Leadership Team


Tom Harris

Tom Harris

Tom Harris has been developing business application systems for over 25 years. He has served in a variety of project team roles over the years, while excelling in the development environment and flourishing in leadership roles. During this time, Mr. Harris formed strong technical skills, and learned proven methodologies and project management techniques. As a founding member of HMB, he has taken great pride in leading HMB from an idea back in 1994 to a successful, premier, and award winning IT Consulting based on Central Ohio. HMB has enjoyed steady, sustainable growth while maintaining quality, excellence, and a penchant for successful delivery. Mr. Harris also is a firm believer in the phrase – “you win with people”.   more...



John Mackessy

John Mackessy has spent the last 25 years as an information systems professional. During his career, Mr. Mackessy has excelled in project management and the successful implementation of mission critical software applications. These applications are from a wide variety of industries including Government, Public Utilities, Insurance, and Retail. Through careful understanding of user and business needs and by taking advantage of the technology available, Mr. Mackessy has helped clients achieve the best use of their computer resources. Mr. Mackessy graduated from Kenyon College with more...

John Mackessy

Mark Buchy

Mark Buchy

Mark Buchy has over 20 years of experience in the information systems profession. Prior to joining HMB, Mr. Buchy held a position as Senior Technology Manager with Andersen Consulting. Mark specialized in the implementation of mission critical Imaging and Workflow applications. He was the leader of the Imaging Technology Competency Group for all of Ohio for Andersen Consulting. Mr. Buchy has achieved success in all phases of the system development life cycle, with extensive experience in client/server solutions. He specializes in the management and implementation of Workflow, Document Management and more...



Bob Raymond

Bob Raymond has over 20 years of experience in the information technology industry. Over this time, Mr. Raymond has excelled in all aspects of system development and project management. His architectural expertise has enabled him to recommend and establish application development platforms (and numerous business applications) for a variety of clients. Mr. Raymond's industry experience includes Publishing, Insurance, and Public Utilities. Mr. Raymond is a pioneer of HMB's certification practices more...

Bob Raymond

Dan Whetstone

Dan Whetstone

With more than 21 years as a information systems leader, Dan Whetstone has excelled at all levels of the traditional development life cycle from Developer to Team Leader to Business Analyst and Project/Program Manager. Mr. Whetstone specializes in public utilities and heads up the HMB Energy line of business and has a proven track record of delivering projects on time and budget. Mr. Whetstone builds collaborative and strategic solution teams between business users and HMB staff. He has extensive knowledge of all facets of project work more...



John Paider

John Paider joined HMB in 1999 after completing his Bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in Management Information Systems. With his roots in software development and keen business acumen, Mr. Paider quickly proved his value and transitioned to the Products team in 2004. Since that time, he has specialized in helping HMB’s clients align their line-of-business applications with their data capture needs. Mr. Paider has been identified as a top leader in the capture product industry more...

John Paider

Doug Donovan

Doug Donovan

Doug is responsible for HMB’s Solutions line-of-business, focusing on selling and delivering high quality solutions on the Microsoft platform. Doug joined HMB after 8 years with Avanade, where he served as VP, Capability Development for Avanade’s Central Region and VP, Operations Executive for Avanade North America. He also worked previously for 10 years for Software Architects (SARK) in Columbus as Microsoft Solution Services Lead after starting his professional career with AT&T more...


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  • As a customer, I appreciate that HMB approaches our business like a partnership, offers very competitive rates and all the while providing top notch IT services



    Franklin County Treasurer
  • HMB has consistently provided high quality .Net developers to our team.  The rapid ramp up and ability to become quickly productive for the project has not been matched by any other consultants.  We are very pleased with HMB's high performing, business-minded developers.



    Head of IS
  • Well done! This is the A-team!



    IT Manager
  • HMB focuses on customer inclusion and participation, which has provided opportunities for both clarity of business needs and project success.



    Leader, Operations Support
  • HMB has the ability to gently help their customers navigate operational roadblocks entrenched in “the way we’ve always done it” to assist their customers gain operational efficiency via technology improvements



    Franklin County Treasurer
  • Jody, congrats to you and the team on a successful implementation!



    Sr Vice President Distribution Operations
  • From the beginning of the project, it was clear their major concerns were doing the project in the right way the first time and understanding the business just as well as the practitioners in the agency.



  • HMB is just not another highly skilled service provider; they care about the solution they are providing their customers, and how it will continue to serve them in the future.


    Rosa Barker

    IT Director, Franklin County Treasurer
  • I'm attending the lessons learned to understand what made this program so successful.


    Tom Harris

    Partner, HMB
  • At the end of the day it comes down to doing the right thing. If you do what's right for your clients and treat your employees well, everything else falls into place. It's just that simple .


    Mark Buchy

    Partner, HMB
  • The HMB team has established themselves as not just a vendor, but a partner, in helping us achieve our mission. They believe and live with us our value of 'be so good they can’t ignore us.



    Sr. Director
  • My company chose HMB over other options primarily because of their people.  They came highly recommended, but what made them stand out amongst their peers was the professionalism and expertise of their team.



    Business Application Manager
  • In developing Ohio’s educational e-grants system, HMB served as a great partner from start to finish.



    Director of Grants Management, Ohio Department of Education
  • Most importantly, [HMB] seems to live by the idea that their business is not just about performing their assignments brilliantly, but also about satisfying their clients deeply.



    Business Application Manager
  • High achievement always takes place in a framework of high expectation.



  • We partnered with HMB because of their track record of successful projects, the depth of their technology staff and their flexibility. HMB provided us with the right resources in a short timeframe that allowed us to meet our client commitments in a timely and cost-effective manner. 



    Vice President of Technology
  • HMB truly catered to 'our' needs on our RightFax Implementation. Their sales representatives and technical staff were a pleasure to work with. 



    IT Contract Administrator
  • Professional, experienced, reliable and trustworthy sum up our relationship with HMB


    Emily L. Shaw

    Chief Deputy, Franklin County Treasurer
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