Adam Edmunds
President and CEO
Co-Founder of Allegiance
Adam Edmunds leads the company's strategic vision to help customers use feedback data to predict trends in customer/employee satisfaction and to take action that will positively impact the bottom line and brand equity.
Edmunds entrepreneurial path got an early start when he founded two companies while still in college. One of those companies, SilentWhistle, acquired Allegiance Technologies in 2005 to form Allegiance, Inc. The combination of the two companies has opened opportunities for market and product expansion. Edmunds has received recognition for entrepreneurship, including Utah Business Magazine's 40 Under 40, Connect Magazine's "Utah Entrepreneurs to Watch" (one of four), and 2004 BYU Entrepreneur of the Year. He holds a master's in accounting degree from Brigham Young University.
J.D. Jeppson
VP of Sales
J.D. Jeppson is responsible for the management of sales operations for Allegiance, including direct sales, partners and resellers.
Jeppson brings more than 14 years of experience in sales, business development and management to Allegiance. Most recently, he served as the director of regional sales for SurfControl, a provider of global on-demand, network and endpoint IT security solutions. Prior to SurfControl, Jeppson was the director of sales and manager of global partnerships and alliances for Nuance Communications, a global provider of enterprise software speech and imaging solutions. Previously, he helped build and direct sales organizations at Siebel Systems, Voice Systems Research and Callware Technologies. Jeppson earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young University.
Greg Wiggins
CTO
As CTO, Greg Wiggins is responsible for the technology direction, development, and testing of all Allegiance products.
Wiggins brings more than 19 years of software development experience to Allegiance. Prior to coming to Allegiance, he worked for several large companies, including WordPerfect, Novell, Corel, and Symantec, and managed partner development projects with companies like Dell, HP, and Netscape. Prior to Symantec, he worked as a director of development for Altiris where he was given liberty to create new products. While at Altiris, he initiated the first offshore development project, which later grew to include more than 10 products and 120 engineers. He sat on the board for the Migration Consortium that included members from Intel and Microsoft. Altiris went on to become a publicly traded company and was later purchased by Symantec. Accomplishments include several company achievement awards, product of the year award from PC World, and two patents pending.
Greg Heaps
VP of Professional Services
As VP of Professional Services, Greg Heaps oversees Allegiance best practices consulting, customer support services, education & training, and implementation consulting teams.
Heaps prior experience includes more than 20 years of experience specializing in building companies through strategy, product positioning, revenue growth, and customer relationships. In the 10 years prior to joining Allegiance, Heaps was a founder and on the management team of several successful start-ups, including Cerberian, Thoughtstar and Choice Products. Heaps' prior technology experience also includes sales and marketing positions at WordPerfect and Novell Inc. As a strategic visionary, Heaps is passionate about making a positive impact on customers, partners, employees and shareholders.
Brian Garner
VP of Finance
Brian Garner is responsible for financial planning, reporting and administration for Allegiance.
Brian Garner graduated from Brigham Young University with a master's degree in accounting, and has completed the CPA exam in the State of California. Garner began his professional career with Ernst & Young in Silicon Valley, CA. As a senior in the firm's Assurance and Advisory practice, Garner served large and mid-sized public companies throughout the technology and biotechnology industries, including Hewlett Packard, Google, and Sun Microsystems.
Chris Cottle
VP of Marketing
Chris Cottle leads the brand strategy, public relations, analyst relations, events, lead generation and marketing communications initiatives for Allegiance.
Chris Cottle has extensive experience in technology brand building in both B-B and B-C markets. Cottle came to Allegiance from Tandberg Data, a $200 million data backup hardware manufacturer, where he served as vice president of U.S. marketing. Cottle started his career in 1990 marketing large technology brands for companies such as Iomega, Infocus, and Adaptec at Dahlin Smith White. He left DSW to start his own marketing company, Oxygen Studios, which was later sold to Caldera (now SCO). Cottle helped Caldera go public, acquire SCO and grow to over 600 employees. He left SCO to launch a health publishing company that was acquired in 2003. Cottle was named a Channel Chief byCRN Magazine in 2006.
