Jim Dooling is the founder, president and Chief Executive Officer of Align. With more than 30 years of experience in the technology infrastructure industry, he has grown Align into the premier provider of technology solutions and services with a recognized center of excellence in IT Advisory, Infrastructure Design and Build Services, and Managed Services. Many of the world's leading firms including Salesforce, Uber, Pfizer, JPMorgan, the NBA, Louis Vuitton and Barclays rely on the expertise and experience of Align to support their technology infrastructure needs.
Jim majored in architecture at Miami University of Ohio and is actively involved in a number of charitable associations, including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, March of Dimes, NPower and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Jim has preserved a “can do” spirit and family-like atmosphere at Align, which have enabled Align to deliver unsurpassed client service.
John Araneo possesses a broad corporate legal background, encompassing investment management law, data privacy
John serves on the Committee of Hearts for Help For Children/Hedge Fund Cares, a global nonprofit dedicated to supporting efforts to prevent and treat child abuse. John received his Bachelors at Johnson & Wales University and his law degree from Maurice A. Dean School of Law at Hofstra University.
Art Dooling is a founder of Align. With more than 30 years of experience in the technology infrastructure industry, Art has helped Align grow into the premier provider of technology solutions and services. Art currently
Art and his team have developed the process and tools that many of the world's leading firms like Barclays, KPMG, Pfizer, Bank of America, Northwell and Prudential rely on when conducting audits and relocating critical applications.
Matthew is an accomplished professional in corporate communication and business development programs for technology sector corporations. He has spent 23 years in various leadership roles in growing Align from a single-office 35-employee company in New York City, to a $70 million, 150+ employee organization with seven offices in the US and Europe. Matthew has developed and led product development, product launch and partnering efforts, as well as human capital programs, including recruiting and resourcing, career development, training and certification efforts, and retention programs.
Before Align, he was a co-founder of
Vinod Paul brings over 20 years of in-depth financial services and technology experience to his role as Align’s Chief Operating Officer. Vinod’s responsibilities include the strategic development of Align’s Managed Services offerings, including oversight of Align Cybersecurity™, the company's comprehensive cybersecurity risk management solution. In his current role, Vinod is also responsible for managing senior client relationships with alternative asset managers, providing ongoing guidance with respect to industry best practices and forward-looking trends in Managed Services.
Widely known as a luminary in the financial services sector, Vinod previously led and innovated a leading Global Managed IT Service provider in its customer-facing engagements, including service delivery and business development on a global basis. Over his 13 years as Managing Director, Vinod helped establish this firm as a premier Managed Service provider in the financial services space. Prior to that, Vinod was a director of technical services for Martin Progressive where he supervised an engineering staff supporting 6,000 customers, as well as a management and engineering consultant to IBM Global Services, Lucent Technologies, Tyco Submarine Systems and Penguin Putnam Publishing.
Vinod serves on the global board of directors for Help for Children/Hedge Funds Care, a worldwide nonprofit dedicated to supporting efforts to prevent and treat child abuse. He attended Rutgers University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences.
Marian has been with Align for over 20 years. Currently, she manages all operations for the company, including Accounting, Human Resources, Facilities, and Special Projects. Prior to Align, Marian served as a VP with Sequor/Bank of America for over 10 years, managing the consolidation process of the group’s financial statements and budgets, and reporting directly to the CFO. Before that, she served as the Accounting Manager of State Street Boston Securities Services, Inc. Ms. Sandomierski holds a BS in Accounting from St. John’s University.
Tom Weber has over 30 years of experience in designing and implementing technology room solutions to support networks, compute, storage and security networks for a variety of industries. He has extensive experience in budget creation, project planning
Tom studied at
Chris Zadrima brings over 13 years of experience architecting and leading successful Managed Service practices. He is a recognized leader in building customer management teams and a subject matter expert on leveraging cloud-based solutions to solve business and operational requirements.
At Align, Chris oversees all aspects of Align’s Global Managed Services practice which encompasses Client Support, Cloud Architecture and Strategy, Project Management, the Network Operations Center and IT Service Desk.
Prior to joining Align, Chris was part of the leadership team of Infoaxis, a technology solution provider, where over his nine-year tenure he successfully built a Managed Service offering which supported over 6000 endpoints. Chris earned a degree from Fordham University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with a concentration in Management Information Systems.