Robert J. Deutsch
A partner in prominent Asheville, North Carolina, law firm Powell & Deutsch, specializes in business negotiations, civil litigation and other business matters. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1972. He and Marty Kogon, another Definition 6 board member, also once co-owned Foursquare Software Corporation, a computer consulting business involved with distributed computer networks and early versions of the Internet.
Michael Kogon
Definition 6 Chief Executive Officer.
Martin Kogon
Served as Director since February 2000. Kogon, who earned his Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton School of Business, has played an integral part in the success of Definition 6. He assembled the company’s board of directors, assisted in key contract negotiations and provided son Michael, CEO, with valuable guidance reaped from an expansive 35-year business career. Today, Kogon continues to focus his energy on furthering Definition 6’s reach, leading fundraising efforts and special projects to help strengthen the company’s goals and client base. Michael looks to his father to provide smart business advice for good reason: Kogon has owned and managed three other Atlanta-based businesses throughout his impressive career: National Dynamics, Management Ventures and Central Metals Recycling. Kogon served as Central Metals Recycling’s chairman for 11 years, resigning only after Recycling Industries’ 1997 acquisition of the company. From 1983 to 1986, he also served as Management Ventures’ managing partner, running a venture capital fund focused on high-technology companies. Kogon founded National Dynamics, which developed computer software and services, in 1970. He served as president until 1983, when CIGNA finally purchased the company. Kogon also spent three years working with IBM as a systems engineer following his service in the United States Army Signal Corps. Kogon received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1962.
Dr. Timothy S. Mescon
The Dean and Tony and Jack Dinos Chair of Entrepreneurial Management at the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Timothy S. Mescon worked with the Board of Regents to create the University’s first Eminent Scholar Chair, and later helped endow three additional faculty positions. Mescon, who received his Master Degree from Southern Methodist University and his Ph.D from The University of Georgia, has written over 200 articles and cases and co-authored three books. He sits on the boards of the Metropolitan Atlanta United Way and Metropolitan Atlanta Red Cross, Homeward Inc. and The Tommy Nobis Center, in addition to Definition 6. He also serves as Vice President and Trustee of The Epstein School and Director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Zack T. Pate
Dr. Zack T. Pate Currently serves as Chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), the organization responsible for overseeing operation of nuclear electric generating plants. Pate is Chairman Emeritus of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, Georgia, where he served as CEO from 1984-1998. From 1958 to 1980, Pate served in the United States Navy. His assignments included Chief Engineer and Commanding Officer of Nuclear-Powered Submarines. Pate graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He received a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970. He is a member of the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the Nuclear Engineering Department, and sits on the Southern Company’s Board of Directors.
Michael Shenk
Michael Shenk currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for The Crown Valley Group, a real estate investment firm. Shenk graduated from the University of Georgia in 1991 with an Undergraduate Degree in Finance, then returned later for his Master’s Degree, concentrating on entrepreneurial studies and real estate finance. Directly following his undergraduate studies, the Atlanta native joined The Home Depot team as a financial analyst, where he managed financial projects and created budgets for over 200 business units. He left his position a little over three years later to pursue his Masters at The University of Georgia, graduating in 1996. After graduating, Shenk served as executive vice president and CFO for Gamson Metal Industries, a demolition company with a specialty in maximizing scrap value from demolition projects. Overseeing the company’s operations and finances, he helped double the company’s business during his three years there. After Gamson Metal Industries merged with a larger competitor, Michael joined Definition 6 as Chief Financial Officer, a position that he held through the summer of 2005. Shenk, who enjoys swinging golf clubs in his spare time, attributes his own passion and love for business to his grandfather, who survived bankruptcy only to start Consolidated Stores, what would become a multi-billion dollar enterprise..
Ann Stone
Ann Stone is a mature, seasoned business professional with experience at a senior level as a marketing leader and general manager in the areas of consumer package goods, high tech, and restaurant/retail service industries. She has a wide breadth of marketing skills, including positioning, advertising, media, analysis, planning, market research, public relations, new product development and execution. She has a proven track record as a "strategic catalyst for change" including business restructurings and marketing repositioning.
Currently Ann is serving as the General Manager of the Mall stores in the Dairy Queen system as well as the lead on a new treat oriented concept for the chain. Prior to this role, Ann managed her own consulting firm, Tittabawassee, LLC, a strategy and marketing oriented firm. Her experience combines strong roles in the food service industry as CMO at Church's Chicken and time early in her career with Pizza Hut, with high tech interest as she served as Definition 6's CMO for a time as well as her Board membership, with packaged goods work as a VP at Coca-Cola and her initial career stop at SCJohnson and Son.
Maurice Worth
Maurice Worth has served as a Director since February 2000. He retired from Delta Air Lines Inc. in 1999. During his last two years there, he served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, managing Delta’s worldwide daily operations in the Americas, Asia and Europe and implementing programs to improve the airline’s overall performance levels. He is currently President and CEO of The Doral Company, a consulting firm specializing in aviation, airport development and construction, customer service and international business. Worth held a number of management positions throughout his expansive career at Delta, including System Manager of Airport Customer Service, Personnel Administration System Manager, Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President. An alumnus of Washington and Lee University, Worth is involved in numerous aspects of Atlanta’s thriving business community, serving on the American Red Cross National Board of Governors, the Wachovia Bank Area Advisory Board and the Joseph Sams School Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Georgia and Fayette County Chambers of Commerce.
