Todd Irwin

Partner, CEO

Todd Irwin is co-founder and CEO of BlueSky Technology Partners, Inc., an eCommerce consulting firm with headquarters in Noblesville, IN. BlueSky’s consultancy is tightly aligned to IBM’s market leading eCommerce product WebSphere Commerce and BlueSky’s solution delivery has developed enterprise b2c and b2b solutions for the retail, manufacturing (consumer product goods) and distribution industry segments. Under Mr. Irwin’s and co-founder Eric Warne's leadership BlueSky has experienced high double-digit growth annually, achieved Premier Business Partner status with IBM and established geo market reach in Atlanta, GA, Cleveland, OH, and Milwaukee, WI, to complement BlueSky’s strong presence in central Indiana.

Prior to establishing BlueSky Mr. Irwin was a founding member of Indianapolis, IN, based e-business consulting firm Eviciti, founded in 1996. In Eviciti’s initial year of existence Mr. Irwin began a relationship with IBM and established Eviciti as a business partner and consulting integrator of IBM’s e-business software (Lotus brand and Net.Commerce prior to WebSphere). This relationship was a huge success for Eviciti. Riding the IBM services portfolio Eviciti grew quickly and established offices in Detroit, MI, Cincinnati, OH, Mexico City, Mexico, and London, England. Eviciti built itself into a full service e-business consulting group with over 200 consultants that offered interactive design, business consulting and software development. In 2001 Eviciti was acquired by another Indianapolis based firm, Haverstick Consulting. Mr. Irwin spent the following 5 years with Haverstick managing the IBM portfolio of clients and leading the Haverstick business development team in sales to commercial markets.

Eric Warne

Partner, COO

Eric Warne is proud to be a co-founder of BlueSky Technology Partners, Inc. and presently serves as Chief Operating Officer. Eric is experienced with selling and implementing eCommerce and eBusiness solutions all around the world. Eric’s focus is on achieving steady growth without sacrificing quality one client at a time.

Eric attended Purdue University and the University of Minnesota where he received under graduate and post graduate degrees in Computer Science. After attending Purdue in 1988, Eric began an eleven year career at IBM developing Operating System and Systems Management software for what is now known as the zSeries (MVS) and iSeries (OS/400) platforms. Eric’s last year at IBM was spent educating business partners and customers around the world on new up and coming eBusiness software technologies that were about to change the IT world. The software technologies included java web based application and eCommerce servers. They are widely known today as IBM’s WebSphere and WebSphere Commerce software products.

Eric decided to leave IBM in 1999 to pursue his true passion of IT consulting helping customers achieve success transforming business processes and leveraging the powerful eBusiness technologies on the World Wide Web. Eric joined Eviciti, a consulting company in Indianapolis, IN where he held a Senior Business Consultant position selling new business and overseeing application development on IBM eBusiness implementations for several years.

Before starting BlueSky, Eric was the Director of Application Development at Haverstick Consulting, Inc. for 5 years where he had responsibilities for selling and delivering various eBusiness solutions. Eric’s desire to focus on eCommerce and build a quality consulting brand was one of the primary reasons for starting BlueSky in 2006.

Jeff Friess

Director of Sales

Jeff Friess serves as Director of Sales for BlueSky Technology Partners, Inc., where he brings his passion for providing eCommerce solutions to his clients and 15 years of professional enterprise software selling experience. In addition to identifying and closing eCommerce software and services opportunities, Jeff is responsible for many of the day-to-day marketing activities at BlueSky while coordinating WebSphere Commerce User’s Groups, and other customer and prospecting events in various parts of the United States.

Prior to joining BlueSky, Jeff spent 7 years at IBM where he held various software selling positions in the WebSphere brand including his experience as a WebSphere Commerce Sales Specialist. He brings further eCommerce experience from his background as a Strategic Account Manager while at BroadVision. Jeff has developed relationships with many Fortune 1000 and Internet Retailer Top 500 companies including Follett Higher Education Group, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Wirtz Beverage Group, Delta Faucet, Rockwell Automation, Tenneco, and many others. Jeff holds a BS in Business Administration and Finance from Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Dave Greene

VP of Operations

Dave Greene serves as VP of Operations for BlueSky Technology Partners, Inc. where he leverages his 15 years of project management experience to ensure successful solution delivery across BlueSky's project portfolio. Dave's experience in combination with his technical knowledge enhances his ability to effectively communicate with both client sponsors as well as his technical team. With strong focus on maintaining BlueSky's 100% client reference-ability, Dave oversees project management, service delivery, and process improvements at BlueSky.

Prior to joining BlueSky, Dave spent 7 years working with BlueSky's co-founders Eric Warne and Todd Irwin where he managed IBM WebSphere Commerce projects and programs specializing in eCommerce B2B and B2C initiatives, throughout multiple verticals, including Automotive, Retail, Manufacturing, and Government. Along with overseeing projects, Dave's background includes maturing service delivery capabilities and project management methodology across the enterprise. Dave is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He currently resides in central Indiana with his wife Kelly.