Robert Ralston is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BSD Group. Robert executes the overall strategic vision of the company with a special emphasis on BSD’s sales and the development of its strategic partnerships. Robert’s executive leadership is responsible for BSD’s consistent growth in sales and revenue. Robert has 16 plus years of experience in the software, web development, and client-service industries. He was instrumental in building BSD Group’s strategic partnership with IBM and has helped to establish the organization as an IBM Premier Business Partner. He has held prominent executive and sales positions at ITIC, Inc.; a Denver based Software Development Company. He developed and ran the company’s professional services organization and helped get the company to a position to where it was acquired by Modis (NYSE:MPS). Post merger, Robert became the Director of Operations for Idea Integration’s Global Services Organization, where he was responsible for a $20M organization.

In addition, Robert has extensive experience working face-to-face with clients and he has a solid track record as a trusted advisor in supporting and meeting client goals. Robert is also a highly-decorated sales professional and has earned top-level sales awards while working at Spherion (NYSE: SPF) and Pro Staff Solutions.

Robert is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in Political Science.

Matt Thomas | Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

Matt Thomas is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of BSD Group Inc. He is a highly motivated and enthusiastic entrepreneur who is proud to have built BSD Group from a two person office with his colleague to the leading software development IBM partner that is BSD Group Inc.

His background includes attending Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado with the highly regarded Boettcher Foundation, and the IBM Watson Scholarships. He obtained his MS with honors in computer information systems from Regis University with an emphasis in Object-Oriented technology. He infuses BSD Group with whole-hearted dedication to clients’ needs and a deep understanding and drive to deliver excellence in IT governance, load testing, tuning, root cause analysis, OO/AD, ITIL, CCMI, and Rational Unified Process driven project management.