Executive Staff

Thomas P. Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Thomas P. Anderson is the President and CEO of Northbrook, IL based Digital Check Corp., one of the world’s leading technology providers of check scanners for bank teller windows, branch back counters, and for remote deposit capture (RDC), a service which allows bank customers to scan checks for electronic deposit.

Founded in 1959 by his father, Thomas P. Anderson Sr., the company, with roots in imaging technologies, has evolved and reinvented from micrographic systems in the early days, to sophistication camera and scanning systems, to today focusing on unique check scanning solutions for the global financial markets.

With corporate global headquarters in Northbrook, IL, and manufacturing in metro Los Angeles, Digital Check Corp. has experienced dramatic growth under Anderson’s leadership as President. Today the company is recognized not only for the breadth of its management team and its manufacturing expertise, but also recognized for its core values of exceptional customer service, long term channel partnerships, and its family heritage with his son, Thomas F. Anderson now a part of the business.

Anderson became President of Digital Check Corp. in 1987, previously known as Microseal Corporation, and in 1994 directed the sale of a portion of the business, including the Microseal name, to the Bell & Howell Company, a Skokie, IL based information and imaging company.

After the sale of Microseal to Bell & Howell, Anderson then renamed the company, Digital Check Corp., with a new focus on the emerging check imaging and check truncation markets both around the world. The company has built a network of global partners including BankServ, FIS, Jack Henry, Kodak, NCR, Wausau Financial Systems, and many other software application developers that provide imaging solutions to large banks, community banks, and credit unions around the world.

After the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Congress passed the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, allowing electronic check images to replace the paper check for clearing payments. The “Check 21” law dramatically enhanced the usage of check imaging, not only in the retail banking environment, but extending the benefits of check imaging to millions of businesses worldwide through ‘remote deposit’ services.

Prior to working for Microseal/Digital Check Corp., and following his graduation from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1971, Anderson served 3 years as a Lieutenant and Damage Control Officer in the United States Navy.

Anderson is a breast cancer survivor, an Eagle Scout and Board Member of Tomahawk Lake Association in Minocqua, WI and a Director of the Charles H. Cecil Fine Art Studios in Florence, Italy.

John F. Gainer, Executive Vice President

John F. Gainer is the Executive Vice President of Digital Check Corp. Gainer was promoted to Executive Vice President shortly after joining the company in 1985 as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Since then, he has played a pivotal role in the development and execution of Digital Check’s product, marketing and business strategies.

Prior to working for Johnson & Johnson, Gainer worked for Boston, Mass.-based Gillette®, a billion dollar shaving and hygiene product company as a product manager in the Consumer Products Division.

Gainer graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and the Harvard Business School MBA program.

Glenn Embury, Executive Vice President Operations

Glenn Embury is the Executive Vice President of operations of Digital Check Corp. Embury is responsible for leading growth and profitability through manufacturing efficiency, high quality automated test processes, global partners and state-of-the-art product designs that meet the growing technical and cost objectives of the financial industry.

Embury has more than 28 years of international, technical and business experience. He joined Digital Check in September 2002 as general manager, responsible for day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Digital Check, he was Vice President of Engineering at Fujitsu BCS, where he managed nearly 80 professionals in design of software, hardware, test technologies, product qualifications and design drafting for Fujitsu’s high technology telecommunication products. Before that, Embury was Director of Manufacturing Engineering and Technologies, and was responsible for manufacturing efficiency, cost reduction, factory automation and quality improvement. Embury received the first “Fujitsu Limited President’s Award” given outside of Japan for innovation and development of a new paperless assembly aid system. He began his career as a test engineer at Fujitsu BCS designing automated test equipment.

Tom Mason, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Tom Mason is the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Digital Check Corp. He came to Digital Check with more than a decade of CFO experience with both public and privately held organizations.

Before joining Digital Check, Mason served as CFO for MSO Holdings, Inc., a start-up healthcare company based in Bannockburn, IL, focused on bariatric surgery programs and obesity disease management.

Mason's other chief financial officer positions have included Centiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNTV), a marketing services company providing web-enabled point-of-purchase merchandising solutions for consumer package goods manufacturers and major retailers, where he was also a Board Member, Telular Corporation (NASDAQ: WRLS), a Vernon Hills, IL -based wireless technology marketer and manufacturer and Wheeling, IL - based Segerdahl Corporation, a privately held commercial printer.

Mason began his career with KPMG/Peat Marwick as a CPA and subsequently held various finance positions with American Hospital Supply Corporation, a premier healthcare distributor and manufacturer, and then held various finance, general management and operating positions with Bell & Howell Company, a provider of software and hardware solutions for the document imaging industry.

Mason received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois in Chicago, IL and is a CPA.

Bruce Rennecker, Vice President Marketing and Product Development

Bruce Rennecker is the Vice President of Marketing and Product Development of Digital Check. In this position, Rennecker leads development of new products and services at Digital Check and business development activities.

Prior to joining Digital Check, Rennecker was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Summit Industries Inc., a privately owned x-ray manufacturer. Rennecker was also Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Tangent Systems Inc., a privately owned software company specializing in high-speed transaction processing solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. At Bell & Howell Company, he was Vice President and General Manager of the DMPC Scanner division, which manufactures the Copiscan line of page scanners. Rennecker began his career at Burroughs Corp. in financial product sales and later moved to Recognition Equipment, now Banctec.

Rennecker earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Valparaiso University and a Master’s in Business Administration from Keller University in Chicago.

Jeff Hempker, Vice President, North American Sales

Jeff Hempker is the Vice President of North American Sales at Digital Check. Hempker joined Digital Check in 2004 and has over 14 years of sales and marketing experience of check imaging solutions in the financial industry. Previously, Hempker was formerly National Sales Manager at Digital Check.

As Vice President of North American Sales, Hempker is directly responsible for managing the sales organization at Digital Check and brings a tremendous amount of experience working directly with many of the leading software solution providers and Financial Institutions on check scanning related initiatives. He is also actively involved in many of the industry organizations such as AFP, BAI, NACHA, TAWPI, and FSTC.

Before joining Digital Check, Hempker began his professional career at Dayton, Ohio based Standard Register Company, serving in a variety of marketing and sales capacities for their hardware and software technology solutions division.

Philip G. Barboni, Director, Special Projects

Philip G. Barboni is the Director, Special Projects of Digital Check Corp. Before coming to work for Digital Check. Barboni served as systems engineer, design engineer and project engineer of the Link Division of Binghamton, N.Y.-based Singer Company, where he designed simulation products for NASA and the U.S. Air Force.

From 1989-1995, Barboni was General Manager of the Company, directing and leading the day-to-day activities of this manufacturing organization. In 1995, he was promoted to President/CEO. Over the past 11 years, Barboni has transitioned this Company, focused on image capture, from the world of analog film cameras to the modern era of digital scanner technology.

Barboni attended the University of Connecticut School of Engineering and received his bachelors of science in electrical engineering from the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

Paul Rupple, Director of Marketing Development

Paul Rupple is the Director of Marketing Development of Digital Check Corp. In this position, Rupple handles all marketing functions within the company, including branding, communications and market strategy and product development. He came to Digital Check with over 25 years of marketing and sales experience, having spent much of it within the financial services industry.

Prior to joining Digital Check, Rupple headed his own consulting practice developing customer strategies for clients within the financial services industry, following a successful career as Sales Director at BAI. Past positions also include Business Development at Maritz Loyalty Marketing and Director of Sales and Marketing for Chicago, Ill.-based ConVergent Corporation, a marketing solutions and management consulting firm.

Rupple sits on the Board of Directors of Future Water International (FWI), a group that aides in environmentally friendly waste water recycling projects around the world. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. and completed the Bank Administration Institute (BAI) graduate program of bank operation and technology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

Alex Trombetta , Managing Director, International Sales Division

Alex Trombetta is Managing Director, International Sales Division of Digital Check Corporation. In this position, Trombetta is responsible for building a channel partner program in markets outside the United States, and managing Digital Check’s international customer base.

Trombetta has over 22 years of sales and sales management experience in the technology sector. Before joining Digital Check Corporation, Trombetta served as CEO and Vice President of Sales for CTS North America, the US subsidiary an Ivrea (Italy) based manufacturer of banking peripherals.

Prior positions also include Worldwide OEM Sales Director and USA Country Manager for CPG International, North American Region Manager of Bull HN Information Systems and Honeywell Information Systems Italia. During this period Trombetta developed and implemented a worldwide OEM and US Channel strategy for a line of Industrial Printers.

Under Trombetta’s leadership the North American and OEM business grew to becoming the most strategic region, and gained a worldwide leadership position, with major customers in North America, Europe and Asia.

Trombetta graduated from the Politecnic of Torino and the Politecnic of Milan School of Business with an MBA.