Media Logic Leadership

Kathy Hobbs

Randy Bostrum

Donald Sytsma

Kathy Hobbs — President and CEO

Ms. Hobbs is the visionary founder and CEO of Media Logic. In addition to executive leadership, she has been a data architect and software engineer for Fortune 500 firms for more than 15 years. Her work in leading Seattle-based companies and her unique ability to construct extraordinary teams enables her to attract top talent in the IT arena and meet the needs of the most demanding clients.

Her career began in the publishing industry with such firms as the Seattle Times, Knight Ridder and the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner. She directed design and implementation for data centers supporting wireless networks across North America and Europe as well as led data architecture in the healthcare industry. Kathy also oversaw a teen-targeted web site resulting in a patent-pending content management system integrating psychographic profiling.

Kathy was recognized for her leadership by Shinae Chun, National Director USDOL Women’s Bureau, choosing her as one of the leading women business executives in the Pacific Northwest in 2005. In 2006 she was awarded SBA Minority Business Person of the Year for Region X (WA, OR, ID, AK). And a short time later her company was recognized by University of Washington and Puget Sound Business Journal as one of 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Washington State.

Kathy serves on several boards including the Northwest Minority Business Council and the Washington State Advisory Board to Small Business Development Centers. Her dedication in growing Media Logic is parallel with her commitment to addressing the issues and concerns of the growing Economic Divide in today's global economy.

Kathy attended the University of Washington, magna cum laude while studying mathematics. She transferred, on scholarship, to U.C. Berkeley's math department. With an extensive knowledge of history and Russian literature, she is a student of several languages. She is also a graduate of the Minority Executive Business Program at Dartmouth College, Amos Tuck Business School.

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Randy Bostrum — Vice President - Sales

Randy has more than 25 years in business, including senior executive management, technical product marketing and development (software) new products development (hardware), economic development, project management, marketing management, community relations – in the public and private sectors. Randy has worked as a Chief Executive Officer and in several senior positions with two Washington state port operations. He served as Vice President and Manager for several small and medium technology companies (established and startup technology firms). He currently holds a security clearance with Homeland Security.

Since 1987, Randy has provided international marketing and sales expertise for Fortune 500 firms including Homeland Security/FEMA, Fluor Federal Services, Honda, Mitsubishi Electric, Weyerhaeuser, Bechtel, Brown & Root, Paccar International, Inc., Maersk Lines as well as the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Randy also served as West Coast Sales Manager for a major port operation from 1978 through 1985, where he succeeded in attracting three steamship carriers, eighteen charter ships and was instrumental in attracting Sea Land's terminal operations to their new terminal facility. Other posts include Mobile Data Management, Inc. as well as work at the Seattle Times as manager of communication system integration, dispatch operations, customer service and the use of mobile data terminals in dispatch operations as well as circulation applications.

Randy is a member of a number of civic and professional organizations including Leadership Tri-Cities (Class VIII), Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, Washington Public Ports Association, American Society of Transportation and Logistics, Pierce County Chamber of Commerce (President’s Club Founder), SCORE Inland Northwest Chapter, Washington Economic Development Association and the International Economic Development Council. Randy is an expert in understanding and meeting client’s critical business needs. He attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and earned a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington.

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Donald Sytsma — Strategic Planning

Mr. Sytsma brings a breadth of expertise in financial planning and management, strategic planning, program management, new business development, and international marketing.

As one of five partners who founded Meteor Communications Corporation in 1975, Mr. Sytsma retired as President in 2009. Working with government officials around the world, he has been involved in the management, design and installation of many of Meteor’s turnkey wireless networks in North America, Asia, Africa and South America. Using proprietary meteorburst technology coupled with LOS and HF, Meteor provides secured data packet transmission with end-to-end verification from the most remote corners on the globe.

Prior to founding Meteor, Mr. Sytsma spent 13 years with the Boeing Company. His duties included the development of requirements and specifications with the customer, preparation of technical and cost proposals, and management of the design tasks from prototype development through production hardware.

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