John Sammis
Chief Operating Officer and Production Manager
(MBA. Cornell University, 1991; BS, Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, 1985)
John Sammis is the Chief Operating Officer for GORGES. John's main responsibility is to manage the project flow through the company. This entails verifying that specifications and estimates have been signed-off, interacting with and assisting designers and developers, tracking progress against milestones and budgets, communicating status to clients, and ensuring that deployed systems and websites are stable and meet customer expectations.
Prior to joining GORGES John ran Data Description, a statistics software and consulting company. John was responsibility for overseeing all operations of the company, and actively participated in the design and development of the software. He also provided data analytic consulting services to clients in many industries, including higher education, healthcare, medical devices, defense and automotive. John started his career with IBM serving in various engineering and sales positions. John received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Cornell University. He has published a number of white papers and articles related to predictive modeling and data mining.
Our Team

Chris Grant
Chief Executive Officer
Client Services Manager
Matt Clark
Chief Technical Officer
Lead Software Engineer
John Sammis
Chief Operational Officer
Production Manager
Don Ellis
Director of Technical Planning
Technology Strategist
Karen Durfee
Project Manager
Technology Strategist
Vicki John
Office Manager
Support Specialist
David Furber
Application Developer
Rails Developer
Ted Caldwell
Application Developer
Software Architect
Dan Rapaport
Application Developer
Systems Analyst
Rasmus Schultz
Application Developer
Database Specialist
Alex Michaluk
Application Developer
Interface Programmer
Jim Tse
Application Developer
Database Programmer
Sean Kennedy
Web Designer
Project Manager
Brian Post
Application Developer
Front-End Specialist
Mia Niazi
Web Designer
Content Management Specialist
Luigi Llanos
Application Developer
Drupal Specialist
Jonathan Meyerhoff
Web Marketing
SEO Specialist
Doug Foster
Project Manager
Windows Developer
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