Management Team
James McKenna
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO),
Vice President Sales & Marketing
As Facilis’ chief product evangelist, James McKenna provides advice and expert guidance to help facility managers expand their business. Jim heads up all Sales and Marketing efforts. He started with Facilis in 2004, and was tasked with bringing the original Facilis Shared Storage product to market. Before coming to Facilis, he was Director of Engineering at PostWorks NY and Product Designer for Workgroups at Avid Technology. In keeping with his creative side, James has also worked as an editor on various television productions, broadcast promos and documentaries in Boston and New York.
Shane Rodbourn
Chief Operating Officer (COO),
Vice President & GM
An integral senior executive of the Facilis team since 2010, Shane Rodbourn oversees the day to day operation of the business. Prior to joining Facilis, he was Vice President at Avid Technology heading up worldwide teams focusing on Customer Success. Shane also led multiple Engineering teams as VP of Media Product Engineering at Avid introducing products such as ISIS and Interplay. Additionally, he acted in various technical roles at Andover Controls, Pegasystems, Putnam Investments and First Data in the past. Shane attended Rochester Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor of Science degree.
Joe Lowe
President,
Vice President of Engineering
Joe is the President of Facilis Technology and in charge of all Product Development and Engineering. Joe has been building system extensions and file system technology for years, culminating in a focused skill set built on decades of real world experience supporting real world software running on millions of systems. Joe leads a team of developers in Beaverton, Oregon.
Kelly Taranto
Sales & Marketing Director
Kelly leads a team focused on developing sales leads, sales reporting, and communication of outbound marketing to a Reseller Sales Channel. She works on marketing campaigns (SEO, SEM, Email, Google Analytics), and designs graphics for marketing collateral. Kelly is the Social Media liaison, works with a PR team, manages the SalesForce CRM database, coordinates domestic and international sales trade shows and events, and is responsible for Service Renewal contracts.
Matthew Mullen
Sr. Systems Engineer, QA,
Technical Support Manager
Matt is responsible for the day-to-day Quality Assurance testing and also Technical Support escalations. He has a strong industry background working for Avid Technology and Boris FX. Matt has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Fitchburg State University where he majored in Communications/Film.
Kathy Lowe
Finance Manager
Primary responsibilities including managing Accounts Payable, Payroll, Policies and Procedures, General ledger, Month end close, Employee benefits, 401k plan Administration, and Human Resources.
Massachusetts-based Facilis Technology launched in 2003 with a vision to bring affordable, advanced network shared storage to post production and content creation professionals working in media and entertainment. Over the past decade, the company has evolved into an industry-leading provider of cost-effective, high performance video shared storage systems and dynamic workflow solutions for the film, broadcast and AV markets.
Facilis’ multi-platform shared file system and complementary workflow solutions power thousands of post production and content creation workflows in facilities worldwide – allowing professionals to store, share, edit and archive a diverse array of media at an accelerated pace. The Facilis Shared File System is included with every Facilis HUB Shared Storage System and easily accommodates the most complex multi-platform network environments and enables collaboration among diverse image formats and application including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro/Creative Cloud, FCP/FCPX, DaVinci Resolve and others. From 4K film color grading to HD craft editorial, Facilis HUB Network shared storage provides the performance and collaboration tools to get the job done.
Supported by a strong internal team comprising industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in product development, broadcast facility engineering and creative video editing, Facilis continually innovates its solutions to enable superior integration with the latest creative applications and technology, as well as support for cutting-edge connectivity methods. The company’s world-class technical support and meticulous in-house integration of each turnkey solution have earned Facilis a loyal customer base and esteemed reputation in the industry. Its consultative selling process ensures that all Facilis solutions will fit seamlessly into facility environments of all shapes and sizes and provide unmatched stability for years of uninterrupted production.
