Executive Leadership

Seamus has extensive leadership expertise in the global technology sector, including executive roles in both finance and operations in multi-national technology companies. A qualified accountant, Seamus held a number of senior roles at Logica plc until its acquisition in 2012 by CGI Group, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President of the Benelux region and chair of its worldwide Financial Services practice. Since 2012 he has worked with a number of growing technology businesses in the private and public markets as chairman and non-executive director. He was appointed a Non-Executive Director of FD Technologies in December 2012 and Chairman in July 2013.

As Chief Information Officer at Market Resource Partners, Romano oversees the organization’s infrastructure, system, data science and sales operations teams. He is responsible for developing and directing the firm’s overall IT Strategy, and works closely with senior management team to align the company’s data, systems, policies and procedures with the needs of MRP and its clients. He has been with MRP since 2007. Prior to joining MRP, Romano spent 4 years as the Director of Compliance and Validation for Business & Decision in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for ERP Systems Validation, development and implementation of FDA and SOX compliance methodologies, and the development of tools for the company’s Life Sciences Validation library. Romano has also held key technology positions in infrastructure, compliance, and security at both AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Price-Waterhouse Coopers. Romano holds degrees in both Computer Science and Accounting from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA). In his spare time, Romano is an avid mountain biker and surfer.

Jeff joined MRP in April of 2020 as SVP of Finance and was appointed as CFO in January 2023. He is responsible for providing strategic leadership to the Finance and Human Resources organizations of MRP while also working closely with MRP’s parent company, First Derivatives, on strategic group initiates, reporting and investor relations. Prior to joining MRP, Jeff spent 12 years at Merck KGaA, of Darmstadt, Germany in various financial leadership roles. In his last role at Merck KGaA, he was Head of Finance and Treasurer America’s for the Performance Materials division, where he supported several M&A deals, drove significant improvements in working capital and played an essential role in transforming the company’s ERP landscape.

Since joining MRP, Jeff’s experience in Finance, Accounting, Risk Mitigation, M&A and Cash Management have helped transform MRP’s Finance organization into a highly functioning organization prepared to support the growing business of MRP. Jeff holds a bachelor degree in Finance from Rowan University and an MBA from Rutgers University. Outside of MRP, Jeff enjoys traveling, playing golf and spending time with his wife and two kids.

Prior to joining MRP, Mark held senior marketing roles for more than 20 years, from global technology organizations like Acxiom to four successful exits in startup companies. Rooted at the intersection of technology, insights, and actions, Mark has led the global expansion of ABM as a mature marketing practice for seven years as an ABM strategist, practitioner, industry thought leader, event speaker, analyst, and writer.

In his role as SVP of Americas, Peter is responsible for managing many of MRP’s key client relationships. Prior to his appointment as SVP of Americas, Peter served as the Global VP of Platform Sales, responsible for driving client adoption and solution value, and pipeline revenue for MRP Prelytix. Our hallmark advocate of this uniquely powerful solution, he’s usually found in pre-sales or customer success conversations with the worlds most progressive brands and their sales and marketing teams. Guiding them to revenue performance, he helps decode their ABM program into AI and data driven orchestrations spanning more than a half dozen channels, 100 countries, and 20 languages.

Peter brings to MRP more than 20 years of technology sales and marketing leadership, and a keen focus on helping clients identify the connection of their needs to high value solutions. Prior to MRP, Peter was a VP Sales at Oracle’s Retail Global Business Unit, and held leadership roles at MICROS where he helped drive market impact from their earliest days to achieving the largest market share for his served market, specialty retail. His career development began as a technology consultant at a division of Infor in the UK prior to moving to US. He holds a bachelor’s degree of commerce from University College Cork, Ireland and loves to run, bike, camp and coach youth soccer.

In his role as Vice President of Engineering, Van oversees engineering teams globally. Its goal is to build the best engineering team and follow proven and innovative practices to achieve the company’s vision. With over a decade of experience building software, from web development and big data to cloud and AI, Van is a tenured engineering leader and an entrepreneurial spirit who work to achieve results. Prior to joining MRP, Van founded a game technology company which he sold in 2017. He has also worked with some of the largest companies in Canada.

Van earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering and technology information from the ETS University and a certification in Agile Scrum management in Montreal/Canada

As Vice President of Digital, Bee is responsible for growing MRP’s digital product offerings and increasing our worldwide distribution network. Bee has been with MRP since 2016, and has held roles related to Prelytix, Display, Email, Content Syndication and Direct Mail, touching every tactic they will now be responsible for and more. Prior to joining MRP, Bee was Assistant Director of Development for the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, and brings a unique perspective to the table as a marketer with a background in fundraising/sales.

Bee holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from West Virginia University. Bee is also passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace and spent 2 years as leader of the DEI Task Force for MRP, which has grown to 30+ members, representing the global diversity of MRP and our commitment to equity and inclusion.

As Vice President, Customer Growth & Channel Strategy, Anthony leads MRP’s Account Management, Customer Success, and Growth in North America. The Team is responsible for managing all of MRP’s Customer relationships, providing a great customer experience, and driving successful ROI generating programs and strategies that deliver on Customer KPIs. In addition, Anthony manages MRP’s Global Channel & Sales Enablement Team and provides pre-sales support across the globe to help build scalable and successful Channel programs for MRP’s Customers.

Anthony joined MRP in 2011, after building a successful career in Sales and Sales Management, where he found a passion for working directly with customers and building lasting relationships.. Anthony earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Temple University and is soon completing his Lean Six Sigma and Six Sigma Green Belt certifications. When Anthony isn’t working, he enjoys being with his wife and 3 children, coaching, attending a sporting event for one of his beloved Philly Teams, or anything that involves good food and good company.