wide service and support. She has molded these organizations around the understanding that Perceptive Software and its employees are their customers.
Adair brings 17 years of experience as the controller for several technology firms including the Windward Group and NetCom (now Earthlink). She earned dual degrees in business management and accounting from the University of Denver and received her M.B.A. from Rockhurst University. Adair was honored by the Kansas City Business Journal as a member of the 2006 class of Women Who Mean Business.