Tony Shupin
President & CEO
and Chairman of the Board
Anthony Shupin’s
experience includes over 20 years of executive management, sales,
marketing and international business development with technology,
computing, aerospace and professional services companies.
Prior to DDSI, Mr. Shupin served in several capacities in the
Technology and Management Consulting field. He founded
TShupin and Associates,
a
management consulting firm focused on assisting clients in the areas
of Sales and Marketing, New Business Start-Up, Operational Analysis
and Business/Technology Synchronization. At Deloitte
Consulting he directed activities as
a Business Development Executive in the Communications and Media
practice.
Mr. Shupin’s background also includes a role as Director of
International Business Development at the world’s first commercial
satellite aerospace company.
EOSAT,
a Hughes/Lockheed Martin joint venture was acquired by
Space Imaging, L.P.,
a Lockheed Martin/Raytheon joint venture in 1996 and is the leading
provider of high resolution satellite imagery. His career
there included responsibilities developing,
managing and directing the $100 million global sales channel network
of six international offices, 100+ worldwide distributors and over
16 international satellite data reception stations. Management
and Sales positions at Wang Laboratories and Xerox
Corporation round out his early career profile.
A graduate of
Colby College,
Waterville, Maine, Mr. Shupin has extended his education at
Rutgers University, Cook College
in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing training as
well as Business management training at Xerox, Wang and Deloitte
Consulting. He has been an invited speaker at various
international symposiums and has published articles regarding
imaging, market analysis and access, and education and technical
assessment.
Michael Pellegrino
Sr.
Vice President & CFO (Board Member)
Michael Pellegrino joined DDSI
in 1995. He is presently Sr. Vice President and CFO for the
Corporation.
For eleven
years prior (from 1984 to 1995), Mr. Pellegrino was Vice President
and CFO of Software Shop Systems, Inc.
From 1979 to
1984 (5 years), he was a regional controller for Capital Cities/ABS,
and for seven years earlier (1972-1979) as Director of Financial
Systems for ADP.
Mr.
Pellegrino has a Bachelors degree in accounting from MSU and a
Masters in Finance from Rutgers University, after which he worked at
Touché Ross for 3 years.
He is a
Certified Public Accountant.