About Us

Mike O’Dea is a Co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProConnections, Inc. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Engineering. He has over 40 years of expertise managing the design and deployment of highly reliable embedded systems. He is responsible for creating the most capable and cost-effective system design and manufacture of ProConnections’ line of products.

Mike’s background includes product development for both military and commercial applications and reflects his entrepreneurial passion for interfacing technology with the physical world. Prior to ProConnections, he was one of the founders of Biometrica Systems, a commercial venture implementing facial recognition technology for the casino industry. When Biometrica Systems was acquired by Viisage Technology in 2001, Mike continued as Vice President of Engineering. Since leaving Viisage Technology in 2003 to start ProConnections, the business has grown steadily. In 2013, ProConnections was recognized as one the the fastest growing companies by Inc. 500/5000.

Mike received a B.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Cornell University.

Phil McNulty is a Co-Founder of ProConnections, Inc. and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He is also a member of the Board of Directors who, along with the other members, is charged with establishing the strategic direction of the company. Phil is responsible for all the finance, compliance and HR areas as well as the day-to-day management of sales and marketing.

Prior to joining ProConnections, Phil had a successful 26 year career in the banking industry. He held senior management positions in Finance, Community Banking, Residential Mortgage Lending and Commercial Lending. As a senior manager, he was heavily involved in all aspects of business line management including strategic planning, sales and marketing plan development and business line management.

Phil’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bentley College. In addition, he completed several industry specific certifications specifically related to the financial services industry. He has served as a member of the board of directors on several non-profit organizations including the Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association, Community Council of Greater Springfield, Waterbury Housing Fund and the Canton, CT Youth Soccer Association.

Tom Kuzeja is a Co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProConnections, Inc. He currently serves as the Director of Software Product Development. He is responsible for user interface and the human factors of engineering within the company. In addition, he oversees all application and documentation development.

Tom started his career over 28 years ago working on embedded systems in the disk storage business at Digital Equipment Corporation. Since then, his professional experience has diversified and includes product development in a variety of disciplines such as, operating systems drivers, enterprise storage management, e-commerce applications and facial recognition technology. While working for Lau Technologies, later known as Viisage Technology and L1, he was an integral member on the teams that developed two applied facial recognition technology patents. Throughout his career, Tom’s interest in usability and human factors engineering grew, making his leadership role in application and documentation development at ProConnections a natural fit.

Tom graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst receiving a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering. He spoke at the University on a panel of experts titled, “Engineers in the Workforce”.

Jay Bortolussi is a Co-Founder and member of Board of Directors of ProConnections, Inc. He currently serves as the Chief Systems Architect. His responsibilities include overall project management and the supervision of process and functional design activities, including the development and testing of solution components and prototypes. With over 26 years of experience, Jay is noted for his pragmatic, result-orientated approach to his projects. Jay’s career began at General Electric working on automated systems and simulator software for multiple defense programs. From there, he gained expertise in areas such as, embedded systems development, enterprise-scale database systems architecture, e-commerce server design and real-time embedded video server systems. While at Lau Technologies, Jay helped develop the Ohio drivers’ license program, one of the first secure digital credentialing programs in the country. That led to work in facial recognition technology at Lau, later known as Viisage Technology and L1 where Jay was a key member of the teams that authored two patents on applied facial recognition technology.

Jay holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences from Providence College, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Boston University.