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LEADERSHIP
Omega has loyal, highly trained employees:
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Average tenure is 8 years |
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Several employees have been at Omega more than 20 years | |
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Account Managers each average more than 10 years of law firm and product experience |
Donald A. Gall, ScD
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Don Gall is the founder of Omega and oversees the vision of the company.
Don earned his Doctor of Science degree from MIT and later joined the faculty of Carnegie-Mellon University as Associate Professor of Mechanical and Bioengineering, where he taught automatic control theory and the computer simulation of dynamic physical systems. He later served as Research Associate Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology at the School of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh.
In 1973, Don left academics to become Director of Bioengineering at the Arizona Heart Institute in Phoenix. In 1975, Don began a consulting company, D.A. Gall and Associates, which later became Omega Legal Systems, Inc.
Don is credited for outstanding achievements in such diverse fields as automotive, aerospace, medicine, networking and computer database design. Most recently, Don was recognized by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as Outstanding Alumnus - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. Don received a US patent on one aspect of a fuel injection system, and was honored by the International Conference on Research in Production (CIRP) for work on the optimal control of manufacturing processes. Don was also recognized as the first American to receive CIRP's Taylor Medal.
Today, Don remains directly involved in the development of Omega's products and continues to lecture, most recently at the University of Illinois and at the University of California at Davis.
Linda Brower
Vice
President of Administration
Linda Brower has been with Omega Legal Systems since 1982.
Prior to joining Omega, Linda was the manager of personnel and accounting for Phoenix-based Advanced Computer Techniques. Prior to ACT, Linda was responsible for establishing start-up procedures for bulk petroleum plants and for maintaining inventory records at United Refining Company in Erie, Pennsylvania. Both her career and academic pursuits in accounting and education make Linda uniquely qualified in managing Omega's administration functions.
Cheryl Burton
Programming
Manager
Cheryl joined Omega in March 1991 as a Programmer/Analyst. Her department is
responsible for beta site management and Quality Assurance for new software,
data conversion for new installations, customizations and client technical
support.
Born and raised in Jamaica W.I., Cheryl received her B.S. in Computer Science
with a concentration in Business at the University of New Orleans, La. After
graduation, she returned to Jamaica and worked for Computer Creations where she
developed custom computer programs.
Cheryl returned to UNO and received an M.S. in Mathematics with a concentration
in Computer Science. In August of 1990, the day after graduating from UNO,
Cheryl moved to Phoenix to work for Digital Equipment Corporation. Cheryl joined
Omega Legal Systems shortly after.
Debi Young
Client
Services Manager
Debi joined Omega in May 1998 as a Project Manager. Currently she manages the
client services team that is responsible for providing application and technical
support for Omega products and designated third party products to customers,
partners and company associates.
Born and raised in Preston, Idaho (also Napoleon Dynamite's hometown); Debi attended Idaho State University and graduated from University of Phoenix with a B.S. in Business Administration.
Debi's experience includes over 20 years as a controller for many industries including law firm, retail, construction, multi-family housing and hospitality.
Mary Steele
Product
Manager
Mary's professional career has spanned a wide range of accounting,
consulting, financial and software industries.
Currently, she is the product manager for Omega's financial and practice
management system, Omega Legal. Since joining Omega in 1999, Mary has also
held senior positions in project management and client education.
Prior to Omega, Mary owned and operated a computer accounting and tax
consulting business for privately owned retail and professional service
organizations.
Mary had been a CPA for 12 years in both public and private practice. She has a B.A. Degree in Accounting from Mundelein College of Loyola University, Chicago, Ill. She is a popular speaker at national and regional software educational seminars and conferences.
