Management Team
Tim Estes
Chief Executive OfficerTim is the principal technology visionary and founder of Digital Reasoning. He has served as its CEO since founding the company over eight years ago. Tim’s academic work at the University of Virginia focused in the areas of Philosophy of Language, Mathematical Logic, Semiotics, Epistemology, and Phenomenology; Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from U.Va. It was that eclectic academic background, coupled with the commitment to and belief in the ability of human beings to create intelligent learning systems that gave rise to the breakthrough technology which is at the core of Digital Reasoning.
Rob Metcalf
President & Chief Operating OfficerResponsible for the company’s business and sales strategy, Rob Metcalf brings over a decade of experience in technology and information services businesses around the world.
Prior to joining Digital Reasoning, Rob helped build software and information services businesses for LexisNexis in Mexico City, Toronto and Raleigh. As Vice President of Operations for Global Practice Management, Rob oversaw numerous acquisitions and key investments at the forefront of the company’s solution strategy. Prior to LexisNexis, Rob worked in Boston and San Francisco with The Parthenon Group, a strategy consultancy.
Rob earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his AB, Summa Cum Laude, from Princeton University.
Dot Currey
Chief Officer for Corporate AffairsDorothy (“Dot”) Currey is secretary to the Board of Directors and serves as the Chief Officer for Corporate Affairs (COCA) for Digital Reasoning. As the COCA, Dot establishes and administers the governance of the corporation as well as reviews and advises on all functions of the firm, and helps to guide the formulation and implement of the corporate strategy. She has communications responsibilities to shareholders and potential investors, and coordinates legal matters.
Through her 25+ years of experience with such national clients as Texaco, Star Enterprise, Coca-Cola, NASCAR and Tropicana, Dot brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in the national and international marketing and public relations fields. She has been the President and CEO of three marketing centered corporations and has had extensive experience in start up situations. As a Digital Reasoning co-founder, Dot has been with the company since its inception. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Harry Schultz
Senior Vice President, Product Development and SolutionsHarry Schultz serves as the Senior Vice President of Product Development and Solutions for Digital Reasoning Systems. He has over 34 years of experience providing technology solutions in a variety of different industries, to include: telephony, entertainment, intelligence, emergency management and state and local governance. In his current role, Harry works closely with the executive team to identify and pursue new opportunities for applying Digital Reasoning’s technology to solve difficult data analysis problems for the government’s intelligence community as well as targeted commercial markets. Harry began his career as a software engineer, developing software for telephone switches, process control and data acquisition systems in a refinery, operating systems for Digital Equipment Corp (VMS), and managing large-scale technology projects in both the public and private sectors. The focus of his last 15 years has been on managing large-scale IT projects and software development groups, with emphasis on team building and developing the processes and environment necessary to support successful software development and deployment efforts.
Matthew Russell
Vice President, EngineeringMatthew leads our development team in architecting scalable web applications and devising innovative ways to embed the company’s core technology platform into both federal and commercial products. Matthew previously led a team to build a classified end-to-end enterprise application for the intelligence community. Matthew is also a trusted technology scout for the Defense Intelligence Agency where he researches and assesses the next generation of technologies that will be used to build government’s intelligence infrastructure. Matthew has completed over 40 publications on technology, including work that has appeared or is upcoming in scientific conferences, Linux Journal, Apple Developer Connection, and Make: Magazine. His most recent writing efforts entailed authoring Dojo: The Definitive Guide, a tome that provides authoritative documentation about a popular JavaScript toolkit. Matthew is a graduate of the Air Force Academy, where he graduated at the top of his class and earned the prestigious “Dean W. Gonzalez Award”.



