Executive Staff

Thomas P. Anderson, President and CEO

Thomas P. Anderson is the president and CEO of Digital Check Corp. Anderson began his career with Digital Check’s predecessor company, Microseal Corporation, becoming president and chairman of the board and successfully managing the sale of the business to Bell & Howell, a Skokie, Ill.-based information management company, in 1994. Anderson started Digital Check following the sale of Microseal and has led the development of the company’s check scanning business since.

Aside from being the founder, president and CEO of Digital Check, Anderson has been a leader within the document image industry, serving as a member of AIIM - The Enterprise Content Management Association for over 25 years. AIIM is an organization for users and vendors of document imaging, document management and knowledge management solutions.

Prior to working for Digital Check, Anderson served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy following his graduation from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1971.

Microseal Corporation developed a worldwide reseller channel for distribution of both microfilm hardware and consumables. In 1988, the company acquired Digital Check Technologies (formerly Image Capture Technology) ; a California based high speed microfilm and document scanning company.

In 1994, Microseal, along with the microfilm assets, were sold to Bell & Howell Company, a Skokie, IL based information Management Company.

Microseal Corporation was renamed Digital Check Corp in 1994 and focused on check imaging hardware. The company (now including the California based company) has developed, produced and sold state of the art check imaging scanners as well as associated software for high image quality and MICR code line reading. Products continue to be sold through a worldwide network of resellers. The company has production facilities in California and Japan, and suppliers all over the world.

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.

Philip G. Barboni, President/CEO, Digital Check Technologies (DCT)

Philip G. Barboni is the vice president of manufacturing of Digital Check Corp. and president of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based Digital Check Technologies, Inc. (DCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Check. Barboni oversees worldwide production of Digital Check’s TellerScan® product line of check scanners.

Before coming to work for Digital Check Technologies, 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.

DCT is a development and manufacturing company with its roots in high performance film transports, and microfilm cameras and processing equipment. 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. Today, DCT is the highly regarded producer of the TellerScan brand of check scanners that it manufacturers exclusively for Digital Check Corp., its parent organization.

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.

Glenn Embury, Vice President of Operations

Glenn Embury is the vice president of operations of Digital Check Technologies, Inc. (DCT) (formerly Image Capture Technologies, Inc.), the manufacturing subsidiary of Digital Check and also the company’s center for engineering, research and design. Embury is responsible for leading DCT’s 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 also coordinates and manages DCT’s manufacturing partner in Ueda, Japan.

Embury has more than 28 years of international, technical and business experience. He joined DCT in September 2002 as general manager, responsible for day-to-day operations. Prior to joining DCT, 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, Chief Financial Officer

Tom Mason is the 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 of Product Management and Marketing

Bruce Rennecker is the vice president of product management and marketing 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.

Paul Rupple, Director of Marketing & Product Development

Paul Rupple is the director of marketing and product 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 is an active member of the American Marketing Association and 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.

Jeff Hempker, Vice President, U.S. Sales

Jeff Hempker is the National Sales Manager 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.

As National Sales Manager, 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.

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 MBA.