David Pennino

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

David Pennino is the President and Chief Executive Officer of LogicSource as well as a founding partner of the firm and a member of the Board of Directors. Given the strength of the team he has built around him, David focuses all of his efforts on three imperatives: 1) Corporate Strategy including category and footprint expansion; 2) Product and Service Marketing and Positioning; and 3) Client Service and New Client Acquisition.

David has over 20 years’ experience in the Services and Outsourcing industry including roles as a senior executive at Williams Lea Group, Scient, and Gartner. David received a Bachelor of Arts from Franklin & Marshall College.

David has been married to his wife Elizabeth for 23 years and live in Charleston South Carolina with their four daughters.

Nicole Heim

Chief Financial Officer

Niki Heim joined LogicSource in July 2014 and holds the role of Chief Financial Officer, where she is responsible for the accounting operations of the company.

Prior to joining LogicSource, Niki was the Controller at Title Nine Sports, a women’s activewear company. She began her career by gaining four years of experience in public accounting where she worked on various industries including small business, government entities, and financial institutions. Additionally, as a Senior Analyst in the Risk Management team at a financial institution, Niki was responsible for leading the Sarbanes-Oxley audit, performing risk assessments, and she provided consultation on risk mitigation strategies and controls.

Niki received a BS in Accounting from Siena College.

Jo Seed

Chief Operating Officer

Jo Seed is Chief Operating Officer at LogicSource. Jo is responsible for the vision, strategy and operational execution for all shared services, technology and client-site teams to ensure cross-functional service delivery for all of LogicSource’s current and prospective clients.

Jo has over 20 years’ experience in strategy and operations consulting, business transformation, technology solutioning and change management across North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the UK and Europe. Jo has successfully delivered numerous outsourcing, technology and business services solutions with global, regional and market-specific objectives to some of the world’s largest and most recognized brands.

Prior to joining LogicSource, Jo held a range of business development and consulting positions in both the US and Europe, working on major services engagements with Fortune 50 clients across the Retail, CPG, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical and Publishing industries.

Jo has a BA Hons. in Psychology from the University of Reading in the UK.

Michael Braunschweiger

Managing Partner, Chief Procurement Officer

Michael Braunschweiger is Managing Partner and Chief Procurement Officer at LogicSource. Michael is responsible for all aspects of our value delivery initiatives and the LogicSource supplier ecosystem.

Michael has more than 25 years of experience as a change catalyst for value and growth with a variety of companies including The Reader’s Digest Association, Novitex Enterprise Solutions and Joshua Morris Publishing. A recognized business process and savings expert, Michael understands how to lead teams and partners through critical change management initiatives and build strong supplier coalitions based on collaboration, transparency and trust.

Prior to joining LogicSource as an original team member, Michael held a range of executive operations positions, leading diverse global teams and strategic partners to strong results through successful business process redesign initiatives and strategic supplier alliances, to maximize value and savings potential.

Michael graduated with honors from the Institute of Dental Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.

Jessica Buchok

General Counsel

Jessica has over ten years of experience as in-house counsel working on issues relating to supply chain and procurement, as well as a multitude of other subject matter areas including commercial contracts, strategic partnerships, food safety and quality, policy drafting, regulatory and compliance matters, and international business development.

Prior to joining LogicSource, Jessica worked at Franchise World Headquarters, LLC, the service organization to the global Subway® Franchise brand. In her most recent role, she led a team managing and negotiating a global portfolio of food, beverage, packaging, and equipment contracts.

Jessica received her JD from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2010.

Kurt Kostur

Chief Client Officer

Kurt Kostur is the Chief Client Officer and leads LogicSource's Client Services division. Kurt is accountable for our most important asset, our Clients, and owns the LogicSource/Client relationship experience, focusing on service delivery, loyalty and referenceablity. As a past LogicSource client and advisory board member, Kurt is in a unique position to lead our client services team in delivering exceptional value for our partners. Kurt has over 30 years of combined experience as a client, engaging with professional services companies, as well as serving in professional services roles.

Before joining the company, Kurt served in senior-level marketing roles with major brands such as Ashley HomeStores, HSN (Home Shopping Network), Universal, Paramount, and Bank of America. Kurt began his career in client services with DDB Chicago on brands such as Anheuser-Busch and General Mills.

Kurt received a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Bethany College in Bethany, WV.

Steven Schmitchel

Managing Partner, Client Solutions

Steve is responsible for driving consultative engagements with our clients, determining requirements and designing solutions that leverage LogicSource unique capabilities to most effectively meet client needs.

Steve brings over 20 years of experience in strategic sourcing, business strategy, and client relationship management. Prior to joining LogicSource, Steve was Vice President at Topco Indirect Spend where he led strategy and client management for 50+ clients, managing over $1.5B in indirect spend.

He has also held leadership positions within Ahold USA where he helped launch the indirect sourcing department, Shaw’s Supermarkets where he oversaw marketing and advertising, and Accenture where he led corporate strategy projects for clients across diverse industries.

Steve holds a BS from University of Massachusetts, an MS from Tufts University and an MBA for the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business.

Matt Gattuso

Managing Partner, Healthcare and Life Sciences

Matt Gattuso is Managing Partner of Healthcare and Life Sciences at LogicSource, responsible for bringing innovative non-clinical procurement solutions to health systems.

With nearly three decades of distinguished leadership experience, Gattuso provides a wealth of operational expertise and a proven track record of results-oriented success. Prior to LogicSource, Gattuso held significant leadership roles at Owens & Minor, PDI, Infection Prevention, and Covidien, a Medtronic organization. Gattuso’s 20-year tenure at Covidien included roles as President of Global Health Systems and the founding President of Covidien’s Sustainable Technologies reprocessing business.

In addition to his professional pursuits, Gattuso has embraced the opportunity to serve on several Board of Directors throughout the years for organizations including CosmosID, Inc., SeqDiagnostics, Inc., Human Care Group, SMI, American Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and Health Industry Distribution Association Education Foundation, and has served as a strategic advisor for HeartBeam, Inc., and BioSurfaces, LLC.

Gattuso holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and has completed a comprehensive, executive leadership development program at Babson College.

Tom Stolarski

Managing Partner, Private Equity

Tom Stolarski rejoined LogicSource in September 2023 and currently serves as Managing Partner, responsible for the Private Equity business. Tom is focused on working with our Private Equity partners and their portfolio companies to drive measurable and sustainable EBITDA enhancement, improve working capital, and ultimately, increase shareholder value.

Before rejoining LogicSource, Tom was Chief of Staff for the Miami Marlins and Chief Operating Officer and a founding team member of a payments and software startup. He began his career with LogicSource in Business Development and eventually became the Managing Director of Strategy & Planning. In this role, he was instrumental in developing LogicSource’s business intelligence tools and resource optimization workstream.

Tom holds a BA in Economics from Trinity College.

Malinda Long

Director, Talent Acquisition

Malinda Long joined LogicSource in July 2017 and holds the role of Director, Talent Acquisition where she drives the implementation of strategic talent initiatives focused on acquiring, developing and retaining a highly-skilled talent workforce.

Prior to joining LogicSource, Malinda grew her 12-year recruiting career within various industries including Management Consulting, Finance, Pharmaceutical and Agency side staffing. While growing credibility to hire quality talent, Malinda, established strategies and drove talent acquisition and development programs to ensure the hiring, retention, and success of the workforce for scaling companies.

Malinda holds a BA from Hunter College in Performing Arts and Sociology.

Christine Sabato

Director, Talent Development

Christine Sabato is the Director of Human Resources at LogicSource, overseeing the Human Resources and Talent Development function of the company.

Christine joined LogicSource in 2018 and has over 12 years of experience in Human Resources. As HR Director, she oversees areas including onboarding, learning and development, performance management, employee relations, employee engagement, and payroll and benefits administration.

Prior to joining LogicSource, Christine worked in Human Resources within the advertising industry, last at Media Storm and earlier at Omnicom Media Group.

Christine received a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and Development from NYU, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Communication with a concentration in Organizational Development from Fairfield University.

John Malfettone

John Malfettone joined the LogicSource Advisory Board in January of 2019. John is a recently retired Senior Managing Director for Clayton Dubilier & Rice, where he was responsible for all procurement initiatives in the CD&R portfolio which included companies in the retail/consumer, industrial, health care, and services industries.

John is an experienced C-Level executive having worked in a variety of leadership roles including CFO, COO, CCO, and Partner at a Big 4 accounting firm. John worked at Oak Hill Capital Partners from 2004–2010 as its Chief Operating Officer where he created one of the industries first Portfolio Procurement Programs. Prior to Oak Hill, he spent 12 years at GE Capital serving in multiple roles including Corporate Controller, Group CFO, and Managing Director for the Private Equity business

Recently John was named Chair of the Board for the UCONN Foundation, the fundraising entity for the University of Connecticut. John holds a B.S. in Accounting and Business/Management from The University of Connecticut.

Matt Katz

Matt Katz joined the LogicSource advisory board in 2015. Matt currently holds the role of Managing Partner with SSA & Company and has global in-depth experience with retailers, service providers and suppliers of consumer products. His 25+ years of management and advisory experience ranges from strategic planning and top line growth initiatives to operational enhancement, restructuring, acquisition due diligence, and merger integration.

Throughout his career, Matt has led complex transformations that require alignment across organizations. He is known to drive sustainable EBITDA growth in margin improvement, costs of goods reduction and expense alignment.

Prior to consulting, Matt held Management roles at Macy's and Federated Department Stores. Matt holds a B.A. in Economic, Organizational Design and Industrial Policy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

John Pavia

John Pavia is an advisor to LogicSource, focused on strategic growth, driving revenue, and business development. Prior to joining LogicSource Mr. Pavia was the Executive Vice President of Business & Corporate Development at FM Facility Maintenance where he helped grow that company into the largest privately held maintenance provider in the North America. Prior to FM, Mr. Pavia was part of the management group that acquired Moore Corporation and then executed a roll-up strategy that ultimately led to the takeover of RR Donnelley & Sons in 2005. In the span of five years the team grew the business from $500 million in top-line sales to $7.5 billion, creating the world's largest commercial printing company.

Mr. Pavia started out his career as an Assistant District Attorney in New York, and later was a partner at the law firm of Levy & Droney. He left private practice to become General Counsel of Huon Corporation, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company based in London and Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Pavia was an early investor in BeenVerified.com, and HEI Hospitality, a leading hospitality enterprise that owns and manages premiere hotels throughout the U.S. including the W Hollywood. He has served on several public and private Boards, and currently sits as a director on the Boards of Spotlight Parking, OneWayLimo, and Connecticut Innovations where he is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Olin Lancaster

Olin Lancaster joined the LogicSource Advisory Board in August of 2017. He is currently the Group President of Men’s and Women’s Apparel at Global Brands Group, a member of the Fung Group. At Global Brands he leads Diverse Portfolio of Commercial and Premium Brands to drive significant profitable growth through a unified commerce approach.

Olin has more than 25 years of experience with consumer brand–facing organizations in C-suite level positions including: President of multiple Wholesale divisions at Ralph Lauren Inc., Division President at Kenneth Cole Menswear, and Vice President of Sales & Marketing for DKNY Men’s Sportswear Worldwide. He has a strong ability to assess the current direction, revenue opportunity, and human capital of a business, and then implement a strategic blueprint for sustained growth and brand equity.

Olin holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (History/Economics) from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.