Nets To Ladders

Marc Ferguson

Marc oversees the executive management of both Nets to Ladders and Onesta Labs. He has over 20 year of experience in business process innovation (BPI), including introducing dramatically new business processes to a wide range of industry segments. In 1994, Marc became one of Austin's early Internet entrepreneurs as founder of Cofiniti, a pioneer of collaborative Web-based wealth management and supply chain management solution for the financial services industry. He guided the company as CEO and Chairman during its early years, raising over $40 million in venture capital as Cofiniti grew to 149 employees and $9 million in annual revenues by 2000.

Marc left Cofiniti in 2000 to assist Eltekon in establishing a private equity fund for minority-owned businesses. After completing the Eltekon project, he was recruited by Cofiniti lenders to help the company emerge from the high-tech industry's financial downturn. He founded Onesta Labs in 2003 to assume Cofiniti's contractual obligations and provide business process innovation for collaborative efforts between private and public organizations. In early 2006, Marc founded Nets to Ladders as the parent organization of Onesta Labs to add professional services to the existing business process technology, including training, field coordination, product distribution, and consulting. Today Marc is helping guide the development of several unique BPI projects, including the Benefits Enrollment Network, the first Web-based benefits process management software as a service (SaaS).

Prior to founding Cofiniti, Marc managed a ten-state, $300 million sales region for financial services marketing firm, Essex Corporation. Before that position, he established a bank securities brokerage subsidiary for Capitol Federal Savings. Marc holds a BA in Finance and Business Administration from Idaho State University.

Joey Terrazas

Joey is responsible for Nets to Ladders' strategic market development, major account sales, and partner alliances. He brings over 13 years of sales and business development experience to his role, including positions at Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, consulting firms, and in his own entrepreneurial enterprises. Prior to joining Nets to Ladders, Joey was President and co-founder of Healthcare Intelligence, Inc. (HCI), a private healthcare focused software and systems integration company. Among his achievements, he was responsible for securing the company's initial $1 million equity funding from private investors and setting HCI's strategic marketing direction. Prior to that position, Joey co-founded Austin-based AccuMed Home Health, a home health care company that grew from eight to over 300 employees across five states in 3 years and exceeding $17 million annually. Joey also held leadership positions at MagRabbit, TCS Corporate Services, and Pinnacle Practices. He holds a BBA in Marketing from Hardin-Simmons University.

Bob Twomey

Bob is responsible for ensuring that the technology and services provided by Nets to Ladders enable our member organizations to fulfill their mission more effectively. He has over 20 years of financial services experience building customer-facing organizations that deliver business process improvement, technology implementation and account support services. Prior to joining Nets to Ladders in October 2005, Bob managed the development of innovative technology programs at Charles Schwab aimed at helping clients become more successful traders. In this position, he applied his business innovation skills to deliver a cutting-edge, virtual classroom which provided a live, online audio and visual learning environment to clients nationwide. Before Charles Schwab, Bob directed the services organization for the startup software firm, Cofiniti, a pioneer of Web-based wealth management technology. Bob has also held several leadership positions at a diverse range of corporations, including Essex Corporation, Integrated Resources Investment Centers, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. Bob holds a BS in Business Administration from California State University.

John Krauskopf

John oversees software application development and overall software architecture at Onesta Labs. He brings over 15 years of experience as a software developer to his role in business process innovation. Prior to joining Onesta Labs, he worked with Cofiniti where he developed key components of the company's Web-based wealth management application. Prior to this position, John was employed at Pavilion Technologies, a process control optimization company, as a senior software developer, with a key role developing the user interface for the company's optimization product suite. Before Pavilion, John worked at Loral Space Systems leading a team of developers in the migration of a proprietary NASA scheduling system to a standard Unix application. John holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Texas State University.

Michelle Zadrozny, LMSW

Michelle Zadrozny is responsible for Member Development Services at Nets to Ladders, including coordinating business-to-business collaborative relationships between member organizations, relationship management, and consulting services delivery. She brings 10 years of social services experience to her position. Before Nets to Ladders, Michelle was employed at a large company that provides third-party insurance/Medicaid screening and eligibility for uninsured patients in the hospital. In this position, she managed vendor contracts with the HCA/St David's Healthcare Partnership in the Austin region, working closely with hospital CEOs, CFOs, financial counselors, medical staff, and eligibility screeners. Prior to this position, Michelle worked for Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center (ATCMHMR), a Texas Medicaid provider, in various roles including case management and program administration, and managing the Evaluation Project for the Children's Partnership, a multi-agency Systems of Care collaboration for children with special needs funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services/SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). Michelle holds a Masters of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BA in Liberal Arts from the University of Dayton in Ohio. She is also a Licensed Masters level Social Worker in the state of Texas.

Carol Rylander

Carol heads up Nets to Ladders marketing and communication department, with direct responsibility for marketing strategy and channel partner relationships. She brings over 20 years of marketing communications experience to her role, including positions at Dell, Novell, and Digital Equipment. Prior to joining Nets to Ladders Carol held a number of management positions at Dell in Corporate Communications, Brand Marketing, Product Marketing, and Business and Partner Development over 13 years. Her accomplishments in these roles included guiding the industry analyst-focused corporate communications strategy for Dell’s expanding consumer products operations. Among Carol’s many other responsibilities, she managed a multi-million dollar joint co-branding and marketing campaign between Dell and Microsoft. She holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas School of Business.

Lynn Spachuk

Lynn's responsibilities as Nets To Ladders Learning Facilitator encompass all facets of training, including training strategy development, training evaluation and delivery, and content and material development. Lynn's areas of expertise include eLearning and training cycle management. She has worked in both formal education and corporate training venues for both non-profit and for-profit employers across a diverse range of industries. Lynn received her MS in Curriculum and Instruction and BA in Secondary Biology Education from the University of Houston. She also has her Online Trainer Certification from the University of New York.

Lynn served as Master Level Judge at Brandon Hall's 2007 Excellence in Learning Awards at the Innovations in Learning Conference. The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards is in its 13th year of recognizing the best in learning content, technology, and initiatives from around the world.