Our Leadership

Michael Berman is the founder and CEO of Ncontracts, a leading provider of risk and compliance management solutions. His extensive background in legal and regulatory matters has  afforded him unique insights into solving operational risk management challenges and  drives Ncontracts’ mission to efficiently and effectively manage operational risk. During  his legal career, Mr. Berman was involved in numerous regulatory, compliance, and  contract management challenges and assisted in the development of information  systems to better manage these efforts. Prior to founding Ncontracts, he was General Counsel for Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Tecniflex, Inc. and Imagic Corporation. Mr.  Berman is a well-regarded speaker at financial institution conferences on risk  management. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and holds  a J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee.

Mr. Kilgore brings a solid knowledge of finance in a global environment and has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, business process improvements, and has led and supported numerous debt and equity capital raises. Prior to joining Ncontracts, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Movius Interactive Corporation, where he was responsible for all administrative functions including finance, accounting, IT, legal and human resource activities while also supporting and advising on the company's overall strategic direction. Before joining Movius, he served as Vice President, EMEA Finance & Treasury for CDC Software, where he was responsible for all of the finance and accounting operations of their EMEA region. Prior to CDC Software, he held the position of controller for the international operations at Witness Systems where he managed the finance and accounting teams in the UK, India and Hong Kong. Before joining Witness Systems, he was with KPMG in their audit practice. He holds his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, with a concentration in Accounting, from California State University in Sacramento, and an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business. He is a certified public accountant in the state of California.

Mr. Simpson leads our technology development efforts, backed by his acumen in the management and development of large-scale, data-driving mobile and web applications and streamlining software engineering development processes. Prior to joining Ncontracts, he served as CTO of Ingo Money, an organization dedicated to serving the underserved in banking, where his teams built the best-in-class Ingo Money Network mRDC platform. He also held a key banking industry position as Senior Manager of Development of ProfitStars, a Jack Henry Company, leading multiple teams engaged in developing ACH, Check Imaging, and other payment-related banking systems. He has held leadership roles with D&B Company, MDR, and Cerebra, in each position leading the development and implementation of game-changing technologies. He holds a B.S. in computer science from Boston University as well as an executive management and leadership from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Ms. Outlaw leads the Ncontracts client support team, vendor account management team, risk services team, and contracts services team by leveraging her wealth of client service and operational experience. Most recently she served as Vice President Services at Symplr, a healthcare SaaS credentialing and compliance company. Prior to that she served as Vice President of Operations at Kroll Background Screening. In these roles, she helped drive initiatives to enhance client satisfaction, improve operational efficiency, and increase revenues and gross margins, all while investing in her teams’ development and success.

Ms. Guthrie joins Ncontracts after serving in executive and C-level human resources roles with fast-growth companies including Cosential, Alienvault, and Sparefoot. She's the perfect person to help I Ncontracts employees achieve their full potential while helping to build and scale a world-class human resources function in our fast-growing organization. Ms. Guthrie graduated with honors from LeTourneau University and was recently named one of the Top 50 women leaders in SaaS.

As the Executive Vice President of Marketing Guy has responsibility for the company’s marketing organization, including all brand, communications, digital, demand generation, and product marketing functions. With over 20 years of marketing leadership in companies such as Expedia, Microsoft, and Baxter Healthcare, as well as at fast-growth start-ups such as Marchex, Pushpay and Zenoti, Guy’s career has focused on bringing differentiated products to market and providing the compelling reason to purchase for customers and prospects alike.

Prior to joining Ncontracts, he served as SVP Marketing at Zenoti, the leading provider of SaaS solutions for the beauty and wellness industry. He is a regular blogger, spokesperson, and contributor for publications and thought leadership topics in marketing and technology across the industry.

Guy has a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Illinois.

As the Executive Vice President of Sales Jared has responsibility for the company’s national sales organization, including sales operations and the solutions architect teams. With over 20 years of sales leadership and responsibilities, Jared has grown and scaled teams in both start-up environments and enterprise organizations that have exceeded revenue targets for his organization.

Prior to joining Ncontracts Jared served as VP of Sales at LogMeIn, where he served as vice president of sales, as well as at 451 Research, where he was the managing director.

Jared is a graduate of Fitchburg State University in his home state of Massachusetts, where he majored in business administration.