Management

Stampede’s senior leaders have over 100 years of combined experience with both local and Fortune 500 companies.  The management team includes:

Gordon Dorworth, President & CEO

For more than 20 years, Mr. Dorworth has worked on the development of award-winning enterprise software products. Prior to founding Stampede Technologies, Mr. Dorworth was the director of Engineering for 10NET Communications, a division of Digital Communications Associates (DCA), and was a principal design originator of the 10NET peer-to-peer Local Area Network. One of the most successful LAN operating systems to emerge in the 1980s, 10NET was developed and marketed by the highly profitable Fox Research prior to its 1987 acquisition by DCA. Mr. Dorworth joined Fox Research's development team in 1983 and was instrumental in helping 10NET achieve international acceptance. 10NET was recognized as the leading NOS in Europe and was available in over 12 languages with an installed base of more than 650,000 units worldwide. Prior to joining Fox Research, Mr. Dorworth held various advanced development positions at NCR Corporation. Mr. Dorworth earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh. 

Tom Yohe, Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Yohe is responsible for all technical aspects of Stampede's product vision, including software development, product deployment, strategic planning, new business opportunity assessment, as well as industry standards.  Tom brings more than 25 years of experience.  Mr. Yohe has been responsible for the design and development of several innovative, award-winning patented technologies such as cache verification, Web acceleration, SSL handshake extension and adaptive bidirectional compression.  Prior to Stampede, Tom held a number of engineering management positions at Reynolds & Reynolds, NCR Corporation and DCA.  Mr. Yohe earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Penn State University.

Robert Courtney, Jr., Vice President of North American Sales
Mr. Courtney leads the North American Sales effort at Stampede and is responsible for all sales and field operations throughout North America.  Prior to joining Stampede, Mr. Courtney was Vice President of Business Development for Ross Group, Inc. and held various senior leadership positions at NCR corporation.   Mr. Courtney brings more than 27 years experience in the areas of sales, marketing and business development.  He earned an MBA in Finance and Business Analysis from Miami University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Marquette University.

Keith Vozel, Director of Marketing
Mr. Vozel leads Corporate Marketing at Stampede Technologies, Inc. and is responsible for all marketing and product development programs.  Prior to joining Stampede, Mr. Vozel was Server Program Manager for the Reynolds and Reynolds Company in Dayton, Ohio.   In addition to Reynolds and Reynolds, Mr. Vozel has held various marketing, product management and development positions at NCR Corporation and Com-Net Software.  Mr. Vozel has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and an MBA degree at Bowling Green.

Thomas Hinders, CPA, Director of Finance and Administration

Mr. Hinders brings more than 30 years of accounting management experience in a variety of industries including retail, service, manufacturing, residential construction and property management. Prior to joining Stampede Technologies, Mr. Hinders was the vice president of Finance for County Corp., a $16 million non-profit organization that provides low interest rehab housing loans to residents of Montgomery County, Ohio, and economic assistance to local small businesses. Mr. Hinders earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration at Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio).