Motionsoft Staff

Hossein is the Executive Vice President for Motionsoft and is the head of Motionsoft’s marketing team. He has been involved in the health and wellness industry for over five years and has in-depth knowledge and keen insight into the industry.

Hossein shares his experience of working with the best and the brightest in the health and wellness industry regularly on Motionsoft’s blog: The Circuit Blog

George Pappas joined Motionsoft as COO after serving two years on the company’s Board of Directors. He brings deep cross-functional & international experience in R&D, Product Management, and Sales/Marketing, having built and led a variety of high-growth software & services organizations in the areas of Financial Services, Telecommunications, US National Security Community, and Higher Education. He is currently an advisor for data analytics firm Intelligenx and co-founder of SalesOps Analytics where he received a patent for his work. Prior to Motionsoft, Pappas held Executive Leadership positions at Educap, Plesk, Inc., CyberCash, Relay Technology and Bachman Information Systems. Most recently, he was EVP of Sales & Marketing for Education Services leader Presidium, Inc.

Philip Coady brings nearly 18 years of enterprise sales and client management expertise to his role at President of Motionsoft. Most recently, Coady served as Vice President of Sales for SABA Software, a publicly traded leading provider of enterprise talent management solutions, where he was responsible for growing the company’s market share and continuing Saba’s position as the market leader. Prior to that position, he was Vice President of North American Sales at Plateau Systems, also a web-based provider of human resource software solutions.

Ed started his career in Public Accounting joining Grant Thornton after graduating from the State University of New York with an accounting degree. After four years in the public sector, Ed joined a semi start up private company and was involved in the first acquisition of Karch International (now Motionsoft) in late 1999. In 2004, Ed joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to gain the experience working for a publicly reporting company and was involved in implementing Sarbanes-Oxley for the two government divisions he managed. In mid 2006, Ed joined Motionsoft as the Chief Financial Officer.

Shane Edmonds is a recognized technologist with 15 years experience in the Health & Wellness industry and has a strong history of leadership in all stages of the corporate lifecycle. He has participated in various aspects of product development, from hands-on engineering to strategic planning. As Co-Founder and CTO of FitnessInsite.com, Shane architected and brought to market its web-based application and CRM platform and secured clients such as Gold’s Gym International, World Gym, and Powerhouse Gym. Other software and web products he developed have been used by notable companies such as 24 Hour Fitness and Great Earth Vitamins. Most recently Shane served as CTO of Crunch Fitness, a renowned national chain of health clubs, where he played an instrumental role in its acquisition from Bally. Shane has also taught a software engineering and media curriculum as Associate Faculty at Arizona State University.

Benson Fine has had a long-term involvement in the health and fitness industry. He has held various executive management positions with companies such as Holiday Universal Inc., U.S. Industries Inc., and Bally Total Fitness. Under his leadership, Holiday was the only fitness corporation approved by the SEC for an initial public offering. In 1984, he co-founded Belmont Associates, Inc., which provided accounts receivable services to independently owned fitness facilities throughout the country. Having his pulse on the industry, and to better serve his customers, he recognized the need for integrated accounts receivables services with club management software. This led to his acquiring a club management software development company. The two organizations have been operating since 2002 under the trade name Conexion. Benson lives with his wife in Timonium, Maryland and enjoys an active business and social lifestyle.

Timothy Bender is a 14-year veteran of the corporate finance world. Most recently, he served as Corporate Controller at Vocus, a leadingcloud-based Marketing & PR company, where he helped contribute to the company’s growth from $4 million in revenue and 70 employees to $114 million in revenue and 700 employees. He is responsible for Motionsoft’s overall financial management and corporate compliance.

Nannette Spurrier brings more than 25 years progressive experience in the development, delivery and support of innovative software technology solutions for healthcare and defense/intelligence organizations. Spurrier began her career with the National Security Agency (NSA), later providing IT consulting services across a number of government, public and private sector organizations. Most recently, she held leadership positions supporting enterprise software solutions in the healthcare field for VISICU, Philips’ Healthcare & the Advisory Board.

Dharmesh Trivedi joined Motionsoft as VP of Operations after nearly a decade helping start-up Razorsight become a leading innovator in cloud-based analytics software for the world’s largest communications providers. As Executive Director of Operations at Razorsight, Trivedi managed offshore operations in Bangalore, India with a large customer base and over $50 million in revenues. He was also responsible for overseeing the delivery and implementation of Data Capture services for numerous Fortune 100 clients, including Xerox and AT&T.