Executive Leadership Team

Brian Hampton
President and CEO

Brian Hampton sets the vision and strategic direction for Cleo Communications. Brian brings more than 35 years of executive management experience in the high-tech industry. His proven leadership experience is instrumental in driving Cleo’s high growth strategies.

Prior to leading Cleo, Brian started, grew and sold several companies, including a motor control company now owned by the Denmark-based Danfoss Electronics. In previous CEO positions, he successfully turned around three companies, including one publicly traded business in Silicon Valley.

Alternative Passion: Capturing incredible moments of nature and making them available for the world to see. Learn more. Visit www.brianhamptonphotography.com.

Todd Enneking
Vice President, Business Development

Todd Enneking leads Cleo’s channel and business development strategies. This includes forming and managing relationships with solution and technology partners. Todd brings more than 30 years of sales,
software development, network architecture and engineering experience.

Todd has led the sales, software engineering and IT organizations at both high-tech and manufacturing companies and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Illinois State University.

Life Philosophy: Spend time and money on memories, not materials.

Favorite Technology: Ubiquitous Internet access.

Rynn Johnson
Vice President, Sales

Rynn Johnson leads Cleo sales in driving product revenue and customer experience. She works closely with the sales team to provide technology and solutions that help make the customer's job easier. Rynn enjoys working with each customer in helping to grow their business.

With more than 15 years of sales management, marketing and executive leadership experience, Rynn has driven multi-million dollar revenue for leading companies in financial services, small business services, graphic communications and healthcare. Rynn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Studies and Management from Northwestern University.

What Makes Me Laugh: What doesn't make me laugh? Laughing makes the hard
work fun!

Life Philosophy: Living with faith leaves you with nothing to fear.

Vice President, Technical Services

Tim Myers leads Cleo’s operations, IT initiatives and technical support team. He is responsible for overseeing the customer experience from product delivery through on-going support. Tim’s leadership drives Cleo’s technical support team to continue meeting and exceeding customer expectations day-to-day.

Tim brings more than 20 years of management experience in the high-tech industry and customer service. He graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

Greatest Influence: Working for Mom and Dad in the family restaurant, learning to work hard, put customers first, have fun and laugh.

Jeff Ahlstrom
Finance Manager

Jeff Ahlstrom is responsible for financial operations, accounting, treasury and human resources for Cleo Communications. Jeff brings to the company more than 15 years of accounting and financial management experience.

Prior to joining Cleo in 2007, Jeff worked in public accounting for several local and national accounting firms. Jeff is a CPA and graduate of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.

The Best Things In Life Are: Spending time with friends and family and spending a sunny day on the golf course.

Andy Evett
Principal Engineer

Andy Evett is Cleo’s principal engineer and is responsible for the development and engineering of the technology for all Cleo software and solutions, including design, implementation and testing. Andy ensures solutions meet client expectations and manages Cleo’s rigorous quality assurance, certification and testing schedules.

He brings more than 20 years of software development and project leadership experience. Andy graduated with a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, both from Northern Illinois University.

What Makes Me Laugh: My Dilbert daily calendar.