Management Team

George Mellor
President

As our current president of CBE Technologies, George Mellor is in charge of day-to-day operations. He joined CBE technologies as the Vice President of Commercial sales achieving strong growth Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. From there he moved over to the Director of Operations position in charge of the technical engineering staff, field staff deployment, inventory management, dispatch and CBE’s national network of service partners. He has been instrumental in establishing CBE’s presence in professional and managed services since joining CBE’s Executive Team. Before joining CBE, Mellor was President of Netivity Solutions, Inc. where he was responsible for driving business growth and managing operations on a day-to-day basis. George has more than a dozen years of experience in sales and management positions.

Chris Reily
Chief Technology Officer

In the role of CTO, Christopher provides Technical Consulting Services to the Sales Organization, delivers executive level Consulting Services to select clients focusing on Operational Readiness and serves in the leadership role of assessing, evaluating and packaging the technology solution sets that CBE delivers to its customers. Christopher has over fifteen (15) years of experience in the IT industry with a focus on government and education markets. He has over a decade of experience in a pure consulting role serving as Vice President of a leading New England IT consulting organization where he delivered in excess of 300 engagements in the government and education space focusing on building project design, technology master planning, infrastructure and system design, RFP development and budgeting and capital improvement expertise.  In the years prior to joining CBE, Reily served as a Director of a successful consulting/engineering organization with an emphasis on virtualization and related technologies. In addition, Reily is a Senior Visiting Lecturer currently at Salem State College in the Master’s of Education, Information Technology program.

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Jeff Koester
Vice President of Operations

Jeff Koester is the Vice President of Operations, responsible for leading our engineering and managed services teams. Jeff is a seasoned, highly effective executive who has served in key roles with firms specializing in building telecommunication networks, creating enhanced services and software solutions. With his in depth knowledge of vendor and customer account management, Jeff is adept at identifying ways to add value to products to create meaningful marketplace differentiation. Prior to joining CBE Technologies Jeff was a senior executive at Spencer Technologies where he managed operations providing project management and logistic support of a team of service professionals deployed nationwide, focusing on the installation of large-scale deployment of network technologies and cabling. Jeff was also Chief Operating Officer of Lightship Telecom a New England CLEC tasked with deploying next generation carrier grade VoIP networks.

Robert Pesa
Vice President of Managed Service & Support

Robert Pesa brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry to CBE Technologies. As the Vice President of Managed Service and Support, Robert works to refine our IT practices and improve customer satisfaction. Before coming to CBE, Robert began his career as a systems engineer, quickly moving up the ranks at New England Systems. He moved on to become a founding partner at Prominence Group Inc., joining CBE through acquisition of that company.

David P. Barter
Territory Manager, Northern New England

David P. Barter is the Territory Manager for Northern New England, with over 13 years in the IT Industry. David is responsible for oversight and management of 30+ Professional Services Engineers covering all the major technologies. With his certifications including, MCSE, CCEA, CCSP and CCNA he brings his extensive technical expertise to our clients on a daily basis. Prior to working at CBE Technologies, David was the CIO at a major home-based health services organization, overseeing all their technology needs.

John Mann
Vice President of Sales

John Mann is our Vice President of Sales for southern New England, responsible for managing vendor and customer relationships in that area. John has been in the IT industry working with Education, Government and Commercial markets for over 27 years. The leadership and expertise he has brought to CBE coupled with his Erate and government funding experience has helped to grow our education business. Prior to working in the IT Industry he was in K12 education as an administrator and teacher.

David S. Rembis, CPA
CFO

David Rembis has over 20 years of professional experience developing and managing financial, administrative and operational systems within organizations of varying sizes and in various industries.  Before joining CBE Technologies in early 2009, David was COO, after serving as CFO, of a major non-profit organization in New England, overseeing human resources, financial and operational professionals .  He has held several senior financial roles in both public accounting and private accounting and served as Controller for an IT firm in the early 2000s.

Lori Koch
Director of Marketing and Communications

Lori Koch is the Director of Marketing and Communications for CBE Technologies, responsible for marketing strategy and execution. Joining CBE technologies in 2006, Lori utilizes her marketing skills to build awareness of the CBE Technologies brand. Prior to joining CBE Lori began her career at Kessler Financial Services working on credit card campaigns for Norwegian Cruise Lines, Bass Pro Shops and Staples, among others. She moved on to Elsevier where she quickly gained momentum in the marketing department, helping to increase their computer engineering line sales by 8% each year.