Steve Fabry, Chief Executive Officer
Steve Fabry has a proven track record of visionary innovation in the building industry. He possesses the rare ability to discover needs in the market and introduce solutions that create meaningful value for Compendia' customers. His core passions and strengths run along these lines.

Fabry founded Master Manuals, now Compendia, on such principles. Seeing a need to mitigate Construction Dispute Litigation and Reform (CDL and CDR) risks and strengthen builder-homeowner relationships, Fabry launched a company dedicated to providing new home maintenance and warranty documentation.

Under his leadership, Compendia has grown at an astonishing rate over the past half decade. Compendia has grown from a modest regional company to the national market leader in only a few short years. Fabry credits his success, and the success of Compendia to attracting and retaining excellent people who share his vision of a customer-centric organization dedicated to providing exemplary products.

Prior to his stewardship of Compendia, Fabry spent the better part of 10 years honing his skills in the homebuilder and Homeowner Association management industry and as VP of Sales and Marketing for San Diego’s largest property management firms. Fabry even spent some time on Wall Street garnering top sales honors and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s prestigious OPM Executive Management Program. He earned his degree in philosophy in 1984 from Fordham University.

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Chris Fenton, Chief Operating Officer
As COO, Chris Fenton earned a reputation as an exceptional administrator and architect for continuous growth. His detailed approach not only ensures the Compendia vision, but strengthens its position in the marketplace and reinforces the operational foundation.

Highly regarded for his professionalism, Chris provides invaluable foresight and in-depth understanding of how to transform companies into national industry leaders. Since July of 2005, Chris created a platform for daily operational success…from sales to production to accounting to marketing to IT and process management.

Before joining Compendia in 2005, Chris was instrumental in the growth and eventual public offering of commercial real estate information company Comps.com. He also helped develop the internet advertising firm Ad Dynamix into a cutting edge organization.

Following six years of service in the U.S. Navy, Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Diego State University with a Bachelor's degree in Finance.

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Pete Schofield, Senior Vice President, Master Archives
Pete’s experience in the building industry is vast. He brings an intimate understanding of the risk builders face everyday. As an executive over the past 22 years for several major builders including Ryland Homes, The Olson Company and California Pacific Homes, Pete developed, directed and managed leading edge warranty programs, document retention projects and quality assurance initiatives. Pete has a significant and successful track record in litigation, arbitration and mediation for builders. In fact, his innovative approach resulted in over 75 million dollars in litigation and recovery costs for a 10,000 home portfolio.

As Vice President overseeing the Master Archives solution, Pete brings his considerable experience to Compendia. Pete is responsible for the product development, sales, operations and service deployment including the critical document auditing process. His leadership and results-oriented manner make the Master Archives line effective for customers and profitable for the company.

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Don Ward, Vice President, Information Technology
If technology infrastructure represents the building blocks of a company, then Don Ward is chief architect, master builder and surgeon at Compendia. His long path of success brought him to Compendia in 2005 where he works with the various business functions to identify processes and technologies to support operational needs, developing and monitoring efficient and effective technical infrastructure. Don is also chiefly responsible for researching new technologies and integrating the IT strategy throughout Compendia.

With over 20 years of progressive experience, Don has led a distinguished career that included achievements with such notable organizations as COMPS.com, Celergy and Lightspan. Along the way he earned the reputation as an innovator, a leader and a thorough and reliable professional.

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George Gallagher, National Director of Sales
The highest integrity and a drive to deliver solutions that fit the specific needs of his customers are two descriptions that accurately paint a portrait of George Gallagher. An innovative, tech-savvy manager with over 20 years sales experience, George is a proven catalyst for revenue growth as evidenced by his distinguished track record of relationship building, training top-performing sales teams, securing strategic alliances, and delivering world class service to customers.

Building on his successes with Trammell Crow, Fraser Williams and CoStar, George brings a comprehensive understanding of the corporate real estate, real estate information technology and homebuilding markets. Combined with his philosophy of partnering with clients to ensure their needs for compliance, effectiveness and return on investment are met, George has demonstrated the ability to maximize sales volume and enhance market position.

George is responsible for leading the rapidly expanding Master Manual’s sales organization, developing new sales channels, and maintaining the value of Compendia' solutions to its customers.

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AJ Cataline, Director of Production
AJ Cataline has been part of the Compendia team since 2003 as the Director of Production. He has developed a successful production team while the company has experienced tremendous growth and change, yet managed to meet or exceed production goals every month. His passion is to strive for productivity while maintaining a high standard of quality.

Prior to joining the Compendia team, AJ spent 23 years in manufacturing for the printed circuit industry holding positions such as VP of Sales with Herco Technology and Production Manager for Teradyne, TCS division. AJ has a high commitment to quality where he assisted both company’s in their strategy to achieve ISO 9002 & QS 9000 quality certification. His strength is in execution and continuous improvement and always exemplifies a can-do attitude.

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Christopher Crane, Chairman, Council of Advisors
Christopher Crane became president and chief executive officer of Opportunity International-U.S. in 2002. He acquired COMPS InfoSystems, Inc. in 1992 and was president and CEO until he sold the company in 2000. During his tenure, COMPS grew from a small, print-based publishing firm into the largest electronic database publisher of commercial real estate sales information in the United States. Also under his leadership, COMPS acquired 13 other companies and went public in a 1999 initial public offering. COMPS was one of two companies to receive the 1998 "Best Practices Award-Unleashing the Power of Technology" sponsored by the San Diego Business Journal. In 1999, Chris was awarded the Ernst & Young/USA Today "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in San Diego.

 

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