Leadership
Balint Gaspar (Vice President, CEO, Co-Founder)
Balint began his career in distance education marketing, but spent most of his professional
life in the financial services industry gaining valuable professional and corporate
(fortune 500; global financial-services; international asset-management) experience.
Upon earning his MBA, he started his first successful venture, a winery equipment
import/distribution company, which is still growing under its new management. Through
this endeavor, he was able to put to practical use his education in a number of
functional areas ranging from international finance (currency hedging) to supply
chain management. He is a native of Hungary, moved to the United States in the mid
‘90s and has made NC his home since 2001. He is an active member of American MENSA
and the Winston Salem, NC Chamber of Commerce. Balint earned his MBA from Wake Forest
University in 2004.
Ali Tahbaz (President, COO, Co-Founder)
Ali has worked as an application developer, a database administrator, a regional
technical services manager and, most recently, as a director of information systems
in the corporate arena. His experience working for Fortune 500 companies and managing
several overseas IT departments for a multinational corporation is complemented
by his private consulting practice, which he built over the years primarily with
small and medium size clients. His return from Europe and subsequent exit from the
corporate world was the spark that reignited local operations in Sightsource Creations,
Inc., and prepared it for its eventual merger into Sightsource, LLC in early 2009.
He has experience in both technical and leadership roles and retains his Microsoft
Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) credential. He graduated with an MBA from Wake
Forest University in 2004.
Harper Trow (CTO, Co-Founder)
Harper has over a decade of experience in web development and has been creating
mission critical line of business applications using the .Net platform since its
release. Prior to merging it into Sightsource, LLC in early 2009, he built and operated
Gen-Y Systems, LLC, a trusted and respected software development partner to many
large and small companies in the Richmond, VA area. His customers ranged from hedge
funds to international infrastructure development firms. He keeps a sharp eye on-;
works with- and actively contributes to the latest technologies, techniques, applications
and trends. He is charged with keeping Sightsource and its clients abreast of the
newest ideas and solutions in the technology space. Harper is active in the local
and regional developer communities across many different technologies.