Management Team
Gary Cowsert
President and Chief Executive Officer
Gary Cowsert joined Allen Technologies in September of 2005 as an Executive Vice President of Operations. In January of 2006, Mr. Cowsert was promoted to President and CEO. Prior to joining Allen Technologies Mr. Cowsert was the Vice President of Information Technology at Activant Solutions. Prior to Activant Solutions, Mr. Cowsert was the Senior Director, Information Technology at BMC Software Corporation and Director of Information Technology at Landmark Graphics Corporation. Mr. Cowsert also held Information Technology management positions with SystemOne (a division of Continental Airlines) and Dresser Industries.
Mr. Cowsert holds a Master of Science degree in Science and Technology Commercialization from The University of Texas at Austin and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degrees in Management and Marketing from University of Central Missouri.
Mr. Cowsert is a former member of the City of Austin Technology Grant Review Board and was the 2003 Austin Information Technology Executive of the Year Award recipient.
Tom Sloss
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Sloss brings more than 18 years of finance and accounting experience to his Chief Financial Officer role at Allen Technologies. Prior to joining Allen Technologies, Tom most recently served as Vice President of Finance & Administration at Cesura and prior to Cesura Tom served as Vice President of Finance & Administration at Surgient, Inc. Tom previously held a number of finance management roles at market-leading food services corporations, including Schlotzsky's and Burger King. Tom also worked in the audit and tax departments of Arthur Andersen for five years. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Auburn University and an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the Anderson School at U.C.L.A.
Jeff Cartwright
Vice President, Technology and Applications Development
Jeff Cartwright joined Allen Technologies in September of 2008.
Prior to joining Allen Technologies, Mr. Cartwright was Vice President of business Development at Obsidian Software, President of Veriseo, Vice President and General Manager of Standard Products at Zilog and a Director and Operations Manager in Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector, which spun off from Motorola to become Freescale.
Mr. Cartwright has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) in Computer Science and a Masters degree in CS from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD).
Robert Jensen
Vice President, Operations and Client Relations
Robert Jensen serves ATI as the Vice President of Operations and Client Relations. Robert's roles include oversight and management of ATI operations, client installations, and contracts with a focus on helping clients to best utilize their systems and applications.
Robert Jensen joined Allen Technologies in 1994 to serve as Account/Operations manager for the Southern California region. Prior to joining Allen Technologies, Robert managed maintenance teams responsible for computer and satellite communications systems in the United States Navy and went on to serve in Account and Installations management for Spectradyne, a hospitality-focused on-demand company which was acquired by EDS.
Robert holds over 16 years of Interactive Systems experience, earned the equivalent of an Associates degree in electronics from the U.S. Navy (graduating with honors), is certified by the National Cable TV Institute, has completed Dale Carnegie training in Sales and Customer Service.
Derek Forman
Founder
Mr. Forman has focused on the development and delivery of health information and entertainment to patients since 1971 when he began working for American Hospital Supply, which has since been acquired by Baxter Healthcare. In 1977, Mr. Forman founded Allen Technologies, Inc. (ATI), and in 1981 expanded its operations by founding a sister company in Sydney, Australia called Hospital Communications Australia, Pty. Ltd (HCA). In 1986 ATI and HCA were sold to Grace Brothers Australia and became public on the Sydney stock exchange at which time Mr. Forman was appointed Chairman of the Board and CEO. In 1989 Mr. Forman re-acquired ownership of ATI from Grace Brothers Australia. Since re-acquiring ATI he and the ATI team have focused on the vision of using interactive technology at the patient bedside to “Enhance the Patient Journey to Better Health”.