Leadership

Our management team consists of versatile professionals that work hard to make Obverse the best it can be. We love to push our creative boundaries, and we take great pride and pleasure in developing innovative solutions to complex problems. Our dedication and passion for what we do inspires us to become extremely involved with every project, and our pride reflects in everything we do.

President, CEO
James Detherage

James Detherage has over 20 years of project management, systems design, development, and implementation experience with Fortune 500 companies. He has been responsible for the implementation and management of systems architecture for various organizations such as, the Government of the District of Columbia’s Department of Human Services, PNC Bank, Wachovia, Clark Equipment, Department of Defense, and the City of Rochester, New York. As President and CEO of Obverse, James is responsible for guiding Obverse’s business strategy, operations and corporate vision. James earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Morehead State University with a focus in Computer Information Systems.

Executive Vice President
Timothy Thompson

Timothy Thompson has 8 years of experience in sales, direct marketing, advertising, and brand management. As an Executive Vice President, he is responsible for sales, marketing, business development and strategic alliance functions of the corporation. Timothy also has profit and loss responsibility for sales and marketing budgets as well as, defining and executing strategic tactical objectives designed to increase business. Timothy earned a degree in Business Administration from Howard University.

Vice President – Information Technology
Che de Bruin

Che de Bruin has 8 years of development experience and 3 years of project management experience. Che is proficient in all aspects of the development life cycle, including system requirements gathering and design, application development, and testing and implementation. His technological expertise ranges from object-oriented client-server applications to Internet applications. Che earned degrees in Criminology and African American Studies from the University of Maryland.

Director of Technical and Strategic Services
L. Kai Boggess

L. Kai Boggess, has combined 10 years experience consulting, training, and program management. With a background in public administration, program management, and consulting, she has worked in a variety of environments including small business, corporate entities, non-profit and government sectors. As Director of Technical and Strategic Services, L. Kai Boggess is responsible for facilitating the start up and transition of new projects and tracking and allocating project resources. She works closely with project staff and clients to define requirements and expectations in an effort to ensure quality customer service. Ms. Boggess is highly skilled in implementing strategies to strengthen management-employee relationships, employee performance measurement and managing contractual programming and compliance. Kai has a Master’s Degree in Psychology from Regis University.