The Founders
Amanda Roberts | CEO, Co-Founder
Amanda has over 10 years of extensive enterprise software experience, managing and designing products from the initial concept through mature market releases. Amanda specializes in the intersection between Business Best Practices and Enterprise Software where the right combination provides maximum, long-term value to the organization. Prior to Stone Cobra, Amanda worked in senior management roles for multiple successful enterprise software product companies including Octane CRM Software which was purchased for $3.2 billion. In her time off, Amanda deeply enjoys her sons, concocting any water-based activity, and alternative healing. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Scott Sanders | CTO, Co-Founder
Scott has over 15 years of experience developing highly performant, enterprise-grade software from the data layer to the business logic to the presentation layer. Scott has also been an active member of the open source community for the past 9 years including an early position as an Apache Software Foundation Member. Prior to Stone Cobra, Scott worked in senior engineering roles for multiple successful enterprise software product companies. In one example at Mobileum, Scott Re-architected the mobile commerce application to support 10 million dynamic page views per day on one server. In his ‘spare time,’ Scott enjoys playing with his two sons, metal working, and wreaking havoc with his tractors.
Management Team
Evie Roberts | CFO
Evie is a financial guru with more than 30 years of corporate lending and banking experience for one of the top 3 banks in the US. Evie has held industry positions such as Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Lending and has now agreed to ‘step-down’ to oversee finance and accounting for Stone Cobra. Evie’s wealth of experience contributes to the strategic direction of Stone Cobra and has made us a valuable company since inception. Evie holds degrees in Math and Physics from Atlantic College in North Carolina where she graduated with high honors.
Kevin Steele | Vice President of Alliances & Advocacy
Kevin brings over a decade’s worth of Enterprise Software experience to Stone Cobra, including extensive experience in the CRM industry. Kevin - a JD - brings his legal knowledge to bear in addition to his significant enterprise software expertise. He has worked as a Senior Director of Professional Services, Senior Engineer, and Senior Applications Developer at top technology companies such as EDS, Octane CRM Software, E.piphany, and Karl Storz. Kevin graduated with honors from the University of Southern California and completed his legal studies at the George Washington University Law School and the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany.
Shelly Lindstrom | Vice President of Products and Services
Shelly is responsible for Stone Cobra’s product direction and management, as well as leading the technical ninjas who continuously create compelling applications for the Services and Support sector. Working closely with the CTO, Shelly seamlessly blends technology trends with feature enhancements to deliver world-class software. Shelly brings over 20 years of senior management expertise in software development and delivery to Stone Cobra, including both start-up and extensive corporate software development experience. Prior to Stone Cobra, Shelly was the co-founder and CTO of OfferWorks, a retail promotions management software start-up company. She was responsible for the initial OfferWorks product concept and delivery, including the product’s IBM Store Retail certification, as well as the future product vision and roadmap. Prior to OfferWorks, Shelly held senior management positions at multiple software companies including Portal Software (Oracle) and DST Innovis (Amdocs). Shelly holds a B.S. in Business Administration/Computer Information Systems from Humboldt State University.
Jason Thurber | Principal Solutions Architect
Jason is a Senior Architect and Engineer with 13 years of software experience. Jason is the king of unifying divergent technologies into an extensible framework and earned the nickname “The Hammer” for his ability to come in and drive a project to completion beyond expectations. Prior to joining Stone Cobra, Jason worked at high profile companies building ERP, CRM, Contract Management and Business Intelligence software for Fortune 500 & Global 1000 customers.
Mark Sanders | Director of Operations
Mark is responsible for the continuous improvement of Stone Cobra’s operational systems, processes and policies in support of the company’s Enterprise 2.0 culture, specifically utilizing collaborative technologies to accelerate internal information flow which leads to increased productivity and revenue. Mark also drives initiatives in the management team and organizationally that contribute to Stone Cobra’s long-term operational excellence.
Prior to joining Stone Cobra, Mark spent 10+ years in technical Sales and Operations, including eight years of increasing technical management responsibility, including the deployment of complex hardware and software systems into the retail, gaming and entertainment sectors.
Mark holds a B.S. Economics from the University of Utah.