Bennie Farmer, Founder, President & CEO
Bennie has 16 years' experience with vehicle systems that capture driving-related data, and is the inventor of Telanon's patented technology. Prior to Telanon, he had 6 years' experience with high-tech startup Eaton VORAD Technologies. As Manager - Corporate Strategic Planning at Eaton Corporation, he analyzed a proposed business opportunity with Allstate-funded VORAD Safety Systems and negotiated the 50/50 joint-venture deal forming Eaton VORAD. He then became its Director- Product Planning & Light Vehicle Sales/Marketing. After helping win business with an auto OEM, he was promoted to Business Unit Manager - Light Vehicle with full P&L responsibility. Bennie has a Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School.
Don Klayman , Acting VP & CIO
Don has over 18 years of IT experience with startup companies, starting with Total Design Solutions which he founded in 1989. In 2000, he was Interim CTO for Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic. Then in 2002 he co-founded and was CTO until 2004 for Brightree, an Internet-based suite of applications that require HIPPA privacy compliance due to data warehousing of patient medical records and insurance collection/payment information. Since 2004 he has developed and provides hosting for data warehouse applications including browser-based HotBru based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Don has a B.S. in Business Administration from Ohio State University and earned certification in Computer Programming and Operations from the Control Data Institute of Atlanta.