Leadership

 

Our goal at Meta is to provide world class service to clients while at the same time offering team members a progressive, diverse, energetic culture focused on knowledge leadership and experience.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Edward Bouryng

Edward Bouryng

President

Ed founded Meta in 2000 after he recognized a need in the marketplace for a new kind
of consulting firm focused on client success through combined leadership, foundational
governance, unparalleled knowledge of industry best practices, and innovation. He has led the
evolution of the company to today, building a hybrid management consulting and cloud
delivery solutions company focused on helping organizations to achieve their intended ROI.
The Meta team, under Ed’s leadership, views technology as a strategic transformation
and modernization enabler, though it is the client’s people and their ability to gain tangible
long-term results that is the primary ROI driver. Ed works with client executives to help build
and drive a vision that delivers sustainable positive change within their organization.

Prior to Meta, Ed has led implementations and architected financials products serving
the federal government. He holds a BS degree in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University
and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager.

Andrew Beck

Andrew Beck

Vice President, Global Operations

Andrew is our leader for Operations, which includes: Product Development, Sales and Marketing and IT Strategy for the organization.   As an accomplished leader with over 20 years of Global ERP and management consulting experience, Andrew continues to serve clients in strategic advisory roles. He is considered a knowledgable leader with PeopleSoft HCM and ESA suites for public sector and global organizations, and works directly with clients to provide strategic guidance, organizational change management solutions, and alignment to deliver best practices.  He has a track record of right-tracking failing projects and enterprise solution investments for clients that are not optimizing their return on investment.

In his spare time Andrew serves on the board and as an advisor of two nonprofits in his hometown of Lexington, KY. and is the proud adoptive parent of two rescue dogs.

Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Chief Financial Officer

Paul has more than 25 years experience as an enterprise system architect, assisting clients with software application strategy and the implementation of ERP solutions. Paul’s market focus is primarily on public sector, including federal, state, and local government, as well as K-12 and higher education clients. His experience includes IT strategy, application architecture, and large program management; design, development, and implementation of custom ERP solutions; the integration and implementation of COTS ERP solutions, post-production maintenance and support of ERP systems, and business process reengineering. As a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager, Paul possesses a detailed understanding of government financial and business management and has actively developed and or implemented software to meet the needs of various government entities including financial, payroll, customer resource planning, and supply chain solutions.

Some of his areas of expertise include: Budget Formulation, Budget Execution and Funds Control, Payment Management, Receipts Management, Cost Accrual, Cost Allocation, Full Costing, Cash Management, Time and Expense Capture, Labor Distribution, Travel Management, Procurement and Contracting, Grants Management, Asset Management, Supply Chain Management, Customer Resource Planning, Executive Information Systems, Financial Reporting and Activity Based Costing. Prior to joining Meta, Paul was a Managing Director/Partner with BearingPoint/KPMG, where he spent 20 years developing BearingPoint/KPMG’s public services ERP practice, supporting custom Oracle and SAP solutions. Paul holds an MBA from the University of Texas.

Sheryl Pearson

Sheryl Pearson

Executive Vice President, Solutions

Sheryl brings more than 20 years of business management, global client relations, and implementation experience to Meta. Sheryl has over 16 years of PeopleSoft implementation experience, including her time as Director of Services at PeopleSoft. During her time at PeopleSoft she built a highly skilled team that provided consultancy services supporting clients’ business objectives and strategic planning goals. She developed and fostered client relationships within government, higher education, commercial, and utility sectors around the world.

Prior to Meta, Sheryl held senior level management positions with CIBER, Unisys, Exodus and Global Technologies. In each of these positions, Sheryl developed consultancies based on PeopleSoft strategic planning and implementation services, covering a range of PeopleSoft applications including HCM, Financials, CRM, and Campus Solutions. Sheryl holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from DePaul University.

Bob Sabo

Bob Sabo

Customer Advisory Executive

Bob has over 40 years of Public Sector experience in direct government service and with software and professional services organizations. Prior to joining Meta, Bob spent 24 years at PeopleSoft and Oracle in executive state and local government customer facing roles. He previously held leadership roles with PWC, Dun & Bradstreet Software, and Hyperion, having started his career as a City Manager.

Bob holds a BA in Public Administration from the College of New Jersey and a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University. He is an active volunteer in his hometown community of Wilton, Connecticut.

“Meta’s executives put real skin in the game. They stood by us throughout our data cleanup and upgrade, and made our long-term success their top priority.”

Beverley Dembo

Assistant General Manager, City of Los Angeles, Information Technology Agency