TerraGo Management Team

Richard M. Cobb - President and CEO

Rick Cobb has successfully led TerraGo in our efforts to become a trusted geospatial collaboration software resource for defense, intelligence, government and commercial organizations worldwide. Cobb's background includes more than 20 years of leadership experience in the domestic and international software industry, including a decade working in the computer-aided design (CAD) market and more than 10 years in enterprise IT.

Cobb is an eight-year veteran of Cadence Design Systems, where he was a vice president and general manager of multiple domestic and international operations throughout a period in which Cadence grew from $100M to nearly $1B in annual sales. During his five years of service at Approva, a visionary provider of software solutions for Governance, Risk and Compliance, he played a critical role in leading the firm as COO. During his tenure, Approva secured $35 million in venture investment and rapidly became an acknowledged industry leader, growing in annual revenue at an average rate of more than 100 percent per year. Prior to Approva, Cobb was senior vice president of worldwide sales and strategic alliances for enterprise collaboration and knowledge management pioneer Intraspect Software (Vignette). At Intraspect he first helped position the company for rapid growth, then built and led global field operations for four years.

Throughout his career, Cobb has managed organizations consistently respected for the quality of their people and products as well as their unyielding focus on customer and partner success. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in management engineering.

W. Stewart Brooks - Chief Financial Officer

W. Stewart Brooks brings more than 20 years of experience in managing the financial operations of rapidly growing organizations to TerraGo. Brooks was a founding member and managing partner of AcuityCFO, a CFO services firm offering financial and accounting expertise to early and growth stage businesses. In his 10 years with AcuityCFO, Brooks provided leadership in debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, ERP implementations, and other strategic initiatives. Previously, Brooks served as the chief financial officer for an Inc 500 technology services organization, and he held leadership roles with two leading healthcare organizations in Georgia.

George Demmy - Chief Technology Officer

George Demmy is Chief Technology Officer at TerraGo Technologies. Demmy is one of the patent holders for the process that creates georeferenced PDF files. He holds a BA in Physics from Florida State University and an ME and Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Florida.

Michael Bufkin - Chief Solutions Architect

A founder of TerraGo and co-patent holder for the process that creates georeferenced PDF, Michael Bufkin has been involved in the evolution of TerraGo GeoPDF and the products that produce and display GeoPDF maps and imagery since the beginning. Today his role is primarily in architecting solutions for customers who want to “push TerraGo products to the limits, creating applications that we never thought possible when we founded the company.”

John Timar - Vice President, Worldwide Sales

John Timar joined TerraGo in 2010, bringing with him extensive domestic and international business expertise, as well as experience working with numerous U.S. Federal civilian, defense, and national security agencies. Prior to his current role, Timar served as director of Strategic Alliances at TerraGo during which he developed strategic alliances and secured channel partners in core markets across the globe. In addition, Timar also served as Senior Director, Federal programs, leading the TerraGo team of account managers who have deep expertise in working with U.S. federal government customers.

Prior to his tenure with TerraGo, Timar was a business practice leader at Eurasia Group where he was instrumental to expanding the business into previously untapped defense and intelligence markets. Timar worked with Control Risks Worldwide where he was a founding member of Control Risks Government Services, which was the fastest growing subsidiary component of Control Risks Worldwide. Timar’s experience also includes roles with startup and mature consulting firms.

Timar served as a U.S. Navy SEAL and holds a MPP from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Colorado at Boulder.