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A pioneer and veteran of the digital economy and serial entrepreneur, Ron has founded or co-founded 16 firms in the interactive multi-media, electronic catalog, on-line configurator, content, knowledge and document management systems, interactive learning & computer-based training, eMarketing, exhibit & presentation design, computer forensics, electronic data discovery, document archiving, extreme transaction processing, unstructured data indexing & processing and one-to-one identity resolution on social media platforms. In 1989, Ron and his team at Copfer & Associates were one of the first commercial customers ever allowed on the Internet through Case Western's University's "FreeNet" connection. Then, in 1993 that same team beta tested a brand new technology called the "Mosaic Browser" for Marc Andreessen and other students at the University of Illinois. They eventually built the first website between New York and Chicago. He's never really looked back!Today, he remains a leader in the design, development, and integration of Internet-based information systems that connect people, processes, and technology. Ron has experience in all aspects of business management and scaling startups; human resources, recruitment, financial, production, capital development, sales & marketing, strategic business planning, sales and new business development.
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PresidentCopfer & Associates, Inc.Cleveland, Oh, Us
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Board MemberAdoption Network Cleveland Jun 2023 - PresentCleveland, Ohio, United StatesAdoption Network Cleveland: The Ohio Family Connection is an innovative non-profit organization that fulfills otherwise unmet needs for information, advocacy, education, and support for members of the adoption triad (adoptees, birthparents, and adoptive/kinship/foster parents), youth in foster care, siblings, and related professionals. -
Member Board Of TrusteesEdgewater Yacht Club Of Cleveland Inc Jun 2023 - PresentCleveland, Ohio, United States -
PresidentCopfer & Associates, Inc. Feb 1986 - PresentCleveland, OhioCopfer & Associates is a consulting organization providing outsourced services to mid and early-stage growth companies, advising and auditing IT Systems for M&A and legal forensics, and providing technical market analysis on product/market fit strategies. By working directly with founders, board members and employees, we strategize and assist on efforts that maximize business & stakeholder value and help align organizations to customer needs and relevant market trends by utilizing over 30 years of experience.In 1993, Ron was asked to beta test something called the “Mosaic Browser” for Marc Andreesen and other students at the University of Illinois—and shortly thereafter he and his team built the first commercial website between Chicago and New York. Both a pioneer and a veteran of the digital economy, Ron has led design and implementation of online configurators, electronic catalogs, content, knowledge, digital asset and document management systems as well as eLearning and digital marketing strategies and technologies. Ron has been involved in the design, development, and integration of all types of Internet-based information systems that connect people, processes, and technology. He has worked on advanced, Internet-based information systems for Parker Hannifin, Eaton, Cleveland Clinic, Lubrizol, Goodyear, KeyBank, Alcoa, Career Education Corp., InfoCision, SAP, CBIZ, Omnova, BF Goodrich, Noveon, Kinetico, InfoCision, Diebold, Babcock Wilcox, Cardinal Health, the Ohio State University, SalesForce and many others.Ron is a past Chairman of the North-East Ohio Software Association (NEOSA 2001-2004) and was also appointed by Governor Taft to the board of Ohio’s IT Alliance (OITA, Ohio's Software & Technology Association) serving as interim executive director for one year.
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Executive ProducerKola Films, Llc Jan 2013 - PresentCleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaKola Films is a documentary film production company that specializes in the alternative health & wellness as well as critical, social commentary categories.
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Startup Advisor, Mentor, Builder, Maker,Rebuilders Xchange (Rbx) Feb 2017 - PresentCleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaRebuilder's Exchange (RBX) is a new retail outlet and business model for upcycling architectural salvage and building material providing contractors a process and centralized location to monetize waste and consumers access to reclaimed building material at discounted rates. We own and operate a 70,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse in Cleveland's St. Clair-Superior Neighborhood at 5401 Hamilton Ave., in the Hamilton Collaborative (formerly the Osborne Manufacturing Building.)In addition, RBX contains a 4,000 sq. ft. fabrication studio that Ron utilizes to fabricate and kind of project for residential and commercial applications. Ron is a master welder and woodworker. -
Advisory Board Member, Tiime ProgramCase Western Reserve University Jan 2005 - May 2022Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaStrategic advisor to the first program in the USA to offer a Masters in Engineering Management (MEM) degree at Case Western Reserve University. -
Co-Founder, Chief Revenue OfficerData Genomix Mar 2017 - Apr 2019Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaGiven the seismic changes to the media landscape over the past decade—including fragmentation of once-monolithic TV audiences, print readership in sharp decline, email authentication restrictions, and whole swaths of consumers without plain old telephone landlines—digital and social media has never been more important.Data Genomix modernizes your digital/social media marketing efforts. By digitally sequencing your audience lists and matching them one-to-one on social media, Data Genomix reaches the previously unreachable and connects effective messaging with any specific audience you want to serve. Identity resolution on social media is THE next frontier for effective marketing communications.Our platforms deliver custom-tailored messages on social media to specific audiences at a fraction of the cost of any other medium. Effectively moving an audience from awareness and interest to traveling down a conversion funnel requires precise targeting, a smart incentive structure, and sophisticated machine learning technology. Unlike programmatic advertising, we start with one-to-one matched audience lists, ready to serve, utilizing either your CRM data, our sophisticated data modeling skills, unique 3rd party data partners or other publically available data sources.If you are not seeing results from your programmatic display ads, add one of our social targeting platforms to your digital spend: Topplr.com (political candidates), AnglrAds.com (anyone), AnglrJobs.com (targeted recruitment) or AnglrLegal.com (claims administrators, recall administrators or plaintiffs bar seeking claimants).Data Genomix puts the right message in front of the right people at the right time. -
Board MemberCan Journal - The Collective Arts Network Nov 2016 - May 2018Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaCAN was created as a communication tool that would give voice to the extensive arts activity in Northeast Ohio. It originally compiled the voices of 28 organizations–nonprofit and commercial galleries, museums, and educational institutions as a quarterly magazine. CAN has now grown to have a membership of more than 80 organizations and was recognized as a tax-exempt non-profit corporation in 2015.
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Technology Advisory Board MemberDigitalc Jan 2016 - Jul 2017Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaA civic tech collaboration that partners with the community to develop technology-driven programs and services with public, big data applications. -
Past JurorCleveland Arts Prize Apr 2016 - Apr 2017Cleveland, OhThe oldest award of its kind in the United States, the Arts Prize is a testament to the standard of excellence and quality of artists in Northeast Ohio. In addition to artists, the Arts Prize honors individuals who have expanded the community’s participation in the arts and helped make the region more hospitable to creative artistic expression.It is the goal of the Cleveland Arts Prize to support and encourage artists, and to promote public awareness of artistic creativity in Northeast Ohio through the work of Arts Prize recipients. -
Founder, CeoHeureka Software Jun 2014 - Mar 2017Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaHeureka (v. "I found it!") The Heureka Intelligence Platform (HIP) is an enterprise software system that enables organizations to identify individual files or artifacts and gather intelligence about unstructured data from any computer in real time. HIP allows organizations to discover & analyze this "dark data" at the source of creation and storage for strategic risk assessment.HIP can be used on-premise or as a SaaS and incorporates an endpoint service application that builds local, full-text content and metadata indices of all file system objects, perpetually. From a central Command Console, operators can remotely interrogate all endpoints and identify specific unstructured or semi-structured documents or file system artifacts with user-selected criteria such as filename, content keyword, date ranges, hash value, application or file type, Boolean statements, fuzzy logic, pattern matching, proximity or wildcard to analyze information across an entire enterprise. From the Command Console, operators leverage workflows to identify, analyze, classify, tag, collect, quarantine, delete or move items on an as-needed basis, across the globe, in minutes.HIP is the only system on the market that unifies the File Analysis (FA), Electronic Data Discovery (EDD), Data Classification Services (DCS), Enterprise Search (ES) and Governance and Risk & Compliance (GRC) software markets through one centralized view.The HIP workflow applications accomplish a number of discreet tasks: data identification and collection for eDiscovery; data file classification; internal threat investigations; FOIA requests; audit & compliance certification/reporting; cybersecurity incident response / remediation; or any other workflow that can be envisioned with an API-first platform that requires real-time transparency, analysis, & correlation of endpoint file content & metadata.Do you know where all your sensitive data is? -
Founder, CeoVediscovery, Llc Mar 2010 - Sep 2015Cleveland, OhioVeDISCOVERY™ was an Electronic Data Discovery (EDD) software developer in the corporate enterprise and EDD marketplace.VeDISCOVERY is one of the few e-discovery solution providers that offer innovative, modular solutions for each of the key steps in the EDRM: identify, collect, process and review. With over 11 years experience in the legal electronic data discovery industry, VeDISCOVERY™ continues to constantly review, update and develop new solutions that meet or exceed our customers’ expectations. VeDISCOVERY™ has an owner-operated, tier-three SSAE 16 data co-location data center located in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Board MemberCleveland Institute Of Art Oct 2006 - Sep 2015Cleveland, OhioThe Cleveland Institute of Art is a world-class facility for higher education in the arts. Located in the University Circle area of Cleveland, our partnership with Case Western Reserve University allows students a complete education experience with majors in most significant art forms. As Chair of the IT Committee, Ron's role is to make sure that the technology platform with in which the school operates is equal to the offerings of its art degrees. -
Co-Founder, Partner, ChairmanVisual Evidence 1986 - Dec 2012Cleveland, OhioVisual Evidence (VE) is a specialty art design studio business that creates demonstrative evidence for use by courtroom litigators. VE specializes in all forms of communications including interactive timelines, video re-creations, day-in-the-life videos, medical illustrations, animations and large format prints of data. VE is one of the first firms of its kind in the industry and has worked with the largest and most prestigious legal firms in the country over the past 29 years. -
Board MemberGreater Cleveland Film Commission Nov 2005 - Nov 2012Cleveland, OhioRon sat on the board of this economic development organization committed to building a film industry in the State of Ohio. -
Interim CeoDigital City Mechanics Jan 2011 - Jun 2012Cleveland, OhioIn 2011, Ron re-connected with one of his earlier peers; Marc Canter, founder of MacroMedia (sold to Adobe) to help Marc further develop the Digital City Mechanics business model. DCM was a pioneering company developing digital economy ecosystems focused on a 21st century job creation platform and model. DCM was a white-label social networking platform known as PeopleAggregator and the goal was to re-invent how communities educate their workforces.
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MentorCivic Innovation Lab Oct 2007 - Jan 2011Northeast OhioMentor to start-up or seasoned entrepreneurs that present a compelling vision for new organizations that help prevent brain drain, increase the economic viability of the region, support current industry or propel urban vitality.www.civicinnovationlab.com
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Founder, CeoCardiometrics, Llc Feb 2009 - May 2010Cleveland, Ohio & Tel Aviv, IsraelCardioMETRICS was formed to meet the needs of consumers in a burgeoning niche within the wearable healthcare marketplace (yes, in 2009...). The Company was formed to manufacture and market a personal biometric device aimed at monitoring a broad range of human vital signs in non-clinical settings — and provide users access to an Internet-based medical information system for the evaluation of collected data by trained medical technicians and doctors in a centralized triage location.At the core of the Company’s business plan was an advanced, innovative technology—originally developed and sold to the European market, and which was to be adapted for a US introduction. The market entry of this technology was shelved by the patent owners pending consumer acceptance in Europe and FDA approval in the U.S. as well as understanding the implications of the Affordable Healthcare Act reimbursements beyond 2014.Truly, one of the worlds first "wearable" health devices in the now accepted IoT market, CardioMETRICS represented (and still does) a vision of personal health monitoring, payable by subscription, that has no equal.
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CtoThe Revenue Group Mar 2008 - Mar 2010Beachwood, OhServed as interim CTO (200+ employees), implementing change management processes, cash controls, HR processes, software development applications, data center hardware and system upgrades relative to predictive dialer technologies, explored new real estate initiatives for growth planning, began HIPPA, SAS70 and PCI compliance efforts and served as advisor to the CEO. -
Board MemberCleveland School Of The Arts Feb 2005 - Jul 2009Cleveland, OhioCleveland School of the Arts (CSA) is a specialty arts school in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) for students in grades 6 - 12. CSA is known for its strengths in both academics and arts. -
Member, Commerce Department Transition Team For Governor Ted Strickland.State Of Ohio Jan 2008 - Jun 2008Columbus, Ohio AreaServed on the transition team for newly elected governor, Ted Strickland. -
Founder, CeoFathom It Solutions, Inc. Feb 2000 - Mar 2008ClevelandFathom IT was the leading regional professional Internet software services firm of its time specializing in business process improvement (both on & off-line,) ERP, CRM, e-commerce, electronic catalogs, interactive multi-media and eLearning applications development.Ron led the Northeast Ohio software development and data center management staff. Responsible for all aspects of business management; human resources, finance, production, sales & marketing and strategic business development. Responsible for the adequacy and soundness of the organization’s vision, direction and financial structure, planning and directing all joint ventures or acquisitions and representing the company to major customers, shareholders, the financial community and the public. Hands-on working experience with software and IT systems hardware design, implementation and integration. -
Board Member, Shareholder1800Gourmet.Com Jul 2004 - Dec 2007Cleveland, Ohio1 800 Gourmet was a unique, online, gourmet specialty foods sales company targeted to consumers.
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Co-Founder, ChairmanFathom: A Digital Marketing & Analytics Agency Jan 2005 - Oct 2007Cleveland, OhioFathom (formerly FathomSEO then Fathom Marketing) was a spin-out of Fathom IT Solutions and at the time, according to Advertising Age, was one of the top 13 eMarketing companies in the US. The company specializes in all facets of Internet-based marketing including organic Search Engine Optimization, Pay-Per-Click management, Permission-Based email Management, Internet video production and Affiliate Link-Building management. -
Chair, It Transition Team, Mayor Frank JacksonCity Of Cleveland Dec 2005 - Jul 2006Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaServed as Chair of the IT Transition team for newly elected Mayor Frank Jackson. Identified strengths and weaknesses of the city's IT infrastructure and applications and also identified and vetted over 60 candidates to become the city's Chief Technology Officer along with 50+ community leaders and technology professionals. -
Board MemberDowntown Cleveland Alliance Apr 2005 - Jun 2006Cleveland, OhioRon served as a board member and then political consultant that helped enroll 40+ downtown property owners to create a self-controlled taxing district to improve the cleanliness and safety of the downtown Cleveland area. -
Board MemberGreater Cleveland Partnership Oct 2003 - Apr 2006Cleveland, OhioRon served as the chair of the GCP entrepreneurial hot team task force to focus on initiatives that would help spur the growth of hi-tech business development in the Northeast Ohio area. -
Member, Education & Workforce Development CommitteeGreater Cleveland Partnership May 2004 - Jul 2005Cleveland, OhioAdvanced the promotion of IT skills sets training as a cornerstone of future economic development in northeast Ohio.
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Founding & Executive Board MemberNortech Sep 2002 - Mar 2006Northeast OhioThe Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, commonly referred to as NorTech, was a group of technology and business leaders with a vision to enhance the prosperity of the region through science, technology, and innovation. Working together, these leaders, local and state government, and industry representatives defined missions, policies, and targeted actions that promoted new businesses and quality job growth in Northeast Ohio.NorTech worked to strengthen the coalition, assess the state of the region, and identify areas to apply catalytic action. These areas include cross-cutting initiatives that build an innovative, diverse, and entrepreneurial economy independent of any specific industry or technology sectors; and industry-specific initiatives that build off of existing strengths in strategically-selected technology and industry segments that include biosciences, electronics (e.g., controls, instruments, and MEM’s), fuel cells, information technology, and polymers & advanced materials. These initiatives were structured to accelerate the growth of high-wage jobs in high-growth, knowledge-based industries in our region.Ron was a founding Board Member and sat on the Executive Committee while also serving as Chairman of NorTech’s IT Leadership Council. In his role as an IT leader and entrepreneur, Ron has been instrumental in helping to consolidate the entrepreneurial landscape in northeast Ohio by helping to establish new 501c(3) organizations such as JumpStart, BioEnterprise and OneCommunity to facilitate and focus energy on starting, financing and scaling hi-job growth business creation. -
Board Chair, Technology Leadership CouncilNortech Jan 2002 - Mar 2006Northeast OhioIn 2001 NorTech engaged in an analysis of the region’s performance against growth indicators to establish a baseline of performance and to identify unique assets and opportunities for Northeast Ohio (“NEO”) to enhance the vitality of its economy. The report, “Catalyzing Northeast Ohio’s Most Promising High Growth Industries” became the foundation for NorTech’s investment strategy – both human and capital.The analysis verified eight industry clusters that had been identified by local academic and economic development institutions as current areas of activity in our region (reference Greater Cleveland Growth Association’s “Cluster Project.”) The decision to limit the focus of NorTech’s activity on these clusters was based on three primary considerations:• Scale: Big ideas are needed to influence NEO’s economy;• Focus: Laser focus is required to cultivate competitive advantage and concentrate resources.• Sustainability: Only sustained effort will yield results, as cycles are resistant to change.
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Co-Chair, It CommitteeOhio-Israeli Chamber Of Commerce Aug 2003 - Aug 2005Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaInn 2003, Ron was appointed Co-Chair of the Ohio-Israeli Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Committee.
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Co-Founder, Chair-Finance Committee, Board MemberOnecommunity Oct 2003 - Feb 2005Cleveland, OhioRon was a founding board member of OneCleveland/OneCommunity and served as Treasurer and Finance Chair for this organization committed to lighting up the first, community-based, hi-speed fiber network serving government, academic, research and non-profit organizations in Northeast Ohio. -
Board Member, Board Chair And Interim Executive DirectorOhio'S It Alliance Jun 2002 - May 2004Columbus, OhioInvited by then Governor Taft to sit on the board of the statewide IT Association as a representative of Northeast Ohio and for 1 year served as interim Executive Director and Board Chair.
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Board Chairman, Neosa (Northeast Ohio Software Association) Now OhtecHttps://Www.Oh-Tech.Org/ Jun 2001 - Jun 2003Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaChaired the board of this forward thinking IT community trade association for over 2 years revolutionizing how the Northeast Ohio community perceived the value of the IT workforce.
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Co-Chair, It Transition Team For Former Mayor Jane CampbellCity Of Cleveland Dec 2000 - Jul 2001Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaCo-Chair of Mayor Jane Campbell's IT Transition Team. Oversaw and organized a 60 community member board to identify strengths and weaknesses in the City of Cleveland's IT Department following her election in 2001. Identified over 90 applicants from across the world and led search efforts to vet and select the city's first ever Chief Technology Officer.
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Director Of Business DevelopmentVitalstim Jan 2000 - Jul 2001Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaThe VitalStim® Therapy System is an adjunctive modality to traditional exercise for dysphagia that unites the power of electrical stimulation with the benefits of swallowing exercises. Combining VitalStim and traditional therapy allows clinicians to accelerate strengthening, restore function, and help the brain remap the swallow functioning of humans. The 510k FDA approval process demonstrated the efficacy at 94% within 5-6 treatments that improved outcomes.Ron advised the inventor and management on go-to-market strategies, pro forma development, FDA 501k clearance management and successfully helped negotiate the sale of VitalStim to the Chattanooga Group from Tennessee. Eventually sold to Blackstone.
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Co-Founder, PresidentCobra Training Systems Apr 1998 - Oct 1999Columbus, OhioCobra developed interactive, computer-based learning systems for SAP R3 integration and end-user knowledge. This 25 person company was on the leading edge for bringing interactive learning to advanced IT system users.
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Certified Nuclear Power Plant WelderJourneymen Pipefitter Jan 1980 - Aug 1985Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area, Phoenix, San Diego, Huntsville Tn, Seabrook Nh,Held all 13 welding certificates required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for connecting nuclear piping systems, with a focus on repairing defective welds on critical joints, staving off replacement. Certified in carbon steel, stainless, Carpenter 20, chrome-molybdenum, aluminum alloys and control systems pipe welding from 1/4 inch tubing to 36-inch schedule 240.
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WelderTerex Corporation - Division Of General Motors - United Autoworkers Oct 1978 - Dec 1980Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaManufactured large, off-highway earth moving construction equipment.
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OwnerPhotocop Services Jan 1973 - Jan 1980Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaPhotoCop Services was Ron's first foray into the world of business providing wedding photography services as well as home aerial photography combined with door-to-door sales.
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Metal Fabricator & WelderG&W Industries, Inc. Aug 1975 - Sep 1978Cleveland/Akron, Ohio AreaRepaired iron ore ships and fabricated steel and aluminum vessels, asphalt driers, oil & water separation tanks as well as welding, brazing and cutting skills.
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Robbins Research International
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