XIOLINK Executive Team
Brad Pittenger, Chief Executive Officer
Brad Pittenger is the Chief Executive Officer of XIOLINK. His leadership experience spans several industries including technology, financial services and trade show & interactive marketing. Brad co-founded XIOLINK in 1999 and provides leadership in corporate strategy, business development, and administration. XIOLINK has achieved remarkable growth and success with his guidance, establishing itself as the leading provider of managed services and managed colocation.
In addition to leading XIOLINK, he is actively involved in the community. He serves on the board of directors of the Arthritis Foundation, Eastern Missouri Chapter and as the chairman for the Walk for a Cure. He is President-Elect of the Entrepreneurs Organization, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Technology Entrepreneur Center (TEC). In addition he volunteers his time coaching sports teams with his children.
Under Brad's direction, XIOLINK provides resources for other community organizations such as South Side Day Nursery, Habitat for Humanity, March of Dimes, Special Olympics, the ALS Foundation, MS Society, and the University of Missouri Alumni Association. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family and playing golf. Brad is married with two daughters.
Mike Palmer, Chief Technology Officer
Mike Palmer is the Chief Technology Officer of XIOLINK. He has been involved in technology throughout his career in many capacities. Mike's technical guidance and planning has enabled XIOLINK to grow from a small start-up to a world class provider of enterprise technology solutions.
Mike donates his time aiding organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the ALS Foundation, and the Arthritis Foundation. Mike enjoys skiing, golf and time with his family. He is married with two sons.
James Wilmsen, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Wilmsen is a versatile, hands-on senior executive with 20 years of experience successfully growing revenues and profits for customer centric, brand focused middle market and start-up companies, including not-for-profit. Jamie has a proven entrepreneurial ability in building differentiating organizational capabilities and leading diverse teams of professionals to achieve accelerated sales growth and profitability.
Jamie has served as Chief Operating Officer for Schroeder & Tremayne (“S&T”), a large privately owned consumer products company and as a Manager in the Corporate Finance Group at Price WaterhouseCoopers. Jamie is a Certified Public Accountant with an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. Jamie resides in Des Peres with his wife and three children.
Tommy Wilkerson, Vice President Strategic Business Development
Tommy Wilkerson brings 20 years of professional experience in executive leadership and strategic marketing and sales roles in high-growth technology organizations. Tommy served as vice president of strategy at BEMAS Software, an independent software vendor providing technology solutions to the healthcare benefits administration industry. Prior to BEMAS, Tommy was president and owner of New Horizons Computer Learning Center, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions.
Tommy has received several awards for entrepreneurship and business success including a two time finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Fast 50 Technology Award, Largest Software Training Company eight years in a row and twice named to the list of St. Louis' Fastest Growing Private Companies. He and his family make their home in Clayton, Missouri.
