History
Headquartered in NYC, Rova Software was founded in 1995 with the focus of building world-class custom enterprise software, and rapidly acquired a strong list of elite customers, particularly in the banking, finance and legal sectors. In 1999 we began building the first version of ROVA Enterprise and worked toward a launch with our pilot customer in fall of 2001 when our servers were destroyed in the September11th attacks and our launch delayed indefinitely.
Those were tough times for all of us in in NYC, and many lost far more than we did as all our team remained safe and sound. We embraced the swell of New York City pride to rebuild and did exactly that, moving uptown to a SOHO sublet loft and starting again. We did endure, and launched with that same pilot customer in 2002. Since our product was mobility management we were able help that giant company as so many thousands of their employees were displaced and had to work from remote locations, and did so easily using ROVA. This was a great source of pride for us and a validation that mobility services were the exclusive space for us for the future. We’ve been there ever since.
The product has changed a lot since then — but the core mission remains the same: provide a platform that enables carriers and their enterprise customers to ensure their mobile employees connect easily, efficiently, securely, and the most cost-effective way possible.
We're fully self funded and have been profitable since our founding. Despite our relatively small size and organically funded growth, we've always been able to secure and satisfy large clients, including some of the biggest companies and carriers in the world.
Leadership Team
founder
Joseph F. Bronowich, CEO
Joe Bronowich is a founder and the CEO of Rova. Mr. Bronowich is responsible for the overall strategic direction and the day-to-day management of the company. He has led Rova from its inception in 1995, and has personally built strong relationships with its partners and customers. Prior to founding Rova, Mr. Bronowich had a number of large enterprise project management and programmer/analyst positions in software design. Clients included industry leaders American Express, Merrill Lynch, Smith Barney and Sherman & Sterling. Prior to his career in software and technology, Mr. Bronowich worked in the publishing industry for Business Week magazine and in the music industry. Mr. Bronowich has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Syracuse University
founder
Ron Spark, Chief Technical Officer
Ron Spark is a founder of Rova and its Chief Technical Officer. Ron is responsible for the overall architecture, design and development of all Rova solutions. Mr. Spark has successfully lead the development team in delivering quality enterprise software accepted by some of the most discriminating Fortune 100 firms. Prior to and continuing with Rova, Mr. Spark developed a national reputation for his expertise in programming Microsoft desktop applications and for designing some of the most sophisticated Microsoft Office programs. Earlier in his career, he held several technical software positions with Unisys Corporation, and Task Force Inc. Mr. Spark has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Executive Chairman
Tom Thimot
Tom Thimot is the Executive Chairman of ROVA. After spearheading significant growth at four high-growth technology firms as the CEO, Tom recently joined ROVA to scale the company as businesses and academic institutions continue to depend on the technologies that enable remote working and learning. In his career, he has served as the CEO for a publicly traded company, two venture backed firms and one private equity backed organization. In Tom’s previous role as the CEO of fintech Socure, he increased new enterprise customers five-fold and raised $65 million of new capital. In between CEO or COO roles at six different technology companies, he also served as part of the Executive Leadership Team at Cognizant responsible for the growth in their disruptive technology practice around Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Double Minor in Business and Mathematics from Marquette University.