Jim Abeles
Founder
Prior to starting Pre1 Software, Jim worked for the Chicago Sun-Times, Pioneer Press, San Francisco Bay Guardian and Willamette Week. Then he had a great idea…create a product that makes publications more money. SmartPublisher was born.
Mark Jockin
President and CEO
Mark has been with Pre1 since the early days. After deciding the practice of law wasn’t for him, he joined Pre1 and hasn’t looked back. Now he has 12 years of experience in the business of helping publications maximize revenue.
Andrea Dopierala
Support Manager
For more than a decade Andrea has been helping customers maximize the benefits of SmartPublisher. She has unparalleled knowledge of the product, years of support and sales experience as well as a degree in journalism. Andrea is ultra-reliable and a pleasure to interact with.
Russ Martineau
Director of Sales
Before joining forces with Pre1, Russ was an owner of a $10 million, three-newspaper chain. After seeing the power of SmartPublisher, he stopped selling ads and started selling the software. He has a strong, real world background running and managing publications.
Dan Gray
Senior Support Specialist
Dan is both a FileMaker developer and a top-notch support representative. His in-depth knowledge of FileMaker gives him deeper insight to technical issues. He can intuit what is going on under the hood by looking at the surface, a powerful skill.
John Strassmaier
Support Professional
John has over a decade of vertical market software support experience. A graduate of University of Oregon, his experience includes technical writing, software support and quality assurance testing.
Caroline Sloan
Senior Developer
Before discovering the power of FileMaker, Caroline was a Silicon Valley technical writer and interactive media professional. For the last 5 years she has spent thousands of hours making SmartPublisher an ever-powerful product for publishers. Her programming and problem solving skills are off the chart.
Michael Sloper
Senior FileMaker Developer and Web Programmer
Michael started working for Pre1 early in his career. He then joined up with a local development shop where he honed his web and FileMaker programming skills before coming home to Pre1. Michael brings many years of experience and valuable knowledge of the technologies of the day.