Our Team
Focus School Software now employs over 120 talented and dedicated team members. Many of our training and support staff came from school districts that use our Solutions, arming them with first-hand user experience.
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Andrew Schmadeke
CEO
Steven Harnois
Director of Operations
Shannon Hutchinson
Director of CTE/Higher ED
Bethany Heslam
Director of Implementation
Angela Adams
Software Engineer
Amber Almendariz
HR Coordinator
Chris Augusto
Jr. Release Engineer
Heather Battick
Support Tech (Tier 1)
Raymond Bennett
Software Tester
Ray Bennett Jr.
Software Engineer
Elaine Boyd
NE Training Manager
Makra Brannon
Account Executive
Donna Brigley
NE Customer Engagement Manager
Candy Bringhurst
NE Receptionist
Will Brock
Automation Engineering Manager
Meg Brown
Project Coordinator
Nic Brown
Digital Learning Design Manager
Melanie Burnett
Project Coordinator
Carrie Callahan
SSRS Report Developer
Demerise Cano
Project Coordinator
Mary Carroll
Software Tester
Annie Cavazuti
Account Executive
Angie Chirino
Software Tester
Lynn d'Albertis
Account Executive
Jason Dobrinski
Software Architect
Kelly Dueno
Software Engineer
Beth Elliot
NE Support Specialist
John Ewing
Software Engineer
Bridget Foster
Lead Software Trainer
Lizette Garcia
Technical Writer
Halie Gdovin
Project Manager
Peter Gerakios
Senior System Administrator
Alex Gilliard
State Reporting Specialist
Matt Gilstrap
Javascript Engineer
Patrick Golden
Finance & Security Engineering Mgr.
Aleksandr Golubev
Software Engineer (Tier 2)
Patrick Grace
NE Director
Betty Hartford
NE Account Product Specialist
Martina Henry
Account Executive
Sammy Hodge
Feature Enhancement Engineering Mngr.
Guy Indelicato
NE Business Manager
Kiffani Irby
Account Executive
Galen Irving-Sachs
Senior Software Engineer
Joseph Jezior
Software Engineer
Tyler Kaylor
Software Architect
Darren Koenig
Software Tester
Larry Kreeger
Software Architect
Dustin Lambert
Support Technician (Tier 1)
Lisa Lancaster
Software Trainer
Mike Lee
Application Architect
Michael Lekon
Senior Software Engineer
Eric Lentz
Senior Database Developer
Diane Loux
NE Sr. Software Developer
Carlos Luna
Software Engineer (Tier 2)
Ryan McCann
Software Engineer
Monica Methot
Account Executive
Christine Michaud
Software Trainer
Jack Miller
Software Engineer (Enhancements)
Heather Money
Software Tester
Joshua Murray
Sr. Software Engineer
Robert Myers
Tier 2 Engineer Manager
Menaka Narayanaswamy
Data Specialist
Anita Nesby
Senior Software Engineer
John Panella
Support Technician (Tier 1)
Dave Peters
System Administrator
Jeanie Peterson
Office Assistant
Brittany Petrenko
Data Specialist
Monica Pettiette
Marketing and PR Specialist
Cassie Pfister
Software Trainer
Chris Pharo
State Reporting Specialist
Chuck Pickens
Pennsylvania & Midwest Business Manager
Denise Polidura
Software Tester
Jarrod Porter
QA Team Lead - Feature Enhancements
Nataliia Pryshchepa
Software Tester
Tim Redman
Software Engineer
Susan Richard
Software Trainer
Bill Richardson
Texas Account Executive
Merrie Rickman
NE Software Developer
Robert Rocha
Software Engineer
Nicole Rockower
Sr. Software Engineer
Jose Rodriguez
Software Engineer (Tier 2)
Jasmine Rogers
Executive Assistant
Olga Ross
Javascript Engineer
Adrian Ruiz
Lead Data Specialist
Kaytie Shea
Office Manager
Joe Siwiak
System Administrator
Henry Smoot
Director of Reporting, Integrations, and Database Administration
Austin Stanfield
Software Architect
Brittany Stone
Tier 1 Support Manager
Jamie Title
Director of Support
Holly Tolbert
Lead Software Trainer
Christine Tomalo-Porter
Account Executive
Sara Vandehey
Software Engineer (Tier 2)
Ashley Weiss
Technical Writer
Tom Wilson
Sr. Software Engineer
Keerthi Yachareni
Database Developer