OMF Leadership

President: Jim Canfield.  After 8 years as a Naval Aviator flying A-6 Intruders, Jim Canfield spent 16 years with TALX Corporation, now an Equifax Business Unit.  In 1996, Jim was the System Engineer designing the first Internet-based benefits open enrollment system.  He eventually became Vice President of Product Management responsible for all business aspects of the Employee Services division of TALX.  

As President of Operation Military Family, Jim provides business oversight for OMF while he combines his heart for Veterans with his background in technology services to better the mission.

He is a graduate of Vanderbilt with an MBA from Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.

Among his various other roles, Jim is father of 4, grandfather of 8 and husband of one. His favorite movie is Top Gun (of course) and in his free time, Jim naps (he does this during meetings too).

Chief Financial Officer/EVP: Nick Bottom. A Marine, no longer on active duty, Nick positioned his ability to manage the bottom line in the health care industry, helping several hospitals develop systems and analyze results, particularly in the area of capabilities, costs, and service levels. He is an accomplished senior executive with over 16 years of leadership experience in the technology, healthcare, and government arenas.

As the Chief Financial Officer/EVP of OMF, Nick is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the organization by working with other senior management to establish long-range goals, systems, strategies, plans, and policies as well as supervise various projects.

Nick received his MBA from West Virginia Wesleyan College. He is the father of two extremely athletic children and is married to a Marine. Nick plays solitaire in his spare time. 

As the Chief Operations Officer, Lori is responsible for product management, data integrity, channel management, and sales operations. She is OMF's secret weapon (well, not much of a secret anymore, is it?).

Lori earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Alaska. She also holds a Master of Health Administration degree from the University of Washington’s School of Public Health and Community Medicine. You may find Lori moonlighting as "Scooby" in her spare time.

Chief Technology Officer: Dan Newsome. Much different than his photo, Dan is "larger-than-life" and the staff technical "guru."  He brings 15 years of enterprise level application development and management to the ConduitV team.  He has worked with Fortune 500s like GM and Microsoft, as well as dozens of new companies in Seattle's active startup community.  He is an expert level coder in Ruby on Rails, PHP, and .NET technologies. 

As Chief Technology Officer, Dan oversees development of the mobile VAPP product line and is a hands-on developer of the public facing websites for the product.

Dan earned his Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Metropolitan State College of Denver. He holds so many skill-set abbreviations after his name, we don't have enough space. Dan is also a Microsoft "graduate." In his spare time, Dan teaches dance. No joke.