Leadership

Tom Counts is CEO and co-founder of 3-GIS. Under Tom’s guidance, 3-GIS established its market leadership and has rapidly expanded its geographic reach. Tom has received numerous awards for the company’s growth and civic participation including 2019 Esri Expanding into the Cloud, Inc., 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year, and for 5 years running both INC 5000's Fastest Growing Companies and Broadband Communities FTTH Top 100. These awards recognize the extraordinary success of the business in areas of industry innovation, economic impact, and commitment to the community.

Prior to co-founding 3-GIS, he led product development, project management, and operational organizations at Telcordia, Mesa Solutions, and Intergraph. He serves on the board of directors at Decatur Utilities, JANA Corporation, and several non-profits. Tom is passionate about corporate citizenship and has championed numerous charitable and education programs. He is a graduate from the University of Alabama in Huntsville holding a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry.

Jerry Golden is co-founder and COO at 3-GIS. Jerry is responsible for the company's network and security, service delivery and business operations. Jerry’s breadth of experience has delivered telecommunication infrastructure projects for the largest carriers worldwide.

Prior to 3-GIS, he managed system integration groups at Intergraph Corporation, MESA Solutions, and Telcordia Technologies delivering GIS telecommunications (fiber, copper, and coaxial networks), and utility (electric and gas) solutions. Jerry holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University. He has received Auburn’s Top Tigers Award in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Tommy Siniard, Chief Technical Officer, oversees the strategy and development of 3-GIS's software solutions. He has gained vast experience working with over 150 telecommunication companies in more than 30 countries to build software applications to manage complex telecom infrastructure.

Over his career he has co-founded 2 companies, including 3-GIS, and built market-dominant commercial software products. In his role as 3-GIS CTO, his philosophy towards software propels the development of applications designed for innate user adoption and modularity, and scalability. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering and Finance from the University of Alabama Huntsville, bringing a thorough understanding of the view and information needed by telecom executives to run their business successfully and he embeds that into the product direction at 3-GIS.