Executive team

Adrian Thomas - President and CEO

As the President of Datascan, Adrian believes the vision for the Company is, “To provide retailers with the greatest value from their inventory process. This means transforming raw inventory data into meaningful, manageable inventory information that can be used to improve how a retailer conducts its business.” The collection of data that traditionally has a very short shelf-life, he says, needs now to be leveraged much more effectively to add value to a retailer’s investment in the process. “Datascan is on a quest”, Adrian says, “to take the value of the inventory process to a whole new level through utilizing the latest in Self-Scanning.”

Adrian has a long history of helping build successful businesses into leaders within their industries. With over 20 years of experience in the application of wireless and barcode data-collection technologies, he is no stranger to the challenges of the retail inventory market.

Adrian and his wife have happily relocated to the Dallas area, and when not at work enjoys listening to his eclectic collection of music, adding to his wine cellar and keeping in touch with his family in the UK.

Adrian Thomas

President and CEO

Jan Manning - CIO and VP Solutions Delivery

Jan Manning joined Datascan in January 2017 as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Solutions Delivery. Jan is responsible for leading the product engineering teams and information technology organizations.

Prior to joining Datascan, Jan spent 10 years in the security industry serving as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Operations at Hexis Cyber Solutions and global Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer at SafeNet, one of the largest information security companies in the world. She brings more than 20 years of corporate and information technology leadership experience with diverse businesses such as, Peak Technologies, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company and Rite Aid Corporation.

Jan grew up in Maryland and was happy to relocate to Texas with her husband. They enjoy visiting their six children and one grandchild on the east coast or getting together as a family at their lake home in Virginia.

Jan earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration, with Honors, from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Jan Manning

CIO and VP Solutions Delivery

Alan Jezek - VP of Sales and Marketing

Alan Jezek is Datascan’s VP of Sales and Marketing and is responsible for the company’s strategy, GTM plans, and sales execution. Alan has 25 years of IT sales experience in the G2000 enterprise account sector, and before Datascan, he was a top performer at industry-leading companies such as Palo Alto Networks, NetApp, and Serena Software. As a sales leader, his teams have set company records in growth, new customer acquisitions, and deal sizes. He has also implemented new routes-to-market and developed new revenue streams. Before his sales career, Alan was an IT consultant at Coopers & Lybrand working with F500 clients.

Outside of Datascan, Alan enjoys spending time with his family on adventure travels, at the beach and boating.

Alan Jezek

VP of Sales and Marketing

Steven Gray - Director of Operations

Steve Gray joined Datascan in 2017 as Director of Operations. Steve assumes the leadership of the company’s operational functions.

Steve has more than 20 years of Logistics, Operations and Transportation experience. Prior to joining Datascan, he was at Inogen, a medical device company, where he was the Head of Logistics and Transportation. While at Inogen, he grew the Logistics organization from a staff of 8 to roughly 60 in just over 2 years. Steve was able to streamline the packaging process along with developing long term partner relationships with multiple transportation carriers. In addition, Steve brings experience with a diverse focus ranging from Intel, Symbol Technologies, Motorola and Nokia / Microsoft.

Steve was born and raised in Oregon but has called Texas home for the last 16 years. Between him and his wife, Roxie, they have 1 daughter, Mia and lots of animals.

Steven Gray

Director of Operations

Jared Christal - Corporate Controller

Jared Christal joined Datascan in January 2019 as Corporate Controller. Jared brings 15 years of experience in public accounting and private industry accounting. Prior to joining Datascan, Jared was a Controller of a successful startup company as well as an Assistant Controller for a billion-dollar private company.

Jared grew up in Houston, Texas and relocated to Dallas after college. Jared and his wife have three daughters. He enjoys spending time with his family and is an avid golfer.

Jared earned a Bachelor’s of Accounting from Texas Tech and is Certified Public Accountant.

Jared Christal

Corporate Controller

Herb Billings - VP Information Technology

Herb is responsible for providing technology and service leadership for Datascan. He brings over 25 years of technology and management experience from various industries, mostly in retail services. He works closely with clients to develop industry-leading inventory counting software and services. Prior to joining Datascan, Herb worked in various roles for Mobil Oil and marchFIRST. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Analysis and MIS from Texas A&M University.