President & CEO
Scott Frey is the original founder of PossibleNOW formed in 2000. Today he serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer for PossibleNOW, Inc. and PossibleNOW’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CompliancePoint. Scott is responsible for the business growth and acquisition strategy, product development initiatives, and all sales and marketing strategy for both companies. Scott specializes in designing technology and professional services solutions to solve complex business challenges related to marketing and compliance operations.
Scott’s significant insight has been instrumental in the development and delivery of high value technology solutions and services. His energy and vision have contributed to the company’s steady annual growth, profitability and thought leadership.
Under Scott’s tenure as CEO, the company has evolved from a marketing compliance solution provider solving privacy and compliance issues, to a more diverse organization that helps companies leverage PossibleNOW’s Enterprise Preference Management solutions to deliver relevant, targeted, personalized communications to their customers and prospects, increasing profitability and customer loyalty.
Prior to PossibleNOW, Scott served for 12 years as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CCS Technology, an Atlanta-based Inc. 500 enterprise infrastructure professional services and technology company.
Rick Stauffer
Chief Operating Officer
Rick joined PossibleNOW as Chief Operations Officer in 2002 bringing extensive management experience in operations, process improvements, and generating business growth. In this role, he oversees the operations of the company and plays a major role in strategic planning, financial planning, and strategic partnerships.
Rick's responsibilities at PossibleNOW have included developing a detailed understanding of the Do Not Call, Do Not E-mail, Do Not Mail, and Do Not Share regulatory environments, and crafting products and processes to provide effective and cost-effective compliance with DNC and telemarketing registration laws to PossibleNOW customers. During his tenure, the company has evolved and refined its data management processes such that the company has achieved zero defect operations. Rick also provides process consulting to PossibleNOW customers.
Prior to joining PossibleNOW, Rick was founder and CEO of a successful Internet entertainment company. Rick has also held executive positions as the chief marketing executive for Intel's Multimedia Products Operation, in corporate planning at GE, and as a strategic planning associate with management consulting firm Booz, Allen and Hamilton. Rick received an MBA from Stanford University and a BSE from Princeton University.
Chris Hoover
Chief Technology Officer
Chris has been responsible for technical and product development at PossibleNOW since its inception. Chris serves as the chief architect of the company’s technical product direction and oversees all product development, systems operations, and maintenance.
Chris has extensive experience architecting complex Internet-based technologies and managing technical development projects. Prior to joining PossibleNOW, Chris founded and served as CTO for Pretorynet, a leading provider of Internet consulting technologies including business-to-business and business-to-consumer web site development. Chris was responsible for technology direction of the company and overall management of the technical staff. Chris managed all facets of technical work including creative design, networking infrastructure design and implementation, database development, quality assurance and quality control and N-tier distributed architecture development.
Prior to founding Pretorynet, Chris was CTO at e-Com Solutions. Chris also held a number of senior technical positions for Banyan Systems and ran his own independent technical consulting firm. Chris earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia.
Scott Magnes
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Scott Magnes joined PossibleNOW as the Senior Vice President of Business Development in 2011. In this capacity, Scott leads the strategic and tactical implementation of PossibleNOW’s sales, business development and partnership efforts. He leverages his extensive professional network to engage with prospects and clients to help them find the appropriate solution for their regulatory compliance and preference management needs.
Scott Magnes comes to PossibleNOW with over two decades of technology experience. Prior positions include executive sales leadership at companies such as American Megatrends, Appforge (acquired by Oracle) and NexTraq, a world leader in fleet vehicle tracking.
Scott serves as Chairman of Membership for the Wireless Tech Forum (www.wirelesstechnologyforum.org) which is the largest wireless association in the southeast. The Forum hosts events with executive level speakers from leading organizations such as AT&T, Verizon and Motorola.
Scott is an avid “networker” and attends many trade shows and industry events. In fact, Scott has acquired so many Linkedin.com connections that he is now in the top 1% of Linkedin.com users!
