About Us

George Azih, CEO and Founder

A financial authority specializing in technical accounting and accounting research, George has served as an auditor for banks, insurance companies, and brokerage firms. Prior to LeaseQuery, he performed Accounting Research and Technical Accounting for a Fortune 500 company, where he specialized in lease accounting, sale-leaseback transactions, build-to-suit arrangements, debt restructurings (modifications and extinguishments), asset retirement obligations and purchase accounting. His previous experience also includes working as a Senior Auditor at a CPA firm, where he specialized in audits for financial institutions.

George is a leading expert on lease accounting. He has been quoted in Bloomberg multiple times and has spoken about lease accounting for numerous groups, including Georgia Society of CPAs, Institute of Managerial Accountants (IMA), Financial Executives International (FEI), Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), Corenet Global Summit, and the National Conference for the Accounting and Finance Women’s Association (AFWA).

A member of the American Institute of CPAs and Georgia Society of CPAs, George graduated from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia with a BS in Accounting.

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Chris Ramsey, SVP of Sales

Chris brings over 15 years of experience in account management and sales leadership to LeaseQuery. After graduating from the University of Georgia, Chris continued to gain experience in the technology sector, working for Canvas Systems, Veeam Software, RES Software, and later serving as an advisor to BeaconGrid.

In addition to being a top producer and recipient of multiple President’s Club awards, Chris also founded Round 2 Technologies, a provider of eco-friendly electronic disposal services for Fortune 1000 clients, where he led the company to $1.9 million in sales in its first year.

As the Senior Vice President of Sales at LeaseQuery, Chris has grown the sales team from one individual to more than 25 since 2016, while leading LeaseQuery to 876% year-over-year revenue growth.

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Brendan Kapsimalis, SVP of Engineering

A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS in Software Engineering, Brendan has over 10 years of experience in software development and consulting. He is a former Senior Systems Web Developer for Graphic Packaging International where he led development teams to improve business process automation for the finance, human resources, and customer service departments.

In 2015, Brendan was nominated for a President’s Award for his leadership in developing an automated credit debit approval system. He also led a team to develop an inventory management system that is used in over 350 locations. Prior to that, he worked as an IT Consultant for Technology Consulting Associates and BlueWave Computing. Brendan has led the Technology team at LeaseQuery since 2013.

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Peter Garza, VP of Marketing

With over 15 years of experience in B2B marketing, Peter brings a proven track record of marketing leadership across numerous sectors. He has held leadership roles at InTouch Health; MedAssets, Inc., where he delivered over $118 million of pipeline within 18 months; and AGCO Corporation, where he delivered over $288 million in pipeline. Earlier in his career, Garza held several leadership positions at Caterpillar.

He has been a finalist or winner of numerous awards, including the Oracle Markie, SiriusDecisions Return of Integration (ROI) Demand Generation Award, the Marketo Revvie Award, and Caterpillar’s President’s Quality Award. Peter holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International University and an MBA from the University of Miami.

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Kenny Stevens, Director of Sales

A graduate of North Carolina State University, Kenny has over 14 years of experience in sales and marketing. He has extensive experience in technology sales, having worked for NCR Corporation/Radiant Systems, Cloud Sherpas, NCC Group, AchieveIt, and QGenda. At QGenda, he led a team charged with revamping the company’s sales process, mentored Business Development Representatives, and developed an internal training and certification process from concept to execution.

During his time at Cloud Sherpas, he created the company’s Inside Sales Development Team. He has been recognized numerous times for his sales performance, having won the Rookie Award at NCC Group for earning the highest revenue, and the Results Awards at AchieveIt, which was based on both sales performance and input from his colleagues.

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Russell Bowles, Director of Operations

As the leader of our Operations and Implementation team, Russell has been with LeaseQuery from the start. He knows leases, lease accounting compliance, and the LeaseQuery software platform inside and out. While working on his degree from Georgia Tech, he learned the backend of our business by interfacing with our developers as we launched our initial software platform and helped design specifications for several key enhancements. He then progressed to client side activities which include organizing, reviewing and entering leases for our very first customers, along with providing training on the platform for clients who preferred to manage their leases themselves.

Russell now has overseen the successful onboarding of over 200 clients onto the LeaseQuery platform, and is committed to ensuring our clients have a smooth onboarding experience and the platform works as advertised. When not immersed in the world of lease accounting, Russell can be found on the golf course if the weather permits.  

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