Prior to Planet Technologies, Scott was the CEO of eQuest Technologies—a leading provider of Microsoft-based services to hosters around the world – customers included Deutsch Telecom, Host Italia, and America Online. He served as the President and member of the board at Patriot Technologies, a cyber security services firm that manufactured intrusion detection products for Fortune 500 organizations.

Scott graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Business Management. Currently, Scott serves on the Board of Directors for the USO and is a member of the Executive Advisory Board at James Madison University. An avid supporter of the Veteran community, one of Scott’s highlights was serving as an escort for the Honor Flight Program assisting with guided tours of our nation’s capital to veterans of WWII, Korea and Vietnam Wars.

Other interests are family, Alabama football and music. Scott was a former scholarship athlete for the University of Alabama football team. Today, when he is not watching his son play Rugby, you may find him playing in a band with Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish.

Under Steve’s direction, Planet developed a series of Solution Accelerators targeting Criminal Investigation, Inspection and Management functions of Governments and Education organizations. These applications and others like them are the cornerstone to Planet’s burgeoning SaaS business. The adoption of these services is changing the responsiveness of government to their constituents. Prior to Planet, Steve founded eQuest Technologies — a leading provider of Microsoft-based services to the world-wide hosting community. This organization was later acquired by Planet Technologies and was the launching point for Planet’s cloud business leveraging Steve’s vast cloud domain knowledge and leadership.

Steve attended the University of North Florida where he studied Jazz Performance. He is a respected youth basketball coach, leading teams both at the national travel and high school level. This experience is a key motivator for his passion in supporting the Education segment at Planet.

Before joining Planet Technologies in 2007, Andrew was employed by NCI Information Systems, Inc., providing Program Management support at the United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration. Prior to that Andrew served as a Senior IT Manager and Senior IT Consultant at W3Net L.L.C., Lockheed Martin, ACS Government Solutions Group, Titan Corporation, and MCI Telecommunications. Andrew has extensive experience in the areas of Strategic IT Planning, Enterprise Architecture, IT Operations, and Project Management.

Andrew has received the equivalent of a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Tashkent State University (former USSR). He holds a number of industry certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), and Novell Certified Engineer (CNE); and he is a long time member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Computer Society, and Project Management Institute.

Outside of the office, Andrew enjoys playing chess; reading and learning about science, history, sociology and economics; and cooking. Visit Andrew’s blog

Dan’s focus turned to helping customers architect specialized solutions for the Microsoft SharePoint and Azure platforms, and currently oversees service delivery operations for Planet, specializing in SharePoint and Azure.

Jen began her journey at Planet as a SharePoint consultant and shortly after joining Planet co-founded the Colorado Women in SharePoint group. With a background in technical training, Jen has leveraged her passion for teaching to effectively mentor others on their technical journey. Over the past 12 years, Jen has helped solidify Planet’s reputation in the West and lead our Microsoft service practice across the states of Colorado, California, Washington, Alaska, and more.

Jen received her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Colorado, Boulder and her Master’s degree in Management of Information Systems from the University of Colorado, Denver. Outside of the office, Jen loves mountain biking, hiking, playing tennis, traveling, volunteering with youth, reading, cooking, and eating good food with great friends.

As the Deputy COO for VITA, Rodgers created and implemented the first cloud strategy for the Commonwealth and authored legislation for cloud readiness and utilization signed into law by then-Governor Ralph Northam. The bill directed all state agencies to move locally hosted IT systems to cloud environments. Demetrias led the push for cloud security modernization and its initial zero trust framework for the cloud environments. Rodgers was also essential in the implementation of the end-to-end RPA service, the first state-level initiative in the nation. He joined VITA after working for a large managed service provider and defense contractor.

Jen has worked with a range of companies, leading teams responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of SharePoint environments. Most recently she has been responsible for product development and finding creative ways to delight customers.

Sam has also served as Board Chair for the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, the Goodwill Board & Board Chair for the PenMar Development Corp (the old Fort Ritchie Army Post).

Since joining the company as a founding Vice President 1999, Sam has played an integral role in Planet Technologies’ growth among both staff and clientele.

Sam and his wife have four children. He and his family are active in their community and are determined to get involved and make a difference.

Clay has 25 years of experience managing the accounting, treasury, and financial functions in Fortune 500 and privately-held government contracting environments as well as 7 years’ experience as a C.P.A. in public practice. He also holds certification in management accounting and is knowledgeable of ISO certified business environments.

His background provides him with subject matter expertise in Government contracting including risk management, DCAA regulations, FARS, CAS, and indirect rate structures. Working in publicly held environments subject to Sarbanes Oxley has afforded him expertise in the design, documentation, and implementation of business process flows and controls.

Clay is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, and a life-long resident of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Outside of the office his interest include family, Harley’s, and reading history. He is presently ghost writing his father’s autobiography.

Since joining the Planet family in 2009, Laura has held various roles. In her early years at Planet, she assisted with the transition to the current accounting system, created the system documentation, and implemented policies and procedures. Laura moved into the role of Controller in 2015.

Laura graduated from Saint Michael’s College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She has 20 years of experience in accounting and business. In 2017, she was selected as a Top Accounting Executive by Recognize DC.

Laura lives in Maryland with her husband and children. In her spare time, she enjoys cheering her children on in their various activities, volunteering as the PTO Treasurer, singing, and running.

Andy’s past work has taken him around the world with Presidents, world leaders and diplomats and gained him a lot of attention in the documentary world with projects on C-SPAN, ESPN, and PBS. He is a published author, public speaker and historian of U.S. First Ladies. This work connects him to a wide variety of veteran’s causes and philanthropic endeavors.

He lives on the West River South of Annapolis, MD with his many pets, a historic Harley Davidson and his drum collection.

Christian is a professional with more than 25 years of human resource management experience. She lives in Northeast Connecticut with her four children and a house full of pets. When she is not being a passionate sports mom on numerous types of fields and venues, she loves to cook, garden and spend time with family.

Kasey attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a specialization in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Kasey lives in Damascus, Maryland with her husband and her two dogs where she enjoys reading, exercising, and volunteering with her high school lacrosse program.