As CEO, Don Roepke is responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction and plans, for obtaining support of those plans from Datacom's directors, shareholders and the financial community, and directing the management team towards the accomplishment of those objectives. He establishes current and long range plans and policies for the company and directs the corporate governance of the Company.

With a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Minnesota, Don began his career with Control Data Corporation in Minneapolis. Over a 20-year career at Control Data Corporation, Don progressed to executive positions and helped direct the explosive growth of CDC’s computer systems, peripherals and service businesses. During his career at CDC Don:

• Headed up CDC's industry dominant OEM peripheral products sales, helping grow sales to over $700 million during his tenure.
• Launched the Peripheral Systems Group; grew it to $160 million in sales in a three-year period.
• Directed CDC’s Government Systems Marketing Group, a $500 million segment of CDC’s business that provided computer systems and services to domestic and foreign government agencies.
• Was in charge of CDC's entire Western European operations, a $900 million business segment covering 15 countries, 4,000 personnel, as well as manufacturing and data center facilities.

Having spent twenty years in a very entrepreneurial environment, Don left CDC to do his own entrepreneuring. Ultimately, in 1992 he formed his own closely held technology company which he used as an incubator for the development of new computer industry technologies, among which were the dataSTOR application software products.

Don’s ultimate vision for Datacom embraces the global reach of the Internet and its power to revolutionize the delivery and support of enterprise applications, thereby allowing for the emergence of new industry leaders. With the mandate of becoming one of those new industry leaders, in late 1998 Don moved the dataSTOR assets into a new corporate entity, Datacom, to focus resources towards that goal.

Don is a large corporation trained strategic leader with a proven success in recruiting key team members, building large businesses and quickly growing sales. In addition, over his many years as a resourceful entrepreneur he has become skilled in profit and balance sheet management.

As a co-founder of Datacom, Gary directed the early development of the company’s product suite and strategies leading to Datacom’s suite of solutions for the manufacturing industry. The combination of Gary’s experience in software development, manufacturing operations, business management and international business development, in both large and small company environments, uniquely qualifies him to oversee the Company's forward-thinking strategic planning.

Gary is a computer-industry veteran. He began his career with Control Data Corporation as a systems engineer and over a span of 16 years advanced through a number of computer systems, software development, manufacturing and marketing management positions. He served as President of Curtis Electronics, a high-volume, build-to-order manufacturing company with facilities in California, Arizona, and Minnesota. During his tenure as President of Curtis, Gary grew the business from $5 million to $30 million in annual sales within a three-year period.

While providing manufacturing services to both small and large companies at Curtis, Gary developed a keen knowledge of the build-to-order model along with an appreciation of the needs and challenges of the mid-sized manufacturer. These experiences combined with his vision as to how the Internet would and has transformed the way in which manufacturers conduct their business, contributed significantly to Datacom’s web hosted strategy and product features.

Gary graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Physics.

Chris joined Datacom in 2005.  Chris is responsible for strategic planning to expand Datacom, in part, through business combinations. Chris also oversees Datacom’s Partnership Network and develops methods to expand its reach. He also assists in developing Datacom’s sales and marketing objectives.

Chris has a strong background in corporate finance, accounting, mergers, private equity and strategic planning. He has a history of successfully directing and implementing strategic initiatives for growth companies, including many in the manufacturing and software industries.

Chris most recently was Vice President of Corporate Finance for Dougherty & Company, LLC, the Minneapolis-based Investment Bank that assisted Datacom with some of its prior funding. In addition to managing private placements at Dougherty, Mr. Brooks led multiple merger & acquisition transactions. Prior to Dougherty, Chris was an Investment Banker with Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis and Southwest Securities in Dallas, Texas, where he completed numerous strategic transactions for growth companies.

Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Finance from Texas Christian University.

Mark joined Datacom in July 2007 as an Implementation specialist, and was promoted to his current position of Manager of Operations in March 2008. Currently, Mark is in charge of Training, Implementation and Customer Support operations for Datacom from the Grand Forks, ND office.

Prior to joining Datacom, Mark was an accounting manager in the healthcare industry. He has over five years of accounting experience and ten years of system troubleshooting and repair in both the military and private sector.

Mark was raised in Rhode Island and has lived in Montana and North Dakota as part of his eight year enlistment in the US Air Force. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Montana State University – Billings as well as several certificates and distinction of training from the military.