The Team
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
Andrew Carnegie
Peter Cimoroni
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Cimoroni is a serial entrepreneur that has also assisted dozens of local and national companies in strategic growth, brand development, and acquisition negotiations. Peter founded and heads two companies, one a marketing firm specializing in new product development and charity fundraising, the other offering customers a single contact point for business solutions requiring professional services.
As host of the Blood Time Podcast, Peter has delivered 50 episodes and counting of engaging and meaningful interviews with his guests. Episodes have reached nearly 1,000 impressions per episode and has amassed a social media following of over 10k in its’ first year.
David Safenovitz
Chief Operating Officer
David Safenovitz, graduated from the University of Toledo as a D1 collegiate athlete with degrees in both Psychology and Marketing with a minor equivalency in Japanese. He has over 25 years of leadership experience in technology-based organizations encompassing startups and growth based positions. I have led multiple organizations to win the Weatherhead 100 award for business growth and have created and built multiple product lines for organizations encompassing many different industries.
Edward R. Knezevich
Chief Insurance Officer
Eddie graduated from the Ohio State University with a degree in Political Science. Prior to joining WestPoint Financial Group, Eddie started his financial services career at Principal Financial Group in 2013, and eventually was a top financial professional with Lifetime Financial Group, where he made Leaders Club (2015-2019) and achieved the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table (2015-2019), awarded to the highest performing financial professionals in the industry. Eddie is also a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA).
In his free time, Eddie enjoys spending time with his wife and newborn son. They enjoy trying new restaurants, entertaining friends and family, and traveling whenever they can.
Kyle Foley
Chief Financial Officer
Kyle Foley is a graduate of The Ohio State University where he earned an honors degree in Finance with minors in Economics and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. He has various experiences with start-ups from starting his own investment advisory firm to working on a venture development team. Kyle was recognized as a Pace Setter Recipient which is awarded to the top 1% of Fisher College of Business students annually.
Kevin Conwell Jr.
Video Management
Kevin Conwell has an award winning background and knowledge in procurement and marketing for over many years makes me not only a knowledgeable asset to any company, but a dangerous one. Kevin is humble, hungry and hard working.
Drew Barnholtz
General Counsel
Drew Barnholtz helps companies become more efficient businesses and effectively manage transactions and litigation. He is a General Counsel with 23 years of corporate, entrepreneurial and law firm experience. Drew focuses primarily on regulatory and transactional matters within the Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Finance, Professional Services, and Technology industries. He is consistently recognized for his ability to effectively manage a wide variety of substantive legal issues and develop creative strategies to achieve business goals. Drew has experience helping clients in the following areas: Commercial Agreements, Capital Raises, Compliance and Regulations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Employment Law, Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Litigation.
Alan Dumont
Chief Technology Officer
Alan is broadly skilled Cybersecurity Engineer versed in Cybersecurity Design & Architecture, Implementation & Management, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Threat Hunting. Adept at upgrading and administering Cybersecurity tools & systems.
Some of Alan's many accomplishments include:
Architected, implemented, maintains & manages SIEM platform | Co-Authored OT Cybersecurity Framework | Developed Privileged Account Management program | Performed multiple Proof of Concepts for various Cybersecurity technologies |Identified and upgraded the management process for TLS Certificates | Creates policies and rules for multiple Cybersecurity products | Lead Coordinator for a first time ever major staff training exercise that resulted in over 100 senior staff officers receiving training on new systems and performing simulations | Performed multiple network equipment refresh projects | Administrator for VMware environment, approximately 2400 user accounts and 120 end devices | Lead Coordinator for a major Information Systems acquisition initiative | Managed Security Inventory reports for 21 locations resulting in continued COMSEC Key support |