Leadership Team

John Bostick

Chairman & Founder

John is a seasoned computer industry veteran, writer, and public speaker with over 30 years of experience in Information Technology.

He has held leadership positions with IBM and other technology firms. Along with winning the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award® in 2000, John has authored many articles related to business, entrepreneurialism and information technology topics and has established himself as a thought leader in the data management industry. John’s insightful articles have been published in popular industry and business publications that include The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine. John spends his “free time” teaching culinary arts at one of the largest non-degreed cooking schools in the US (Jungle Jims). He enjoys eating the food he cooks with his wife, Erin, who is an avid gardener, and feeding his three teenage boys. An outdoorsman from his early childhood days in the Adirondacks, John loves to fish, hike, climb, ski, and play his guitar around the campfire when everyone can’t leave that easily.

Matt Torborg

Chief Financial Officer

Matt is responsible for all aspects of LÛCRUM’s accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis, financial controls, budget/forecasting and legal review of contracts. He joined LÛCRUM in 2001 as controller, was promoted to chief financial officer in 2002 and was appointed treasurer in 2003. Prior to joining LÛCRUM, Matt held senior accounting positions at various regional IT companies and was with Arthur Andersen LLP for more than eight years in the firm’s audit practice. Matt’s an Eagle Scout just like John and enjoys spending his spare time in the outdoors with his wife, Emily, and his kids. Matt’s also an avid Cincinnati Reds baseball fan for at least the 1st half of every season.

Sheila Leavitt

Chief Administrative Officer

Sheila joined LÛCRUM in 1996. She has more than 20 years of experience in office administration and support at the executive level. Sheila is a member and 2012 Vice President of The Queen City North Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals® (IAAP®). Sheila’s soft spot is her new Bichon puppy, Cabo Andre Leavitt. She loves the outdoors and dreams of retiring with her husband, Larry , in Cabo or, at least, someplace really sunny!

Delivery Leadership Team

Jodie Heflin

Jodie joined LÛCRUM in 1998 and has lead successful BI solutions across a variety of industries including Energy and Financial Services. Her passion is turning data into information that can be used to drive businesses forward, and she has been providing business insight to managers and executives for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining LÛCRUM, Jodie held IT leadership positions in the manufacturing and insurance industries. When she’s not uncovering data, Jodie’s with her 6 boys (including Scott, her husband), and, as you can imagine A LOT of sports equipment!

John Gump

John joined LÛCRUM in 2004 as a Client Services Partner. A former CIO and coming from “Big 4″ consulting firms, John has many flight miles and many out of town dinners and hotels under his belt. For over 20 years, John’s been serving Fortune 500 customers in both business management and IT leadership. When he’s not consulting and providing world-class business intelligence solutions, you can find John with his wife, Linda, somewhere in the Caribbean!

Eric Duell

Eric is the Client Services Partner with an artistic & design background which fits his professional and charitable work with the Cincinnati Art Museum , the Cleveland Art Museum, and several other well-known institutions where he led their design projects to develop new websites and new content. Eric’s known as a consensus leader and his teams follow him with strong energy and commitment through teamwork. When he’s not leading and designing technology solutions, he enjoys his time in the arts with his Brazilian wife, Fabricia, and his daughter, Julia.

Wendy Wilson

Wendy recently joined LÛCRUM as a Client Services Partner and, as a CPA in an Audit Practice at E&Y, has a certain ability to see numbers and their nuances that most people don’t have. Wendy’s a Cincinnati native and has always kept not one but two sharp “Partner” games: golf and tennis. As a college tennis competitor some 20 years ago, Wendy continues to have a great forehand and never chokes on those Ad-out points. When it comes to the long-drive contest on the golf course, don’t let her fool you into letting her tee-off from the women’s tees!

Business Development Team

Suzanne Lorch

Suzanne took an interesting path to LUCRUM. After nearly 10 years at IBM as an Account Executive, she stepped off the career path to stay at home with her 2 daughters for awhile. She then re-started her career almost 4 years ago at LÛCRUM, where she is deeply focused in the world of Business Intelligence, solving unique business problems. She is an active volunteer, having founded the NKY Chamber’s Women Initiative. As her term as chair wraps up, she is transferring her time and energy to her newest project supporting women entrepreneurs, as a board member for BGV (Bad Girl Ventures).

Tom Toerner

As one of LÛCRUM’s Business Development & Marketing leaders, Tom has the unique talent of being able to work with clients and not only help pull together their business problems and potential solutions, but also able to personally develop the Proof of Concepts and potential solutions himself! Being both business savvy and technically savvy is a great set of personal assets. As a former college basketball player, when Tom’s not “courting business,” Tom’s coaching young men and women on the basketball court!

Kim Howland

Kim’s passion for analytics attracted her to LÛCRUM. Having spent 10+ years at AT&T followed by 10+ in Business and Technology Consulting, Business Intelligence emerged as the area where she desired to focus her time and energy. In light of the ongoing changes and challenges within Healthcare, she is an advocate for using data to improve outcomes, patient care and efficiencies within the Healthcare system. Kim leads the University of Cincinnati Lindner College of Business partnership for LÛCRUM, is an active member of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association and is a volunteer at The Covington Latin School. In her spare time she can usually be found in a theatre.

Dan Whitacre

Dan brings over thirty years of experience in the IT industry including application development, business liaison, end-to-end development of business intelligence solutions, information strategy development and strategic consulting. Dan spent five years at IBM, where he served in the IBM Federal CTO Office focusing on building strategic relationships and developing opportunities within the Federal Government Sector. He also served as Senior Director of Information Management & Merchandising Systems during his 20 plus years at Kroger.