James Cook, President and CEO

Prior to founding Raise Sails, Jim has held executive sales positions for companies such as Oracle and Cysive where he supervised national accounts like Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, JPMC, FedEx, Fidelity, Capital One and Thomson Reuters. He has also held sales director and account management positions at Comsearch Consulting and Lexis-Nexis , as well as acquisition positions with publishing firms John Wiley and Harper & Row. Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Colorado and an MBA from George Washington University. He is the host of NOVA Business Spotlight, a monthly cable TV show highlighting Northern Virginia business leaders.

Kathleen S. Jameison, CPA, CFO

Founder and President of K.S.Jameison & Associates, LLC, headquartered in Alexandria, VA, Kathy has specialized in assisting a broad range of clients with organizational, financial management and budgeting, tax planning and compliance, and accounting system design, implementation and monitoring services since 1976. Education includes Radcliffe College and a BS from New York University. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the AICPA Tax Division, the Virginia Society of CPAs, and numerous other professional organizations.

Kent Barnett, VP of Operations

Before joining RaiseSails, Kent created two successful companies, in 1997, Kent co-founded Project Resources, Inc. Project Resources provided tactical, operational, and strategic project managers to Fortune 100 companies. After the acquisition of Project Resources, Inc. in 2000, Kent formed Management Outsourcing LLC and has been providing technical, project, and management consulting to domestic and international organizations. Kent holds a BS in computer information systems and an MBA from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds numerous technical and project management certifications, including Software Verification and Validation, Software Compliance for FDA, and Project Management Professional (PMP).

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