Microsystems Management Team

Tom O'Sullivan
Chief Executive Officer

Tom is responsible for guiding the company's strategy and working with management to ensure our continued growth and success. He is focused on ensuring our clients receive the most comprehensive software solutions possible and that customer service is Microsystems' top priority. Tom is also co-owner of the company.

In 1997, Tom became CEO of Microsystems, initially concentrating on law firms, then expanding to other business sectors, including life sciences, government, and corporate. Tom has been a part of executive management at several software companies, including SysDraw Software Company, Interactive Systems Corporation, and Pansophic Systems. His prior experience includes leadership roles at Price Waterhouse in Dublin, Ireland and Chicago, Illinois.

Tom is a CPA in the United States and a Chartered Accountant in Ireland. He holds a Bachelor of Business Studies Degree from University of Limerick, Ireland and Masters from University College Dublin, Ireland.

John Rigas
Chief Financial Officer

John is primarily responsible for the financial and administrative functions at Microsystems. He is also co-owner of the company.

John has over 20 years experience in the consulting and technology organizations. Prior to becoming President of Microsystems, John was the Director of Network Services for Visio Corporation, which acquired SysDraw Software, where he served as President and was co-owner. He has also acquired and provided consulting to a number of high technology companies.

John is a CPA and licensed attorney in the state of Illinois. He graduated from Illinois State University with a double major in Accounting and Business Administration and minor in Economics, and received his Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law.

Sherry Kappel
Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer

Sherry is responsible for innovation at Microsystems and works closely with clients on best practice document workflows and migration strategies.

Sherry has more than 25 years experience in authoring technologies, and shares that expertise as a speaker at numerous industry events every year. Sherry developed binary conversion and document reuse best practices for Word V6/95/97/2000/2002/2003 in use today by the world's largest law firms and life sciences companies. She has led or assisted more than 400 document migration projects, and is working with leading law firms and life sciences companies as they move to the 2007 Office system and XML.

Sherry is currently enrolled at Northwestern University, working toward a Master of Science in Communication. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications from Truman State University, long before the release of the DOS OS.

Steve Varsolona
Vice President, Sales

Steve is responsible for leading our consultative sales efforts.

Steve has over 19 years of experience in leading the growth, development, and management of technology-based business/product lines for Fortune 500 organizations. Previously, Steve served as Area Sales Director at Business Objects. Prior to Business Objects, Steve served as Vice President of Strategic Market Sales at Firstlogic. Steve’s areas of expertise include sales, product line and business management, strategic planning, and marketing/business analysis.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University, as well as an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with concentrations in Economics and Accounting.

Brian Hall
Vice President, Client Relations & Marketing

Brian is responsible for managing our client relations for all Microsystems solutions, for leading the company's overall marketing strategy and communications activities and for managing the Microsoft relationship.

Brian has more than eighteen years of experience leading integrated marketing activities in high growth companies. Previously, Brian served as Vice President of Marketing at Rewards Network/iDine, the nation's largest dining rewards program. Prior to iDine, Brian served as Vice President of Marketing at InstallShield Software Corporation. Additionally, he served in marketing and product management roles at Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Shure and Geodesic Systems.

Brian earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Eileen Schleicher
Vice President, Development

Eileen is responsible for overseeing the architecture and creation of our software tools.

Eileen is a proven leader and accomplished software development professional who has guided the architecture and creation of Microsystems software tools as Vice President of Product Development. She has created an enthusiastic, highly motivated development team at Microsystems, which has consistently delivered superior product results, including DocXstyles, DocXtools and DocXamine. Eileen is also credited with leading the creation of Microsystems next product generation, D3 and 11:59. Eileen is well versed in technology and practical in her approach to building products; she credits her success at Microsystems to the use of product management processes combined with pragmatic prototyping. She has experience in leading software development for major software companies, including Microsoft and Visio. She also held several titles, including Director of Client Services, at RIMS.

Eileen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University.

Chris MacRitchie
Vice President, Client Services

Chris is responsible for leading the client services team as they support the implementation of Microsystems’ software in document intensive businesses.

Chris brings a passion and vision for providing outrageous customer support and is able to achieve his goals by focusing on the exceptional training and development of his team, the foresight to anticipate client needs and the dedication to assure operational excellence. Chris has over 17 years of innovating client support through strong leadership at companies like: Cognizant Technology Solutions, Alliance Data, Lodestar Corp and Accenture.

Chris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.