Joseph Shamir

Joseph Shamir is the CEO of ToolsGroup, which he co-founded with Eugenio Cornacchia in 1993. He has more than twenty years of business experience in supply chain and manufacturing, and is a specialist in advanced modeling techniques for planning and optimization. He has been instrumental in the development of decision support software for logistics planning of complex logistics networks, and has directed major strategic and logistics projects in many leading European companies.

Before founding ToolsGroup, Mr. Shamir held various high-level management positions with ITP Group, including Director of Sales, and later as COO of the Automation Group. The group, specialized in industrial automation and logistics, has implemented during his time several very large "factory of the future" systems at large manufacturers such as Olivetti and Electrolux.

Prior to ITP, Mr. Shamir held several CIO positions, first at the Italian gear manufacturing company, ESP Group, and then at Norasia shipping line, where he developed an innovative profit-driven operations planning system for world maritime container transportation.

Mr. Shamir graduated in solid-state physics from Tel Aviv University.

Eugenio Cornacchia

Eugenio Cornacchia is Chief Scientist and co-founder of ToolsGroup, which he started with Joseph Shamir in 1993, after having worked together for nine years. As Chief Scientist, Mr. Cornacchia has been leading all SO99+-related R&D activities.

Prior to ToolsGroup, Mr. Cornacchia was an early stage executive at ITP, a firm specializing in industrial system integration, and highly automated production/distribution systems. As head of the Industrial Engineering division, Mr. Cornacchia helped grow the group to more than 300 employees and €61 million sales.

Prior to ITP, Mr. Cornacchia was at Draper Laboratories in Cambridge, MA, where he was responsible for a large project to re-design the logistic information system for Fiat spare parts worldwide. The new system was based on a brand new inventory modeling and optimization technology that Mr. Cornacchia developed from scratch, in order to overcome the limitations and inaccuracy of traditional scientific inventory management. The highly successful implementation became one of the earliest systems in the world for inventory optimization.

Mr. Cornacchia holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Genoa University in Italy, a post-graduate diploma in Operations Research from E. Mattei School, Milan, Italy, and an MS degree in Operations Management from the Sloan School at MIT, Boston, MA.

Jeffrey Bodenstab

Jeffrey Bodenstab, Vice President of Marketing for ToolsGroup, is a computer software marketing executive with a unique track record of helping to build five young businesses into successful enterprises. Most recently he was Vice President of Marketing for North America at i2 Technologies, the world's largest supply chain planning software company. He held several other positions at the firm including Vice President of Industry Marketing and Vice President of Marketing for the Automotive Business Unit, where he helped grow the business from a start-up to more than €68 million annual license revenue in 4 years. Mr. Bodenstab holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Lehigh University.

Roberto Miani

Roberto Miani is the managing director of ToolsGroup in Italy and part of the original founding team. As a project manager, Mr. Miani has led many successful inventory and supply chain projects, at companies such as ARCELIK, CGT, Caja de Extremadura, Coca Cola Bevande Italia, Findea and Astilleros Espanoles. Mr. Miani has also held the role of Global Quality Assurance Manager, SO99+ Product Manager, and Director of Operations - Italy. Mr. Miani holds a Degree in Electronic Engineering from Trieste University.

Josè Presencia

Josè Presencia is a co-founder and managing director of ToolsGroup in Spain. He has managed major logistics projects for a number of multinational companies, including BASF, Sanofi, Casbega (Coca Cola), Dr Esteve, and Repsol. Mr. Presencia was a project manager responsible for the installation of advanced optimization and control systems in Repsol. He also developed the consulting business of Digital Equipment Corporation across Europe. Mr. Presenci is a chemistry graduate from Valencia University and a graduate of IESE Business School.

Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith is the Vice President of Sales for North America for ToolsGroup. Before his promotion to this role, Pat was ToolsGroup’s Director of Sales for the Eastern US Region. He has more than 10 years of experience with Fortune 500 and high-tech companies in various sales and key account responsibilities. Prior to ToolsGroup, Pat was the top performing Regional Sales Manager at Vettro, and Director of Sales at Optiant, a venture-backed startup. Pat also has extensive experience in the consumer packaged goods arena gained during his tenure at Pillsbury. A graduate of Providence College, Pat earned a B.S. in business administration.