Executive Bios

Grant Hammersley, Chief Executive Officer

Grant Hammersley has been a leader in the tradeshow and event management business for the past 9 years. His experience ranges from starting Stealth Services Worldwide, the transportation and event services arm of Opus Solutions, to his current role as CEO. Prior to his entrance in the event business, Grant was employed by Bank of America specializing in mortgage and commercial lending. Grant is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a B.A. degree in Economics and a minor in Political Science, while playing baseball for the Red Raiders. He is an Oregon native, a diehard Green Bay Packers Fan, and loves spending summers on the lake with his wife Heidi. He and Heidi have one son.

Pat Kearney, Chairman

Pat serves as Chairman and is one of the key founders of Opus Solutions. He specializes in garnering company culture and taking companies to the next level, which he has proven throughout his career with industry giants such as Procter and Gamble, Apple Computer and Central Point Software. Prior to his involvement with Opus, Pat was the CEO of American Show Management, which in just 5 years grew to be the largest producer of regional IT events in North America. Pat is a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, and remains a "rabid Husky fan." He and his wife Pam now reside in Lake Oswego, Oregon, but spend much of their time in sunny Indian Wells, California. Pat also serves on a number of boards in the Portland area. Married for 31 years, Pat and Pam have two sons.

Monte Wood, President

Monte joined Opus Solutions in January of 2005 as President. With over fifteen years of CEO/President experience, he comes prepared to help mature and grow the company quickly. Previously, Monte was CEO of Wood Alliance Inc., which operated under the Wood Associates brand name, a company that he founded in 1985 and grew to become recognized as one of the top sales promotion companies in the country. The company created numerous industry innovations, including some of the first web-based e-commerce campaigns. During his reign, Wood Associates achieved fifteen consecutive years of growth, surpassing $87 million in revenues for 2000, with a historical cumulative average annual growth rate of over 40%. In 2001, Wood Associates merged with iPrint Technologies, a NASDAQ listed public company. Mr. Wood holds a B.A. from Southern Oregon College, is married with two children, participates on various boards and committees, and is an avid speaker at industry conferences and educational institutions, including U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Brad Jersey, Chief Strategic Officer

A 14+ year veteran within the Trade Exhibition and Experiential Marketing arena, Brad was named as one of the industry's 100 most-influential people by Trade Show Week Magazine in '03. With over 25 years experience in sales and marketing, he specializes in creating unique relationships and programs for clients around face-to-face opportunities through events and sponsorships. Prior to his involvement with Opus Solutions Brad was Executive Vice President and COO of Imark Communications, and a Senior Manager at American Airlines. A Pittsburgh native, Brad headed west several years ago where he is now captive to the beautiful ladies in his life; wife Lori and three daughters, Savannah (8), Sydnie (6), and Skylar (2).

Brad is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College with a major in Psychology and Economics.

Kim Kopetz, VP, Business Development

Kim's history with Opus Solutions began in 1998, when she joined First Contact as a Sr. Program Manager, managing events for their largest clients. Prior to joining First Contact, she spent three years with the National Basketball Association and NIKE, executing global sporting events. In 2003, Kim pursued her interests in integrated marketing communications with a local agency, CMD. After learning the ropes behind creative and brand development, event marketing strategies, and agency relationships, Kim rejoined Opus Solutions in 2005 as Vice President, Business Development. In this role, Kim oversees the strategic integration and execution of global events and marketing logistics, as well as takes an active role in the development of Opus Solutions' event technologies. A graduate of Northwestern University, Kim lives in Portland with her husband, two sons, and cat, Jack.

Judy Adams, VP, Operations

Judy Adams joined Opus Solutions as an HR consultant in April 2004. In October 2004, she was then hired as Vice President of Operations and Human Resources. Previous to Opus Solutions, Judy spent 12 years of progressive responsibility with then named Wood Associates, a Santa Clara, CA Promotional Products Company. Although Judy's official title was that of VP, HR and Administration, she oversaw corporate legal as well as other operational departments and functions. Judy has also worked for United Technologies Corporation and Hensel Phelps Construction, both as an accountant and an accounting supervisor. Outside of the workplace, Judy helped to start an HR networking group in Silicon Valley, CA in 1994, where she continues to participate long distance. The group currently has several hundred members and meets monthly to gain additional ongoing training from guest speakers as well as one another. Judy is married with one daughter, and enjoys spending time with her two grandchildren.

Dena Kaufman, VP and General Manager, Opus Event Management and Production

Dena Kaufman has been in the industry 12 years and is responsible for the day-to-day management and business development of Opus Solutions' Event Management Division and Customer Response Center. She specializes in program consultation, new client integration and event team development and leadership. She leads a tenured team of event specialist to individual performance and client success. Dena has direct experience in managing all of our service offerings from international product rollouts to conferences and high-touch CXO level events with companies such as Symantec, Cisco, Adobe and SEIU. Her vast conference and event management experience at all levels allows her to strategically lead Opus Solutions as the preferred integrated event management partner in the industry. She is on the Board of several organizations, lending her event skills in producing high-end fashion shows for Boost Foundation and as a Member-at-large for CEMA (Corporate Event Marketing Association). Dena is the youngest of 10 children (and the only girl!) which honed her teamwork and negotiation skills at an early age. Growing up in a crowd, she learned to set herself apart. Never a fan of the mundane... her office sports leopard print and feather boas. She brings this out-of-the box thinking to the projects she runs and the team she manages.

Michelle Cairo, VP Finance

Michelle Cairo joined Opus Solutions as Vice president of Finance in December 2007. Prior to joining Opus, Michelle was the Director of Finance at PacifiCorp, an electric utility serving 1.7 million customers in six western states. In her role she was responsible for the financial integrity and performance of the transmission and distribution organization, the largest division in Pacific Power. Prior to spending seven years at PacifiCorp, Michelle spent three years as a Controller for Architectural Design West. She has a bachelor of finance degree from University of Utah and her master’s of business administration from Utah State University. Outside of work, Michelle is involved in Ladies Who Launch, an organization supporting women entrepreneurship, and lends support to Mercy Corp and United Way. Michelle, who grew up near Salt Lake City, Utah, now resides in southeast Portland.

Noah Battle, VP Technology

Noah joined Opus Solutions in October of 2005 as Vice President of Technology. With more than 20 years of executive leadership and software engineering experience, Noah's breadth of technical expertise covers application architecture and development, high availability (fault tolerant) engineering, infrastructure architecture, backend system integration, product and project management, embedded system architecture and development, and telecommunication system design. Prior to joining Opus, Noah has held leading technology positions with XO Communications, SolutionsIQ, Trilennia Group, StarTel Corporation and Agency.com, an international system integrator and interactive marketing firm, where he built world-class, customer-focused Web sites, intranets and extranets, supported by interactive marketing and advertising campaigns for Global 1000 and Fortune 500 clients. Noah lives in Portland with his wife of 15 years and two children. He and his family enjoy playing basketball and taking advantage of the Northwest great outdoors.