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Carlos Jr. serves as the President, Chief Technology Officer and a Principal Shareholder of BST Global. In addition to helping drive the company’s business strategy execution, Carlos Jr. also focuses on mentoring and coaching the next level of BST Global’s future leadership. Carlos Jr. also works closely with the Operations and Product Delivery teams as a continuation of his responsibilities as Vice President.

Carlos Jr. joined BST Global in 1988 as part of the Documentation team, and in 1990, he became a member of the Design team for BST RDBMIS. In 1993, he was named Manager of the Training and Support teams. From 1997 to 2005, Carlos Jr. was the Manager of the Product Development team — when BST Enterprise was designed, developed and brought to market. In 2005, he was named the Director of Design and was involved in new product development. In 2016, Carlos Jr. was appointed Vice President, overseeing the Operations and Product Delivery teams to ensure they were supported to achieve their goals, and produce the most meaningful products possible. Carlos Jr. was appointed to President in 2020, and Chief Technology Officer in 2021.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.

Debbie is BST Global’s Chief Product Officer, and a member of the BST Global Executive Management team. In her role, Debbie sets product vision and strategy for all BST Global software products worldwide. She leads a team of product directors and user interaction designers who are dedicated to delivering the most meaningful and effortless software experience possible.

Debbie also sets the vision and timing of all BST Global product releases to ensure that the release roadmap aligns with current business strategies and client and market demands, as well as delivers high-quality and timely product releases.

Debbie joined BST Global in 1999 as Head of the Americas Client Support Group, and in 2007, she was named Business Line Director of Finance and Accounting Management. In 2009, Debbie assumed her dual role as Director of Release Management, where she has played a significant role in shaping and leading the release program for all BST Global software products worldwide. In 2017, Debbie was named Chief Product Officer, which further broadened her area of leadership to include the product management, user-experience design, and project and release management.

Prior to joining BST Global, Debbie worked for Environmental Science & Engineering, a 3,000-person environmental and engineering consultancy, from 1988 to 1999 in a number of financial roles, culminating in her role as Corporate Controller.

Debbie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and an MBA from St. Leo University in St. Leo, Florida.

As BST Global's Director of AI & Analytics, Hank leads a team in evolving BST Global’s current solution set and creating new innovative solutions through artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data capabilities.

Hank joined BST Global in early 2019 and has 30+ years of extensive experience in building large-scale distributed systems and analytics solutions, IT consulting, SaaS software delivery, systems merger and acquisition, modeling and simulation, business process improvement, and client management spanning multiple industries including healthcare, financial services, Department of Defense, transportation and telecommunications.

Prior to joining BST Global, Hank successfully led a $3.9B system merger and acquisition, delivered $100M in consulting and software development engagements, implemented process and data governance for a U.S. interdealer broker and provider of $2.3T in daily trading services, and secured $250M in investment by delivering real-time predictive analytic software.

Hank has held various leadership roles such as Chief Architect, Trusted Advisor and Managing Director at IBM, Motorola, Unisys, AT&T, Perot Systems and Dell.