Team Members

IntelEvent's team is composed of accomplished individuals who have significant industry experience.

 Don Romeka - Founder & CEO (Monterey, California)
Founded IntelEvent in February 1998 while serving as the Vice President and General Manager of ISI Systems, Inc., an event resource rental and staging corporation for the Event Management Industry. Previously, Mr. Romeka spent seven years with Triad Systems Corporation, a $220 million provider of vertically integrated business and information management solutions for the automotive aftermarket, retail hardlines and lumber industries, in both sales and service management roles. Prior to his position with Triad, Mr. Romeka managed MIS Operations for a division of Unocal 76. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and an M.B.A. degree in Business Administration from the Fischer School of International Business, Monterey Institute.

Sales & Marketing

Andrew Ehler – VP of Sales & Marketing (Phoenix, Arizona) Andrew lived in Houston, TX through the age of 13. He is well known for his loyalties to the Houston teams - the Rockets, Astros, and the Tennessee Titans (formerly the Houston Oilers). Andrew moved to Northern California at the age of 13, and gained a lot of small business experience working in his father’s construction company. Andrew received a BS in Entrepreneurship from Cal State University Monterey Bay.  Andrew has a beautiful daughter, Ashley.

Greg Hixenbaugh – Territory Manager (Northern, California) Greg grew up in Northern California, in a little town called Hughson. Greg attended Cal State University Monterey Bay and Cal State University Stanislaus for his Business Degree. He discovered IntelEvent through his friendship with Andrew Ehler, and first started as a marketing intern. Since he was a child he has been a huge Golden State Warriors fan. He is also the self proclaimed best golfer on the IntelEvent team, but he has the company tournament hardware to back it up.

Brad Liebentritt – Territory Manager (Phoenix, Arizona) Brad grew up in Tucson, AZ, and moved to Phoenix where he received a Business Degree from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and thus a big Sun Devils fan. Brad has gained small business experience from Co-Owning The Redeye Sports Bar during his last year at ASU and recently sold the business. He loves playing basketball, beach volleyball, wake boarding and being on the lake.

Chris Kellner – Territory Manager (Reno, Nevada) Currently resides in Reno, NV after spending most of his life in Northern California. Chris is the oldest of seven kids and recently joined this industry after spending the first part of his professional career in land development. Like most of his co-workers at Intelevent, Chris is an avid sports fan pledging his allegiance to the Duke Blue Devils and the Dallas Cowboys. In addition to being a sports fan, Chris participated in basketball and baseball in high school and is definitely the man to beat when the staff partakes in an athletic competition amongst each other.

Kelvin Smith – Director of Marketing (Phoenix, Arizona) Kelvin grew up in Brentwood California in Northern California. He attended Los Medanos and Diablo Valley College also in northern California. In 2004 he joined the IntelEvent family as a member of the sales team. In 2005 he relocated back to Northern California to Sacramento but because of the strong bond he formed with the entire IntelEvent team he return to IntelEvent in 2007 as our Director of Marketing.

Support & Training

Devon Schroeder – Director of Technology (Iowa) Devon received his Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa, and is a MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and a MCDST (Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician). His experience as a credit and risk management analyst for Wells Fargo Bank adds strategic value.

Andy Bunyard – Customer Support and Training (Toronto, Canada) Andy was born in the UK, and currently resides in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He has over twenty four years of production experience in all facets of multimedia, video, film and print production, as well as Order Entry Systems design and programming in MS access. He has worked on numerous high-level projects with companies such as Architel Systems Corporation, Aerial Communications, General Electric, and North American Life. Andy had been asked to do some research on rental software for a friend’s event focused company. Andy finalized his research project by recommending that his friend buy IntelEvent. His friend did, and Andy was also assigned the project of leading the implementation of the software, which he did very successfully.

Lisa Foster – Customer Support and Training (Southern California) Lisa has lived in Southern California most of her life. She has three children, and a great husband, Rick. She enjoys golf and going to the beach, and she leads the music at her church. Her focus has been helping mid-sized companies control their operations. Prior to joining IntelEvent, Lisa was head of internal operations for a mid-sized event focused rental company where she successfully implemented IntelEvent Express. Lisa became so passionate about the benefits the IntelEvent software had to offer and about the IntelEvent team.

Edd McNamee - Customer Support & Training (Philadelphia, PA) Edd grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia. He graduated from Cabrini College in 1991 with a BA in English and Communications. He has been in the Rental and Staging industry for over 15 years; the last 10 as a project manager. In 2003 he oversaw the implementation of the IntelEvent Express software and was so impressed with it that he decided to join the team. "The software is well put together and is always improving. When the opportunity to help other companies use the software came about, I couldn't resist." Edd lives in Oxford, PA with his wife, two children, and two dogs. He spends his free time playing with his kids and Sailing.

Heather Schorr - Customer Support & Training (Southern California) Heather Schorr was born and raised in Southern California and resides in the San Fernando Valley. During her college years she managed a successful candy store in Burbank for five years. She spent the next six years working as an Office Manager for a post production company in Burbank. It was at the post production company where she became familiar with IntelEvent and utilized the software to run the daily operations of renting equipment. In her spare time she enjoys gardening, hiking, cooking, traveling and classic car shows.

Mimma Feledi – Customer Support and Training (Toronto, Canada) Mimma has a diploma in Computer Programming from Conestoga College.  She spent a number of years as a support/training representative with one of IntelEvent’s competitors .  Mimma and her husband Eric have two wonderful daughters.  I met Mimma at a number of different event focused Trade Shows.

Development 

Norm Sutch – Vice President of Product Development (Phoenix, Arizona) Norm grew up in Southern California. He loves the ocean and enjoys fishing, surfing, and kayaking. He was number one in his high school class, then graduated from UCLA with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, and received a Law Degree from Pepperdine University. He is a licensed California attorney and a registered Patent attorney.

Paul Gilster – Senior Developer (Northern California) Paul grew up in Southern California. He received his BS in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He received his Masters in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. Paul currently lives near the Napa Valley, has 3 boys, and a lovely wife named Ann.

Accounting & Administration

Jill Kahlow – Accounting and Administration (Monterey, California)
Jill has worked with numerous mid sized companies. She was referred to IntelEvent by IntelEvent’s CPA firm Thelen & Chang.

Board of Advisors:
Pete Yozzo, Patrick Bormann, John Crivello, Chris Crawford, and Fred Ehler. These fantastic five have a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of business.