John Collins is one of Nolij’s three founders and
is majority owner. As President, John defines the
strategies and partnerships that enable Nolij’s success,
and personally oversees major product development initiatives.
John received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science
and Applied Physics from Columbia University.
Prior to Nolij, John created and marketed Systems and Computer
Technology Corporation’s (now SunGard Higher Education)
initial imaging solution. His vision for imaging in higher
education enabled the growth of a multi-million dollar product
line after just two years leading this initiative.
In his first role at SCT, John was a professional services
consultant responsible for teaching a variety of programming
language classes and performing detailed network architecture
analysis at dozens of colleges and universities across the
country.
After college, John spent four years at Weston & Sampson
Engineers, a Boston based civil engineering firm.
As manager of the company’s Geographic Information
System (GIS) department (computer-based facilities management),
John led the development and implementation of numerous
GIS projects for utilities and government systems across
New England. While busy with GIS, John managed to
develop a first-of-its-kind graphical modeling tool for
the EPA's then text-only Storm Water Management program.
John is an avid musician playing some guitar but mostly drums
with any band that will take him and is even known to lend
his voice to the cause. He’s currently rocking
the San Francisco area with Second Avenue. Although
he misses applying his nearly second degree black belt in
Kempo Karate to the instruction of the twelve and under
crowd, he maintains his teaching mindset by converting skiers
to snowboarders on the slopes of Lake Tahoe. It’s
only a few more years until his daughters learn about 'backcountry' and Neil Peart.
John Dording
Vice President of Finance & Contracts
As one of Nolij’s three founders, John Dording has
responsibility for all finance and contracting operations
at Nolij. John has a graduate degree in Finance from Columbia
Business School and received his undergraduate degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Prior to Nolij, John worked in senior-level finance positions
including operations finance and financial planning &
analysis at United Technologies Corporation and Honeywell
International Corporation (formerly AlliedSignal). His responsibilities
included working with the president and chief financial
officer on a daily basis to analyze overall company and
business unit performance and to assure financial objectives
were achieved.
In an earlier role, John managed software sourcing at Honeywell
International. His primary responsibilities included working
with the CIO’s office to identify software standards
for the $24B company, negotiate corporate contracts, enforce
the standards, and manage the ongoing relationship with
the supply base. John also led several major legacy systems
outsourcing efforts in conjunction with ERP implementations.
After receiving his M.B.A., John spent four years at Booz
Allen Hamilton Inc., one of the oldest and most prestigious
strategy consulting firms in the world. As a Senior Associate
in the Consumer & Engineered Products practice, John
worked with senior management at Fortune 500 companies on
a broad range of issues ranging from strategies around acquisitions
and growth to business process re-engineering primarily
in product development.
After college, John worked at GE Aircraft Engines as a
design engineer of both commercial and military aircraft
engines. John still maintains a great passion for the aerospace
industry where he is working toward his private pilot’s
license. John is an avid traveler and has been pretty much
everywhere on earth.
Steve Wertheim, PhD Director of Professional Services
As Director of Professional Services, Steve Wertheim is responsible for the planning and directing of all implementation related activities including software installation, configuration, and training services, as well as top level project management.
Steve has over 20 years experience in academic computing and in providing services to academic institutions. Prior to joining Nolij, Steve was Client Director in the Public Sector Services group at Cognos Corporation. In that role, Steve assisted public school systems and universities with their reporting and business analytics needs. Previously, Steve was both a Principal Consultant and Engagement Manager at Blackboard/WebCT. There he assisted colleges, universities and university systems in strategic planning, implementation and use of learning management systems.
Previous to his work in the software industry, Steve held a number of positions in educational software development, academic computing and scientific computing at MIT, Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts. From 1994 to 2000, he was Director of Educational Computing at UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA. At UMass, Steve continued the development of neuroscience teaching software, and he and his staff built the first full-text and multimedia course websites on the campus. Steve also developed and deployed the campus’ first Web-accessible database. This Curriculum Database, which also serves as the curriculum calendar, is currently used by over 1,000 people daily. Steve has a PhD in Neuroscience from MIT.
David Bethune Director of Sales
David Bethune oversees all Nolij Transfer (data integration & automated loading solution) sales at Nolij Corporation. David has been involved in sales and marketing in the higher education, K12, and library markets for more than fifteen years. Some of his initiatives, in addition to direct selling, include marketing, web site re-design, print advertising, and developing trade show strategies. Prior to Nolij, David was a Senior Account Manager for EBSCO Publishing, the world’s most prolific aggregator of full text journals, magazines, and other sources. His responsibilities included implementing sales and marketing channels for several statewide purchasing agencies in higher education, K12, and public library markets. David attended Boston University where he earned an undergraduate degree in Economics and Management.
While at EBSCO, David also served as marketing programs manager and oversaw marketing and advertisement initiatives in various markets including higher education and heath care. David is a lifetime member of the EBSCO 200% Sales Club.
Before his time at EBSCO, David spent three years with WebCT, a leading provider of e-learning systems for educational institutions. While at WebCT, David managed both international and domestic accounts. Along with earning the ‘Most Outstanding Employee Award’ from management he was also responsible for helping to build the sales and implementation model still in use today.
David continues his lifelong passion for hockey. He plays regularly in early-morning pick-up games, coaches his son’s youth hockey teams, and is a longtime season ticket holder for Boston University Terriers hockey. He is proud to report he still has all of his teeth. He has authored several children’s books, which he hopes to one day publish. Dave is an accomplished keyboardist and bassist and anchors a Boston area band called The Divots. Generally, there isn’t a microphone to be found anywhere near him.
Ron Wellman Director of Sales
Ron oversees all Nolij Web (document imaging & workflow processing solution) and Nolij ICR/OCR (forms processing & character recognition) sales at Nolij Corporation. Ron Wellman brings over 15 years of imaging and document management experience to Nolij; nearly all of which has been focused on the higher education market. Prior to joining Nolij, Ron worked with Matrix Imaging/Hyland Software where he was instrumental in growing their higher education market presence. Ron's in-depth higher education experience is instrumental for the continued growth and success of Nolij as the leading provider of higher education focused document imaging, workflow, and data integration technology.
Prior to working at Matrix Imaging, Ron spent five years in sales for Canon Office Equipment. He worked specifically with micrographic equipment (microfilm & microfiche readers and printers) for the Federal Government and State Municipalities. During that time Ron began selling a new product known as the Canofile System. The Canofile System was the first generation self-contained scanner, monitor and optical disk drive storage system used for scanning, archiving and retrieving digital images. One can truly say Ron has been involved with document imaging from the start.
Ron is a sport’s fanatic. His greatest passion is college football and most fall Saturdays you will find Ron and his family at a Michigan State Spartan’s football game. Ron also enjoys watching college basketball, especially during the NCAA Tournament time affectionately known as “March Madness”. When not watching his favorite sports, Ron enjoys playing a round of golf or spending time with his family. Also worth mentioning is that Ron has a fondness for live music and has seen a number of great performances including The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, The Moody Blues and The Who, but regretfully has never seen Second Avenue or the Divots.
Maureen McCarthy Mello Director of Marketing
Maureen McCarthy Mello oversees all marketing for Nolij Corporation. As a 27 year veteran of higher education sales and marketing, she dedicated 21 years to Academic Management Services, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sallie Mae and then the leading provider of integrated solutions for paying for education. During her AMS career, she served in various sales & marketing management capacities, capping her tenure as Senior Vice President for Marketing and Corporate Communications.
Using her vast knowledge of the education financing industry, she has been interviewed for finance and education articles by The New York Times, USA Today, US News and World Reports, Newsweek and many other national media outlets. Maureen and her AMS Marketing team were honored by the Publicity Club of New England with the Bell Ringer Award for an outstanding PR campaign and by the American Marketing Association with their Amethyst Award for innovative sales collateral.
Her legacy was the building of the most successful education payment plan in the industry. From there, she built her own counseling company and went on to run two highly regarded advertising agencies.
She is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Wheaton College (MA), where she worked as Assistant Director of Admissions prior to joining AMS. She currently resides in Mattapoisett, MA near Cape Cod with her husband, Jay and their daughter Brianna. Her passion is making a difference in the lives of others and so she volunteers for The Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts and mentors young female professionals. During the summer, you will find her with her family and 2 cocker spaniels sailing to the Elizabeth Islands and other Buzzards Bay inlets. Her other favorite pastimes are penning motivational essays and journaling.
