Leadership Team

Mark Elliott
President

Mark Elliott was an original founder of Premier Alliance Group and has been responsible for day to day operational aspects as well as strategic direction. Mr. Elliott has been in the technology industry for more than 20 years. In that time Mr. Elliott has worked with such Fortune 500 companies as JC Penney and First Union National Bank, as well as for a number of regional consulting organizations. Mr. Elliott moved into the consulting arena as a regional specialist and eventually moved into senior management as a Technical Director for Contract Data Services (acquired by Vanstar and subsequently acquired by Inacom). This position, which he held for 5 years, involved all aspects of the business from staff management, sales effort and strategy, to managing the profitability of branch offices. In this capacity he was a partner responsible for developing a branch into a top service provider throughout southeast servicing Fortune 500 companies such as First Union, Bank of America, MCI, Royal and SunAlliance. Mr. Elliott received his Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Computer Science and Management from Marshall University.

Kevin Hasenfus
Executive Vice President

Kevin Hasenfus has more than twenty five years of professional information technology experience. He started his career as a programmer, systems analyst and project manager at major energy and financial institutions. Afterwards, as a product manager, in the treasury management department of a large financial institution he was accountable for the strategic planning and implementation of the online banking system for large corporate customers. In 1990, he was named as a marketing director for a southeastern regional information technology service company and was responsible for all sales and marketing activity in a defined territory. In 1995, he was one of the founding partners of Premier Alliance Group and he currently is an Executive Vice President. Mr. Hasenfus received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech. He has held various positions in the Association of Systems Management, Goodwill Industries Computer Training Program for the Handicapped, and the United Way.

Robert Yearwood
Executive Vice President

Robert Yearwood has been in the technology industry for more than 30 years. Mr. Yearwood currently serves as an Executive Vice President of Premier Alliance Group. Prior to this, Mr. Yearwood was Founder and President of Software Data Services, Inc. ("SDS") from March 1988 until May 1999. In this capacity he grew the company from conception to a top regional service provider. His responsibilities over this period included sales, recruiting management, sales management, and directing overall business development efforts. Prior to forming SDS Mr. Yearwood worked with three large regional consulting organizations in progressively responsible positions beginning with a sales position at Applied Management Systems (now known at CTG) to Branch Manager at Systems and Programming Consultants (now known as Compuware) and finally Director of Marketing at Metro Information Services (now known as Keane). Mr. Yearwood gained his initial technology experience by spending 7 years in the field as a programmer / analyst.