HILLSOUTH IT SOLUTIONS - Key Persons
Mr. Patel, an alumnus of the University of South Carolina, has over 15 years of experience in Enterprise IT as well as a background in analytical chemistry, solid state physics and electrical engineering.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- President & CEO, Clean World USA
Dennis has 27 years of management experience and is active in Chambers of Commerce within North & South Carolina as well as serving as Senior Pastor at Minter's Chapel First Born Church, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Ramsey operates Diamond Hill Plywood, with locations all across the Southeastern US. He sits on the SCANA regional advisory board, McLeod Health Foundation Board, Charleston-Southern Board of Visitors, and Spartanburg-Methodist College Board.
Matthew Kirkland graduated from Francis Marion University with a BS in Computer Science, where he was introduced to Hillsouth through their scholarship program. Soon afterwards, Matthew began an internship with Hillsouth's application development team, which he followed up with part-time employment throughout the remainder of his time at FMU. Immediately after graduating, he transitioned to full-time employment and quickly moved into our Advanced Infrastructure team where he helps solve complex networking and infrastructure issues as well as manage our own company's hosting infrastructure.
Mr. Kirkland's skills include network design and implementation, database administration, C++, Ruby, Java, other variants and close relatives to those languages, secure remote access connections, virtualization, and a strong understanding of DNS, web hosting, and email communication. Although Matthew's work life is centered around bleeding edge technologies, in his free time, he prefers to take a few steps away and relax to a different tune. So when time permits, he prefers to spend his time outdoors on the lake or in the woods at his family's farm land.
Job Titles:
- Director of Client Services
Melanie has been with HillSouth since 2010. She previously worked for the IT department of a pharmaceutical distribution company in Pennsylvania while attending College for Information Technology.
Job Titles:
- Client Services Specialist
Job Titles:
- Director of Public Affairs
- Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Mazzaroni is the Director of Public Affairs for South Carolina's only Roche manufacturing facility, located in Florence. He holds a degree from Central Michigan University and previously worked with Roche at a New Jersey facility.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Vice President of Aiken & Company, Inc
Richard Owens is the Vice President of Aiken & Company, Inc. Insurance and Real Estate, "SINCE 1914". He joined the firm in 2004 and focuses on all aspects of risk management, insurance marketing/sales, and real estate transactions within the agency
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Director
- Founder
- Entrepreneur
Robby Hill is an entrepreneur, public servant, and Founder & CEO of information technology consulting firm HillSouth. Robby founded HillSouth at the age of 17, while still a student at West Florence High School. In 2012 he was elected to Councilman at the City of Florence, South Carolina; the state's tenth-largest municipality. There he has led the creation of numerous pro-business initiatives including the launch of a new business incubator downtown.
Robby has received numerous accolades for his work through the years. The US Small Business Administration honored him as Young Entrepreneur of the Year for South Carolina and the Southeastern US in 2007. His company, HillSouth, was honored by the South Carolina Department of Commerce in 2007 with the Palmetto Workforce Partnership Award. HillSouth ranked for multiple years on the Inc. Magazine 500|5000 list, received honors in multiple, consecutive years from CRN magazine as both a FastGrowth 100 company and NextGen 250 company for exceptional innovation and growth in the technology consulting industry. Robby has also been named Small Business Person of the year by the Florence Chamber of Commerce and for two years in a row was honored at the White House as one of the top 100 young entrepreneurs in the United States of America, as ranked by the Empact group.
Mr. Hill has served as a director of numerous non-profit organizations. These organizations include: ScienceSouth; Young Professionals of Florence; the Pee Dee Chapter of the American Red Cross; Florence Rotary Club; the Florence Downtown Development Corporation, the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. He has served for 3 years as the Chairman of the Pee Dee Workforce Investment Board (WIB). In November 2012 he was elected to serve as Councilman for the City of Florence, which is South Carolina's tenth-largest municipality. His focus while in public service is to bring together the interests of the community to solve problems while applying his unique business background to the operations of the government. Councilman Hill serves on the City's Neighborhood Redevelopment Committee as well as founded and chairs board for the Downtown Business Incubator called the North Dargan Business Innovation Center.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- FAAAAI / Allergy, Asthma, & Sinus Center, PA
Dr. Imbeau hails from Portland, OR and was the first board certified Allergist to practice in Florence, SC. He has experience in economic development and numerous civic clubs over his long career. He also chairs Joint Council's Managed Care Group
Job Titles:
- Client Services Specialist
Job Titles:
- CFO
- Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Floyd is an accomplished CFO having managed one of the most successful General Motors dealers in the Southeastern, USA