Management Team

Mark Phillips, President and CEO

Mark Phillips is President and Chief Executive Officer of SLI Global Solutions. He is responsible for growing SLI as a trusted partner for software testing, independent verification and validation, and certification testing for commercial and government clients in the US and abroad. Mark has been leading complex information technology delivery organizations for over 25 years. His career spans diverse areas including electronic health records, electronic elections systems, travel distribution, state government and military systems. As a technology business leader, he grew and led organizations for top US IT consulting companies to over $70M in annual revenue. His international experience includes developing a unified product delivery life cycle used to manage and globally deliver IT projects valued at over $160M, and the testing and certification for the Republic of the Philippines national elections in 2010. Mark holds a Masters degree in Human Factors Engineering from California State University, Northridge.

Katherine Phillips, Chief Administrative Officer & Board Chair

Katherine Phillips is a primary owner of SLI Global Solutions, CAO, and Board Chair. She oversees the Administrative and Human Resource operations, leveraging her depth of operations experience. She also heads up the SLI Global Solutions’ green initiatives throughout the company.

Additionally, Katherine serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Work Options for Women, a nonprofit organization that trains low income women for employment in the culinary industry.

Katherine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oklahoma State University.

Steve Esposito, Senior Vice President - Government Solutions

Steve Esposito joined in September of 2010 and is responsible for leading the Government Solutions practice. He is accountable for sustainability and growth as he identifies, pursues, and delivers Project Management and Oversight services on government IT projects. Under his direction, a national team of technical and program specialists help state government agencies mitigate project risk through SLI's high performance Quality Assurance (QA) and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) solutions. Additionally, Steve oversees marketing to government entities, including responding to formal Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and presenting to public sector executive management.

With over 28 years of professional IT consulting, his experience includes implementing large human services, financial, accounting, banking, and voter registration systems. Prior to SLI Global Solutions, Steve was SVP for MAXIMUS and CIO for the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE).
Steve received a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University. He is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and CRISC certified.

Traci Mapps, Senior Director of Operations - Compliance Solutions

Traci Mapps serves as Senior Director of Compliance Operations for SLI Global Solutions. In this capacity, she manages all day-to-day operations of our ISO 17025 and 9001:2008-certified test lab. Ms. Mapps oversees software and hardware performance and functional testing in a number of compliance-related industries as well as commercial customers participating in SLI’s Partner in Quality (PIQ) outsourced Quality Assurance (QA) solution.
Ms. Mapps is a highly experienced executive-level manager of test labs and test operations. With more than 18 years in the industry, her experience includes managing multimillion dollar test facilities for several Fortune-1000 communications and enterprise software organizations.

Traci received a BS, Business Administration from the University of Colorado. She is an American Society of Quality (ASQ), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) ISTQB: Certified Tester, Foundation Level (CTFL) and is a certified ISO 9001:2008 internal auditor.

Cathy Devaney, Controller

Cathy Devaney brings over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting and tax management to her role as Controller of SLI. Her experience, gained in both professional service corporations as well as the not for profit industry, spans all aspects of finance and accounting, including preparation and analysis of financial statements, budget control, compliance and tax planning. Additionally, she has many years of experience in audit, managing banking relationships and capital planning.

Cathy has a Masters in Finance and MBA from Colorado University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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