Leadership Team

Jon C. Henbest, CPA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA, DCIE

PRESIDENT

As President of Paradigm Technology Consulting (PTC), Jon leads PTC’s nationwide IT consulting business. Jon’s responsibility spans all aspects of the business, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) consulting, IT support and management, managed print services, network security, and software development and training. He also oversees parent organization ISS Solutions’ internal IT infrastructure, which he modernized with a lower-cost, more secure cloud-based system. Prior to being President, Jon was Vice President of Technical Services.

Prior to joining PTC, Jon worked as a tax accountant for a regional public accounting firm. He then changed his career path to work in the technology consulting group of that accounting firm. Jon went on to join PTC at inception in 1999 with the other founding PTC team members.

Jon has been involved in network design, implementation, and management for over twenty-five years. He has vast experience with various businesses and industries through both his accounting and technical consulting careers. Jon has been involved in all aspects of network planning, implementation, security and maintenance. In addition to being a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Database Administrator, and a DataCore Certified Implementation Engineer, Jon has extensive experience with multi-site Citrix deployments, both domestic and international. Jon has worked with numerous clients to evaluate and migrate to virtualization platforms, public and private cloud solutions, as well as Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Jon holds a BS in Accounting from New York University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the New Jersey Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. Outside of work, Jon is active in his church, where he has also held leadership positions and he volunteers with Boy Scouts of America.

Gregory Paff, MCSD

VP DEVELOPMENT

As VP of Development at PTC, Greg manages PTC’s software development team. Greg’s responsibilities include managing all aspects of the development lifecycle including the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications for web, mobile and client/server platforms. He is also responsible for designing integrations between various systems making business processes more seamless and efficient. Greg also manages reporting design and business intelligence to help businesses display and interpret their critical data.

Prior to joining Paradigm Technology Consultants, LLC, Greg worked as a Senior Developer for a technology consulting firm specializing in the customization of accounting information systems. There he gained experience in all areas of the software development life cycle.

After spending 6 years in consulting, Greg worked as a Senior Software Engineer for a publishing company where he was tasked with designing and developing system integrations between CRM, Billing and other ERP systems.

In addition to being a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Greg holds certifications in Microsoft CRM, Dexterity and SQL Server.

Greg joined the Paradigm Team in 2004. He holds a B.S. in Accounting and Computer Science from Monmouth University and is currently attending Rutgers University for an M.B.A Outside of work Greg enjoys spending time with his family, is active within his church, and loves being on the beach.

Michael Gummel

VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & CLIENT SUCCESS

Michael received his BS in Accounting from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Michael has been a member of the Paradigm team since its inception and has more than 30 years of professional experience in accounting, technology, tax and auditing. As a product engineer for Paradigm Technology Consulting, Michael has had exposure to many industries and has used this experience to provide well founded solutions to the business issues. Michael is also responsible for managing the sales and marketing team, researching, testing and training on products that Paradigm chooses to implement for their customers.

Prior to joining the Paradigm team, Michael worked for several public accounting firms providing all aspects of services from write-ups and tax work to audits, business and technology consulting. Many of the organizations that Michael worked with were in the not-for-profit sector.

Michael has been a frequent speaker at many industry events where the topics have ranged from cash flow management to implementing a technology change within the organization, and has authored a number of magazine articles that have been published.

During his career, Michael has been involved with hundreds of implementations, and has extensive knowledge on a number of ERP applications. Among the publishers that he has worked with are, Microsoft, Sage/Best Software, ACCPAC, Goldmine, Tiger Paw CRM as well as hundreds of integrated solutions for these products.

Michael is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, New Jersey Society of CPAs and actively serves on a number of boards and service organizations within his community including the Philadelphia Chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP).