David Hammond

David Hammond is President of Abel Solutions. He joined the team as Vice President of Solutions Delivery in April 2005 where he was responsible for management and delivery of all Abel Solutions information worker and application development projects.

Prior to joining Abel Solutions, Hammond was VP of Operations for LaVista Consulting, an information technology solutions firm focused on the energy industry, and LaVista Resources, a recruiting and staffing organization. He has also served as director of an industry solutions consulting practice with Computer Associates’ Global Professional Services and held a number of senior management positions with start-up technology and successful established consulting companies, including Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

Hammond is a graduate of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and a 2004 graduate of Leadership North Fulton. He served as Class Chair for Leadership North Fulton in 2007 and served on the Board of Directors for the program from 2005-2010. Hammond is also a founding member of The Drake House and has served on its board since 2004. He also previously served on the Board of Directors of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and the Forsyth County Judicial Citizens Review Panel.

Scott Burba

Scott Burba is Vice President of Abel Solutions. He joined the team in 2018 to lead the firm’s business development and sales effort. In the position of Vice President, Burba also leads devises and executes strategic initiatives including market positioning, service offering and delivery, organizational change and client growth to enhance Abel Solutions’ market presence and exposure.

Prior to joining Abel Solutions, Burba was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Commence Consulting, which offers an array of business management solutions, including business process alignment and change management offerings. Burba also co-founded BE Consulting, which was later acquired by Northridge Systems, where Burba served as Senior VP, Delivery. There he lead all solution delivery functions including designing client-specific solutions, account management, contract negotiations and team onboarding.

Prior to those achievements, Burba served in a series of progressively responsible positions with prestigious firms including Alliance Data, Computer Associates, and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Burba graduated Cum Laude from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Jason Bell

Jason Bell is Chief Technologist of Abel Solutions. He joined the team in 2019 to provide guidance and insight to our clients looking to transform their business through technology. In the position of Chief Technologist, Mr. Bell works to craft an organization’s vision for innovation through the development of strategies that leverage a unique understanding of each client’s culture.

Mr. Bell has almost thirty years of experience working in the technology industry. An entrepreneurial innovator, he worked in several ground-breaking start-ups developing web-based and mobile solutions. He then moved into the public sector working in government managing a wide portfolio of technologies including collaboration portals, PeopleSoft HRMS, ESRI based Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and election voter technologies. Prior to joining Abel Solutions, Jason has spent more than a decade as a Senior Solution Architect at Perficient delivering solutions based on the Microsoft technology stack and developing digital transformation strategies through consulting with Fortune 100 firms.

Prior to entering technology, Mr. Bell was the founder of a non-profit on the border of Mexico and the United States working to alleviate the housing shortage. Jason attended Wheaton College (IL) where his liberal arts education was focused on the study of ancient and medieval history. In his free time, you can find Jason with friends cheering on the Atlanta United Football Club along with all their affiliate clubs and soccer academies.

Mike Murray

Mike Murray joined Applied Technical Services (ATS), the parent company of Abel Solutions, in November 1996. He currently serves as a Director with Abel Solutions and is also on Abel Solutions’ Board of Directors.

Prior to joining ATS and Abel Solutions, Murray served in the U.S. Air Force during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. He was part of the Security Forces law enforcement group and a military working dog (MWD) handler from 1990 to 1994. While on active duty, he took advantage of the education opportunities afforded to the military and attended college where he was able to take numerous computer programming classes and developed a passion for Information Technology.

Murray is a graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Social Science. Throughout his career, Murray has continued to expand his knowledge of information systems and enjoys finding efficient ways to deliver meaningful data to people. Primarily self-taught, he has extensive knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and has developed many database systems to manage business information.