The DIGIOP Management Team

DIGIOP is proudly led by a number of talented industry veterans.

Mark Rome | CEO/Founder

Mark Rome joined DIGIOP Technologies in March 2007 as CEO, bringing over a decade of business, legal, financial and leadership experience. Under his leadership, DIGIOP has a renewed purpose and vision to offer the most reliable, usable, functional and interoperable surveillance management solution available on the market today.

Prior to joining the leadership team at DIGIOP, Mark served as Executive VP, CDO, COO, CFO of Synagro Technologies, a leading US water technologies service provider, where he helped grow the business from $10 million in sales to $350 million. Mark also previously held an executive position in the investment banking company of Sanders Morris Harris Group. Mark is a licensed attorney and practiced at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP specializing in corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions.

Mark received his JD, MBA, PPA, and BBA, all from The University of Texas. Additionally, he holds his CPA license.

J.D. Story | CTO/Founder

J.D. Story founded DIGIOP Technologies (formerly General Solutions) with Trey Schwarz in 2000. J.D. has been an integral part of the development of the cutting edge software technology upon which DIGIOP is built. Building on over a decade of entrepreneurial experience, J.D. has helped DIGIOP develop into a world leader in IP digital video and voice management.

Prior to forming DIGIOP, J.D. was founder and CEO of JetFill, Inc. An owner of 5 U.S. patents, under J.D.’s leadership JetFill grew into a $20 million company, with over 150 employees. Turbon International acquired JetFill in 1999 at which time J.D. and Trey formed Monarch Security, the 86th largest independent security integration company. Monarch Security was sold in 2006.

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, J.D. holds a B.A. in Biology, as well as an M.B.A. from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas.

Rich Mellott | President

Rich is responsible for the strategic direction, day-to-day operations, and growth of DIGIOP Technologies. Rich brings 18 years of experience in high-tech manufacturing, operations, sales and marketing, and technology design, of which 10 years have been in the video security industry.

Prior to being asked to lead DIGIOP, Rich was responsible for the direction of the Digital Video and Software platforms for Integral Technologies (now part of Pelco) which accounted for 87% of the company’s annual revenue.

In 2003, Rich was hired as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing for General Solutions. He led the sales development and marketing strategy for the company. By the end of 2004, Rich and his team had grown the company’s VAR sales by 200% and in addition had restructured internal groups including customer service, technical support, account management, marketing communications, product marketing and management.

From 1998 to 2003, Rich led the marketing and initiatives for video related products, technology and message for the sales and marketing product groups at Phillips CSI (now part of Bosch CCTV Systems Division) which accounted for more than $150 million in sales throughout the Americas region.

Wayne Schroeder | Vice President of Finance

An experienced financial executive and CPA, Wayne has served as Controller or Chief Financial Officer for companies primarily in the technology, electronics, and medical industries for more than thirty years.

His past experience includes providing operating reports to management and the analysis and insight for strategic decisions. Wayne has also developed and implemented sound internal control systems, including accounting manuals and internal audit programs.

At DIGIOP, he directs the finance group and oversees the budgeting and accounting functions.

Cesar Gonzalez | Vice President of Sales, International

Cesar has been instrumental in developing widespread international brand recognition of DIGIOP’s products. He brings over 15 years of experience in international marketing in the CCTV, Access Control, Fire and Burglary markets.

He has worked for DIGIOP Technologies since July 2003. Prior to joining DIGIOP, Cesar was Director of Marketing at Honeywell International, Video Division.

As VP of Sales, International, Cesar is responsible for successfully marketing the DIGIOP brand across the Latin America region and beyond. Cesar holds bachelor degrees in electronic engineering and electromechanical engineering, as well as a vast number of factory training certifications from the security industry.

Tim Marks | Vice President of Product Development

Tim is chartered with leading DIGIOP’s agile software development team. Tim has 19 years of software development experience, including 11 years in the video software and security industry.

Tim has pursued his passion for video software development including the last 5+ years at Integral Technologies (now part of Pelco). While at Integral, Tim was responsible for the software architecture and design of the video management software.

With a strong focus on teamwork, communication, and code-sharing, Tim's team revamped and restructured the video product line, adding IP camera support, audio, a new 3rd party integration API, and new video viewing client software.

Tim has also focused on the area of video/data integration, designing the product that allows association of video and data from diverse sources such as POS devices, scales, and video analytics engines. This integration allows customers to use the associated data to quickly find the desired video.