Executive Team

Velocity Electronics' senior management team brings together industry veterans with a deep knowledge of electronic components and professionals from a wide variety of highly successful businesses.

Tim Gray
Chairman (March 2001 - Present)

Tim Gray is an entrepreneur and business executive with 14 years of experience developing and growing businesses. Tim has managed all aspects of a company's operations from sales and marketing to finance, accounting, software development and international expansion. He is responsible for establishing and continues to oversee the development of Velocity's mission, vision, business strategy and global expansion efforts. Tim served as the CEO of Velocity from 2001 to 2008.

Prior to joining the Velocity team, Tim was Managing Director at idealab, where he was co-head of idealab's New Ventures Group, responsible for evaluating and developing new and existing operating companies. Prior to joining idealab, Tim was CEO of WeddingChannel.com (a company he co-founded), where he created and oversaw the development of the innovative and patented WeddingChannel.com service, developed the overall business strategy and led finance, accounting, public relations, recruiting and partnership development efforts. Tim started his career as an attorney with the entrepreneurial-focused Los Angeles law firm of Riordan & McKinzie.

Tim holds a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Frank Bruno
President and CEO (February 1999 - Present)

Frank Bruno co-founded Velocity Electronics in February 1999. He brings over 20 years of experience in managing all aspect of material distribution, including appraising, buying, selling, handling, inspecting and storing board level electronic components, peripherals and networking equipment in both the franchise and independent distributor markets. Frank is an expert in material management, quality assurance, global sales and world-wide operational logistics. He is responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of Velocity and leads all aspects of Velocity's global expansion and growth.

Prior to founding Velocity, Frank held sales, operational and management level positions at one of the largest global independent distributors. He also has experience in franchise distribution, working for Marshall Industries.

Frank is a board member of the Busby Foundation, an Austin based non-profit providing support for families affected by ALS (Lou Gerhig's disease).

Rob Turner
Director (February 1999 - Present)

Rob Turner co-founded Velocity Electronics in February 1999. Rob held various executive level sales and material procurement positions at Velocity from 1999 through 2005. He has over twelve years of experience and is an expert in appraising, buying and selling board level electronic components. He currently serves as a company director. Prior to founding Velocity, Rob held sales and sales management positions at one of the largest global independent distributors.

Rob was a Division I college football player while attending the University of California at Berkeley and Eastern Michigan University, where he majored in Interpersonal Communications and minored in International Business.

Kristofor Kelly
Director of Sales and Business Development (May 2003 - Present)

Kris joined Velocity in May 2003 as a Business Development Manager responsible for spearheading the company's efforts with global EMS providers. In 2005, Kris was promoted to Director of Business Development. In addition to leading Velocity outside sales efforts, Kris was a key member of the team that launched Velocity's international offices in Guadalajara, Mexico, Budapest, Hungary, Singapore, Vienna, Austria and Penang, Malaysia. Beginning in 2008, Kris was promoted to Director of Sales and Business Development, where he is the leader of a three person team (along with Dina Mavridis and Mark Pollard) responsible for overseeing Velocity's worldwide Sales Division.

Prior to joining the Velocity team, Kris served as global strategic manager for one of the largest independent distributors in the world, where he coordinated global sales initiatives with a number of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to his career in independent distribution, Kris was a member of an elite national account management team at AT&T, where he also focused on large corporate accounts.

He holds a BBA in marketing and international business from Baylor University.

Hal Juergens
Director of Product Management (April 2002 - Present)

Hal Juergens joined Velocity in April 2002 and has led the company's Product Management group since September 2005. Hal is an expert in excess material procurement and sales, third-party logistics, and structuring and executing third-party material management programs such as Velocity's Partner Purchasing program, Vendor Managed Inventory, EOL and LTBs, and other Lean Supply Chain programs.

Prior to joining the Velocity team, Hal was a liaison and technology manager responsible for program planning and testing on numerous military and commercial programs at Honeywell International. At Honeywell, Hal served as a single point of contact for all customer requirements including program budgets, schedules, specification for procurement and facility and technical resources. Hal is also a lean manufacturing and enterprise expert and extensively trained in Six Sigma Lean principles, tools and processes. Prior to joining Honeywell in 1995, Hal was a senior program manager for Wyle Laboratories.

Hal holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Irvine.

Jason Jowers
Director of Quality and Operations (February 2001 - Present)

Jason Jowers joined Velocity in February 2001 and has led the company's global operations since 2003. As director of Global Quality and Operations, Jason is responsible for Velocity's global warehousing, inspections, quality assurance, logistics and export compliance. In 2002 and again in 2006, Jason led an integrated initiative to re-engineer Velocity's process, systems and quality programs, including development and advancement of Velocity's ISO 9001-2000 and ANSI ESD S20.20 capabilities and certifications. In addition, Jason is also responsible for leading Velocity's ongoing "continuous improvement" initiatives relating to all aspects of the company's operational and quality excellence. He is an expert in material warehousing, inspections, quality assurance and world-wide operational logistics.

Prior to joining the Velocity team, Jason served eight years in the United States Army as an Armor officer. While in the military, he held a number of diverse and challenging leadership, supervisory and operational positions, including commanding two tank companies comprised of 63 soldiers, 14 tanks and all related support structures. Jason also served as a tank platoon leader, the executive officer (second in command) of a tank company, an operations officer and a personnel officer.

Jason holds a B.S. in management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.

Chuck Boecking
Director of Technology (July 1999 - Present)

Chuck Boecking joined Velocity in July 1999 and is responsible for managing Velocity's information technology department. During his tenure, he architected and led development of innovative custom software applications, which greatly enhance Velocity's ability to source, procure, track and manage material throughout our global business. These software applications include our proprietary Velocity Market Search (VMS) software launched in 2002 and our proprietary Velocity Information System (VIS) software, launched in 2008. VIS is a highly customized and unified enterprise wide software system providing end-to-end data visibility and accounting throughout all of our global business processes.

Prior to joining the Velocity team, Chuck worked as a software engineering manager for multi-million-dollar software platforms for National Instruments. His responsibilities included engineering point-of-contact to key enterprise test deployments for fortune 500 companies. In a prior role, he served as an applications engineer with a semiconductor test specialization.

Chuck graduated cum laude in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University.

Kevin Tolbert
Director of Finance and Accounting (December 2006 - Present)

Kevin Tolbert joined Velocity in December 2006 and is responsible for managing all of Velocity's global finance and accounting functions. Kevin brings over 15 years of specialized experience in accounting, finance, corporate development, strategic planning, third-party outsource services and operational productivity initiatives.

Prior to joining the Velocity team, Kevin was the Chief Financial Officer of Hospital Housekeeping Systems, a large hospital services outsource company. Kevin began his career working in public accounting and later moved into industry with McLane Company, Inc. where he served as Vice President and Controller of McLane/Southern California. Kevin also served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for Sulzer Vascutek. Kevin has extensive experience covering a broad range of business functions from accounting, finance and human resources to operations, productivity/cost improvement initiatives and business outsourcing services.

Kevin holds a BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University.

Dina Mavridis
Global Sales Manager (July 2001 - Present)

Dina Mavridis joined Velocity in July 2001 as an Account Manager. Beginning in January 2008, Dina was promoted to the position of Global Sales Manager, where she is part of a three person team (along with Kris Kelly and Mark Pollard) responsible for overseeing Velocity's worldwide sales. Dina's focus is on increasing Velocity's sales division through hiring, training and developing new Account Managers.

During her tenure with Velocity, Dina has been a consistent leader throughout our organization in sales, new seller development and in community involvement. Prior to assuming the Global Sales Manager position, Dina was a Velocity Sales Department Team Leader, responsible for managing the training and development of a team of Account Managers.

Dina continues to work within and outside of Velocity on numerous community and philanthropic activities. She serves on the Board of Directors for Impact Austin, and she is currently the Director of Girls Giving Grants. Dina is also involved with Junior Achievement and other various local organizations. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX where she received a BBA in Marketing with a Minor in International Communications.

Mark Pollard
Global Sales Manager (June 2003 - Present)

Mark Pollard joined Velocity in June 2003 as an Account Manager. Beginning in 2008, Mark was promoted to the position of Global Sales Manager, where he is part of a three person team (along with Kris Kelly and Dina Mavridis) responsible for overseeing Velocity's worldwide sales. Mark's focus is on increasing Velocity's sales division through the expansion of Velocity's service offerings to new and existing customers and the development of Velocity's global sales teams.

During his tenure with Velocity, Mark has established himself as an expert in sales and customer service. Over the past 3 years, Mark held several sales management positions, including Team Leader, responsible for managing the training and development of a team of Account Managers and Global Account Manager, responsible for managing the overall sales direction, strategic growth, and development of Velocity's largest global EMS customer.

Mark holds a B.S. in Communications Studies and a Business Minor from the University of Texas.