Leadership

Peter F. Clune, Jr. - CEO

Peter Clune is the Chief Executive Officer of Cavern Technologies. In his role as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Clune oversees all aspects of data center operations, product development and delivery of services. His primary goal is to meet and exceed Client’s diverse requirements for IT infrastructure services.

Before joining Cavern Technologies, Peter spent 15 years as a Capital Formation Manager, managing and consulting IT related companies that ranged in size from start-ups to publicly traded entities. His hands on experience with companies who built and sold hardware, software, connectivity, service and support brings a truly unique skill set to Cavern Technologies.

Mr. Clune’s background also includes fourteen years of commercial banking where he served part of that tenure as President and Vice Chairman of a local Kansas City bank. His wide range of experience and insight into business needs gives Cavern Technologies the ability to react quickly to mutually profitable opportunities with their customers.

John Clune - President

John Clune is President of Cavern Technologies. John joined the company as President and owner three and half years ago and focused the company on its core competency, providing state of the art data center solutions. As President of Cavern, John believes in providing a high level of value to Clients, through creating innovative solutions that maximize ROI. In his role as President, he oversees the daily operations of the company and is dedicated to excellence at all levels of service to our Clients.

Prior to joining Cavern, Mr. Clune was Vice President at Lockton, Atlanta - - a Kansas City based company known for providing mid to large size corporations with exceptional insurance and risk management solutions. During his tenure with Lockton, he earned his ARM (Associate Risk Management). John’s background also includes experience in the Technology sector with the Thomson Financial Company, as they developed a web-based research product targeted to the legal community.

Mr. Clune is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Beth Kopp – Vice President, Marketing Director

Beth Kopp is Vice President, Marketing Director at Cavern Technologies. In her role as VP, Marketing Director, Beth is in charge of building the Cavern brand while managing all internal and external, Client facing communication for the company. Ms. Kopp believes that Cavern Technologies is truly a Client-centric company, providing unique solutions with best in class services.

Prior to joining Cavern Technologies, Ms. Kopp spent 24 years of service with Bernstein-Rein Advertising as Vice President, Media Director, developing Communication Plans for world class brands like Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., McDonald’s, Blockbuster Video, and H&R Block. Beth also created and led a Media Team of 50 members that provided Communications Planning and Acquisition for the world’s largest retailer. While serving for Bernstein-Rein, she sat on the governing body of the Agency -- the Executive Board -- for 16 years, and earned her certificate in High Performance Management. Beth was also honored by Newsweek Magazine as a Future Media All Star.

Bill Younger – Chief Technology Officer

Bill Younger is Chief Technology Officer at Cavern Technologies. In his role as CTO, Bill understands that maintaining the integrity of Client’s data is vital to the operation and sustainability of their business. Mr. Younger oversees all aspects of infrastructure services delivery for our Clients and is dedicated to providing a secure, reliable, state of the art facility.

Prior to joining Cavern Technologies, Mr. Younger spent 33 years of service with the Honeywell Corporation, managing a wide variety of information technology functions. While serving for Honeywell, he initiated the classified computer security program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Kansas City Plant. Bill also led the successful Year 2000 compliance effort. During his 33 years of service, he was required to maintain a “Q” level security clearance.

Alex Harkleroad – Senior Systems Administrator

Alex Harkleroad is Senior Systems Administrator at Cavern Technologies. Alex joined Cavern Technologies 5 years ago, with a strong and diverse set of skills. His goal was to exceed Client expectations by placing service leadership at the forefront of our technology team - - providing competent, supportive and responsive services to our Clients.

Prior to joining Cavern Technologies, Mr. Harkleroad’s experience in the Information Technology field spanned nearly a decade in network and systems administration and operations management. He served for a Kansas City based school district, along with H&R Block, where he supervised 30 direct reports in an area service center and was the key technical liaison. During his tenure in IT, Alex has been certified in several of today’s industry leading business and technology systems and applications.

Brent Jeffries – Senior Network Engineer

Brent Jeffries is a Senior Network Engineer at Cavern Technologies. In his role with Cavern, Brent is committed to providing a secure, state of the art data center environment with a superior technical support staff. He believes that Cavern’s strong focus on meeting our Client’s unique requirements to house critical data within a world class infrastructure, sets us apart from our competitors.

Prior to joining Cavern Technologies, Mr. Jeffries spent over 15 years honing his IT skills in infrastructure management, automation and operations, serving for companies like Zurich Direct, Sprint, Federal Express and UPS. He also has extensive expertise in process modeling, technical operations and leading new growth initiatives.

Brent is a graduate of Baker University with a bachelor’s degree in business. He also attended Central Missouri State’s Graduate School of Management studying IT Project Management, ergonomics and other disciplines.