Vasa Dasan – Chief Operating Officer

Vasa Dasan is a veteran of driving technical strategy and execution in cloud computing. Vasa joined ProStar from CU Boulder where he served as head of software development. Prior to that Vasa was the VP of Engineering at Symplified, a single sign-on startup acquired by RSA a division of EMC-DELL. Prior to Symplified, Vasa was the first engineering hire at Wayin, a mobile and web engagement platform founded by Scott McNealy. As CTO, Vasa built and led the team that developed Wayin’s services for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, social media applications including Facebook and Twitter, and Java backend services operating on Amazon Web Services. Vasa spent more than 15 years of his career at Sun Microsystems. He served a chief technologist for the company’s Cloud Computing Practice, and he spent more than a decade as Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Sun’s $5.1 billion SunService division. He joined Sun as a staff engineer for SunSoft and worked on Solaris Operating System. Before Sun, Vasa held engineering positions at Intergraph and Hewlett Packard. Vasa holds a BS. in Engineering Physics, a MA in Mathematics and Statistics and a MS in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University, and did his PhD work in Computer Science at Colorado State University. Vasa served as adjunct faculty at Computer Science and Engineering Management at University of Colorado at Boulder. Vasa has several patents and publications to his credit including the highly referenced US patent 5,761,662 on personalization of Web, and the Prentice Hall book, Hands-on Intranet. [email protected]

Jason Martschuk – VP of Sales

Jason Martschuk brings over 20 years of Sales, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Project Management experience to ProStar Canada. Jason started his career as a GIS Specialist and Project Manager at AMEC where he focused on water resources, environment, geospatial and infrastructure. After 11 years with AMEC, Jason’s in-depth industry knowledge led him to Hexagon PPM as Senior Account Executive where his responsibilities included business development and acquiring new clients throughout Canada. Following Jason’s success at Hexagon PPM, he was recruited by Oracle as Application Sales Manager for Oracle’s Construction & Engineering Global Business Units.  Jason’s extensive sales experience combined with SaaS applications, GIS, and Project Management make him uniquely positioned to lead the sales efforts for ProStar Canada. Jason has a Bachelor of Science in Geography and GIS from the University of Calgary. [email protected]

Matthew Breman – VP of Marketing

Matthew Breman is a results-proven leader with over 25 years of marketing and communication experience. Specializing in delivering new products and ideas to market with a very experiential and customer-centric delivery, he has helped a broad range of brands including, MTV / Nickelodeon, Disney Resorts, and Microsoft succeed.  While the head of  Cranium 360, he moved the company from start-up to a national award-winning marketing agency.  He has worked closely with great clients and brands such as Johns Manville, Enstrom’s Toffee (if you have ever tasted it, you would understand), national franchisors, banks, and hospitals. Matthew’s experience, across a wide variety of clients, includes successfully bringing new products to market in industrial manufacturing, medical technologies, professional services, health, and beauty.

He earned his BA from the University of South Florida and his MBA from Rollins College.   His civic involvement includes leadership position in the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Mesa County, and most recently as an elected City Council Member for Fruita, Colorado. [email protected]

Peter Srajer – Chief GIS Scientist

Peter Srajer has 20 years of geomatics and engineering management experience leading teams in a variety of construction, industrial, and technology projects in a diverse range of domestic and international areas. He has specialized experience in project management and technical leadership in GPS, high precision surveying, deformation monitoring, programming, GIS, Remote Sensing, Ground Penetrating Radar, UAV, 3D Laser Scanning, AR & VR for a multitude of sectors including Oil & Gas, Pipelines Utilities, Engineering and Environmental works. Peter has been an invited speaker to international conferences on integration of large spatial datasets to AI, Machine Learning and the use augmented reality for visualization. Peter received his Master’s in Geomatics Engineering in 2008 and Canada Lands Surveyor Commission in 2011 and a PMP in 2017. [email protected]

Ben Skogen – PointMan Product Manager

Ben is responsible for product planning and execution throughout the PointMan product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. Ben is also responsible for ensuring that the PointMan product supports the company’s overall strategy and goals. Ben has been with ProStar for over 5 years, but prior to his position as a Product Manager, he served in the United States Air Force as an A10-C Thunderbolt II Avionics technician. Ben has his Bachelor’s in Computer Science, is a Certified Product Manager and is currently working on his Professional Land Surveyor’s license in the state of Colorado. b[email protected]

Rick Pevarski – Technology Advisor

Mr. Pevarski is the founder and former CEO of Virginia Utility Protection Service (VA811).  VA811. Before serving as CEO for 20 years of VA811, Mr. Pevarski was employed for 17-years at Roanoke Gas Company in Roanoke, Virginia, as Vice-President of Operations & Marketing.  While part of the gas industry, Pevarski served on the Board for the South Eastern Gas Association, was a member of the American Gas Association’s Gas Piping Technology Committee and served for 17 years on the US DOT Gas Piping Advisory Committee. In 2008, he received the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Jim Barron Award for his contributions and dedication to the enhancement of underground damage prevention and public safety and later served on the Executive Committee of the CGA Board of Directors.