Management Team

Jim Kavanagh - President and CEO. Jim is an innovative and entrepreneurial executive with vast experience in the real estate and facilities industries across multiple disciplines including strategic planning, development, management, operations, sustainability, capital investment and energy and environmental performance. For 20+ years he has served the needs of both public and private sector clients throughout a variety of markets including corporate, government, education, hospitality, utilities and non-profits. Jim’s expertise includes business planning & development, real estate development, strategic facility planning, portfolio management, project management, capital planning & budgeting, business process improvement, and the design, development and implementation of proprietary technology to support these various business initiatives. Jim is responsible for business planning and developing relationships with customers, investors and partnerships. He also provides the strategic direction and vision for 4tell with the assistance of the Board of Managers and executive team.
 

As a thought-leader in the industry, Jim helps his clients to foster stewardship of their assets, through the consideration of relevant social, economic, environmental and energy factors, to achieve sustainable facility governance for the benefit of their stakeholders. He has directed numerous large-scale implementations of strategic asset management solutions for organizations that understand the need to effectively control, maintain & preserve their investments and fixed assets. Jim founded an award-winning technology company which became a national leader in facility planning and strategic asset management solutions which was subsequently acquired by Maricor Technologies, a subsidiary of Maine and Maritimes Corporation (AMEX: MAM), where Jim served as its Chief Marketing Officer. In April 2007 Jim led the reacquisition of the business from MAM, and then subsequently formed a partnership with Cordjia, LLC to best position the company for long-term growth and prosperity. The business was rebranded as 4tell™ Solutions, LLC in June 2008.

 
 
Tom Laurita - Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Laurita is responsible for identifying and developing new large scale business opportunities throughout the world. Through the creation of strategic relationships with partners, clients and industry leaders he explores strategies for entry into new markets and industries as 4tell™ expands its footprint throughout North America, the United Kingdom and around the world. Additionally Tom is charged with facilitating consistency across the companies’ financial, business, and technology strategies and ensuring they are in alignment with overall corporate strategy.
 

With over 25 years of experience growing domestic and international companies in a variety of industries, Tom is an entrepreneur with significant domestic and international experience focused on the formation and growth of companies across a wide spectrum of industries. In the US, he has founded or co-founded and managed successful companies in the hedge fund, financial services, manufacturing, and high-end luxury fields. In Russia and Europe, he has created and directed firms that specialized in technology, construction, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, international trading, and agriculture. He was chief of Monsanto’s operations in the USSR for two years and is considered an expert in business and economic relations with Russia. Laurita is multi-lingual and earned an undergraduate degree from Brown University, a master’s degree in Management from Yale University, and was the first American citizen to receive a doctorate degree in International Economics from the Russian People’s Friendship University in Moscow.

 
 
Julia White MacMillan - Senior Vice President, Business Development. Ms. MacMillan leads the Business Development organization and has overall responsibility for building and advancing the company’s strategic business plan. As an instrumental member of the senior management team, Julia is specifically charged with helping 4tell achieve its growth objectives as it expands throughout North America, the United Kingdom and around the world. With particular focus on fostering client relationships that result in long term success, she develops and implements strategies to cultivate partnerships with organizations which offer a full complement to 4tell’s sustainability solutions.
 

Julia brings more than 18 years of experience in business development, client servicing, marketing and sales management. As an experienced business development executive, she joined 4tell™ from Bank of America where she worked for 14 years, most recently as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing. She has proven success in strategic product, partner and marketing development as well as expertise in creating and selling enterprise solutions.

 

Ms. MacMillan started her career with the American Medical Association and then joined Ryder Systems, Inc. in 1992. She joined MBNA in 1994 and remained through its merger with Bank of America. Julia received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

 
 
Alex Telford - Senior Vice President of Technology. Mr. Telford has overall responsibility for advancing the 4tell™ technology platform to achieve the company’s strategic business plan and growth objectives as the company expands throughout North America, the United Kingdom and around the world. As a member of the senior management team, Alex assists with defining the strategic direction and development of 4tell’s solutions as well as managing the Quality Assurance, Client Services and Support organizations. He has been actively involved with the architecture, design and development of the 4tell™ iPlan™ technology platform, playing a principal role in its evolution. His experience working closely with multiple key client implementations over the last several years provides him with an acute sense of clients’ needs and a unique understanding of the business processes they must improve.
 

Mr. Telford brings more than 12 years of experience in developing software applications, implementing complex projects and architecting technical product solutions. As an experienced technology professional, he joined 4tell™ from Full Discourse where he worked for the last three years as a Senior Technology Consultant. Alex has proven success in delivering large scale enterprise implementations as well as designing and architecting innovative solutions that align with the business needs of organizations.

 

Prior to his role with Full Discourse, Alex worked at several technology consulting companies both in the United States and Ireland and was an independent consultant to organizations such as GE Capital Aviation Services. He graduated from the Waterford Institute of Technology in Waterford, Ireland.