Management Team
Steve Bain - President |
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Mr. Bain has served as the President of Simply Mac since the company was founded in August of 2006. Since inception, Bain has managed the overall strategic objectives, vision and leadership of Simply Mac. Bain also currently serves as a member of the National Reseller Advisory Board for Apple. Mr. Bain has worked in the wireless and consumer technology industries for the past 17 years, including 4 years at T-Mobile USA where he served as the Channel Director of National Retail Field Sales, managing over 6000 national retail and prepaid locations across the country. Prior to T-Mobile, Bain worked as Director of Business Development and Vice President of Retail Sales at ePhones, a wireless products company. Mr. Bain began his career in the wireless phone industry through employment with Cellular ONE and later was the President and Co-Founder of Utah Cellular and Communications, the first chain of Cellular ONE/AT&T Wireless retail dealer locations in the Salt Lake market. |
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Kent Forsgren - Chief Financial Officer |
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Kent Forsgren is the Chief Financial Officer of Spring Mobile and Simply Mac. Forsgren joined Spring Mobile and Simply Mac in April of 2007. Forsgren’s career includes an extensive background in accounting, budgeting, forecasting, M & A strategy and integration, and financial management. Most recently, Forsgren served as CFO for a Sorenson Capital portfolio company where he played a key role implementing key bank and board reporting metrics, implementation of aggressive Venture Capital strategies and procedures, and meeting financial growth goals and expectations. Prior to that, Forsgren was Chief Financial Officer of Forsgren Associates, Inc., and as Vice President / CFO for Reagan National Advertising. Forsgren is also very involved in the local community where he is involved with several boards and committees including serving as Chairman of the Board for the Make A Wish Foundation Utah Chapter, the Director of the Oakridge Country Club and as a member of the Farmington City Planning Commission. |
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Tyler Dickman - Director of Operations |
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Tyler was the founder and Managing Partner of MacSomething, now known as Simply Mac. As Managing Partner he restructured the full operations of MacSomething, resulting in an increase of sales revenues of over 300% in comparison to former ownership. Prior to purchasing MacSomething, Mr. Dickman was the Operations Manager for Accuscan Health Imaging. |
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Jon Chiazzese - Utah Market Manager |
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Before coming to Simply Mac, Jon worked for Apple as an Apple Solutions Consultant at Best Buy and CompUSA where he consistently lead his teams to outstanding performances year over year. |
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Roger Emmer - Service & Training Manager |
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Roger's outstanding leadership has yielded an award-winning service department with a 46% year-over-year growth in department gross profit. Roger also assisted in launching a successful B2B department as well as a new marketing strategy for Simply Mac branded products that outsell competitors 2/1. |
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Joe Rodgerson - Operations Manager |
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Dave Hicks - Business Services Program Manager |
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Dave provides years of technical expertise and is both Apple Certified System Administrator and XSAN certified, verifying an in-depth knowledge of Apple technical architecture and an ability to install and configure machines; architect and maintain networks; enable, customize, tune, and troubleshoot a wide range of services; and integrate Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, and other Apple technologies within a multi-platform networked environment. |
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Jon joined the Simply Mac team in 2009 where he currently serves as our Utah Market Manager. Jon's stellar leadership skills have lead our managers to consistent success and contributed significantly to the company's outstanding growth over the past year. Before serving as our Utah Market Manager, Jon served as a manager at our Ft. Union location where he lead his team to multiple record quarters, earning him 3 Manager of the Quarter awards.
Roger joined Simply Mac in August of 2007 as a Sales Representative and has since contributed immensely to Simply Mac's overall growth as a customer training supervisor, sales manager, and marketing intern. Roger currently serves as our Service Sales Manager where he is responsible for the growth and direction of Simply Mac's stellar service department.
Joe joined the Simply Mac team in 2006 as an Operations Coordinator after working as a Junior Analyst at Spring Mobile. Joe currently works as the Operations Manager where he oversees purchasing and inventory for each of our retail locations as well as managing the trade-in program. 
Dave Hicks joined the Simply Mac team in May of 2011 where he serves as a Business Services Program Manager. Prior to working at Simply Mac, Dave was a partner at MacDocs from 2001-2011. During his years there, Dave built a stellar in-house service department focused on premier customer service. Dave also built a base of loyal business customers by creating a professional service department prepared to handle critical business systems while offering outstanding customer support.