Executive Team

Rock Griffin, President Skyward Consulting Group

Monya Cate Griffin, Executive Vice President

Kevin Ball, Chief Financial Officer

Henry Cipriano III, Vice President (Boston)

Thomas M. Donahue, Vice President (Boston)

Matthew Byrne, Vice President (New York City)

William Henry, Vice President (Seattle)

Lisa St. Peter, Vice President (Rhode Island)

Nov Omana, Director (San Francisco)

Henry Jordan, Director (Dallas)


Rock Griffin, President
Rock has been selling, delivering, and managing at product and service organizations for 23 years. Prior to founding Skyward Consulting Group, Rock was the EVP in charge of the North American Financial Services Division of Logica (now LogicaCMG). Prior to this, he was the VP/GM of Professional Services at Thomson Financial, the Managing Director for North American Professional Services at SSA, and a Practice Director at Coopers & Lybrand Consulting. He also held sales and management positions at Honeywell, McDonnell Douglas, and was a US Army officer. He has an MBA and an MS in Information Systems Management.

 

Monya Cate Griffin, Executive Vice President
Monya combines her degrees in counseling and psychology with her professional training and coaching skills to oversee our coaching and assessment businesses. Monya has 19 years in private and corporate practice as well as professional coaching, speaking, and training. Besides working with Skyward, Monya also continues to lead several programs focused on marriage and family issues and is a frequent speaker on relational topics.

 

Kevin Ball, Chief Financial Officer
Kevin brings 15 years of executive level finance and operations experience to Skyward Consulting Group. Prior to joining Skyward, Kevin was VP Operations for the U.S. subsidiary of Getronics NV, a $4.0B provider of software solutions and managed services located in the Netherlands. While at Getronics, he had responsibility for the North American operations of the Financial Services business. Prior to joining Getronics in 2000, Kevin spent ten years with Logica plc, a $2+ B professional services firm, where he held a number of senior level finance positions within Corporate Finance and the Financial Services and Energy & Utility business units. While part of Corporate Finance, Kevin had responsibility for treasury services, risk management and financial planning and analysis. Most recently, Kevin was VP Finance and Operations for Logica s Financial Services line of business. Kevin has an Undergraduate degree in Economics from St. Anselm College and received his MBA with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from Boston College.

 

Henry Cipriano III, Vice President (Boston)
Henry brings over 15 years of experience in national Marketing and Sales positions working for fortune 500 companies like Sysco where he consistently won various top sales awards and accolades. He is a tech savvy professional with experience in brand management, product management, business development, and project management spanning various industries ranging from consumer packaged goods to information technology. In addition, he has been involved with several start-ups and entrepreneurial endeavors including a company he founded which develops creative and innovate technologies. He is a seasoned negotiator and strategic thinker who utilizes collaboration, in-depth analysis, critical reasoning, and superior communication to find tactical business advantages and complete the tasks at hand.

He is a Cum Laude graduate of Bentley College, where he has received both his BS in Marking and an MBA with a concentration in Marketing. Additionally, Henry is currently a candidate for an MS in Information Technology. Henry is an avid soccer player 3-4 days a week.

 

Thomas M. Donahue, Vice President (Boston)
Tom has over 20 years experience in sales and executive sales management for companies that include Compaq, Software AG and American Power Conversion. He has successfully led large sale teams with quotas exceeding $100 million and has received numerous club awards for sales excellence.

He is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with both a BS and MBA in Business Management and Finance. In addition, he is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Worcester State College instructing in Business Information Systems, Business Management and International Business.

 

Matthew Byrne, Vice President (New York City)
Prior to joining Skyward Matt was EVP of Global Sales for On2 Technologies, a developer of proprietary video compression technology. He has served as a senior sales executive in start-up and pre-IPO environments in the magazine publishing, Internet media & e-commerce, and emerging technology industries. Matt received a Bachelor or Arts Degree in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University.

 

William Henry, Vice President (Seattle)
With more than 16 years experience in sales and marketing, Bill has held top sales positions with companies, which include Network Equipment Technologies, General Datacom Industries and Marconi Corporation. plc. His expertise at developing strategically focused solutions has earned him the respect of key enterprise technology clients, as well as numerous sales awards for top sales achievements.

Bill also has experience as a corporate trainer. He has conducted training sessions focusing on Work Force Motivation, Effective Employee Management and Increasing Workforce Efficiency.

He is a graduate of City University with a BS in Business Management.

 

Lisa St. Peter, Vice President (Rhode Island)
Ms. St. Peter comes to the Skyward Consulting Group with extensive experience in sales and marketing for companies that include Pepsi, Clear Channel Radio, and FirstComp Insurance. She has successfully managed multi-million dollar projects and product lines nationally, as well as managed large regional event marketing campaigns. Her current entrepreneurial endeavors include working within Creative Destruction, Inc. as the VP of Sales and Marketing where she is helping the company launch an interactive online dashboard, as well as working with the creators of Bigcityapartments.com to expand their online service and exposure nationally

She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and of Bentley College with a M.B.A. in Marketing. In addition to her M.B.A., Lisa is also currently pursuing a second Master’s degree from Bentley College in Marketing Analytics.

 

Nov Omana, Vice President (San Francisco)
Nov has 30 Years of supporting the Human Resources community through services sales, consulting, and customer service. A business development leader who has started Human Resources Technology consulting businesses and worked with Fortune 500 clients in developing technology and Human Resources strategies. He provides outstanding communication and relationship management skills and training. Nov's extensive background in sales and implementation of HR technologies make him an important asset to our clients. Nov is a graduate of UCLA and is currently the Chairman of the International Association of Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)

 

Henry Jordan, Vice President (Dallas)
Mr. Jordan has over 20 years in the telecommunications, outsourcing and consulting fields. He has held upper management positions in various Fortune 100 companies such as FMC, Sprint, Arthur Andersen & Co. and US Long Distance (now Qwest Communications). He has been involved in the management of several start-up endeavors in the long distance industry including switchless resale and wholesale carrier sales. At the present time, Mr. Jordan is President of Teton Enterprises, Inc., a Dallas-based consulting and brokerage services company, serving various industries for the last 7 1/2 years.

Mr. Jordan has a B.S.B.A. in Economics and Statistics and an MBA. From 1983 - 2000, he served on the Board of Directors of the National Football League Alumni Organization - Dallas Chapter, an organization active in charitable events benefiting children. In addition, he served on the Board of Directors and was part owner of TCS Holding, a switchless resale long distance company service the Midwestern United States.