Chief Financial Officer

Douglas Emond serves as Odyssey’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Emond brings more than 35 years of experience to Odyssey with extensive finance, accounting, contract and risk management, technology, operations, and strategic planning experience.

Mr. Emond joined Odyssey in 2014 after a successful career as a CFO, CIO, CTO and COO at various public and private companies. Most recently, Mr. Emond assisted the Santander Group in the rebranding of Sovereign Bank. Prior to Santander, Mr. Emond worked at Dassault Systemes, Doyle Group, CELT, Fidelity Investments, Eastern Bank, FleetBoston Financial, BankBoston, AIG, HSBC and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Mr. Emond earned his MBA degree with a concentration in finance, and his BSBA degree with a concentration in finance, marketing, and computer science at Manhattan College in New York City.

Chief Executive Officer

Tom Portlock assumed Odyssey’s CEO role in June 2019. Prior, as Odyssey’s COO/CMO, Mr. Portlock oversaw a portfolio of programs across seven (7) divisions with annual revenue of $200 million. He led all customer-facing business operations and ensured Odyssey’s staff continually delivered the full depth and breadth of expertise needed to meet the challenges of the complex environments in which they serve. Mr. Portlock also developed and implemented business development and marketing strategies, processes, and tools to grow the business in existing and new markets.

Mr. Portlock began his career as a federal employee at Hanscom Air Force Base, in Bedford, Mass., specializing in systems acquisition, engineering, and program management of tactical communications and air traffic management systems. Mr. Portlock transitioned to the private sector in 1997, joining Raytheon’s international air traffic control business and later held program management positions at Nortel Networks. He joined Odyssey in 2002.

Mr. Portlock holds a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from Southeastern Massachusetts University (now UMass Dartmouth).

Chief Technology Officer

Catherine Seiferth serves as Odyssey’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). She is responsible for Odyssey’s corporate enterprise business systems and business process automation.

Prior to joining Odyssey in 2003, Ms. Seiferth held various acquisition, science, communications, and medical leadership positions during her 20-year, active-duty Air Force career. She has also worked as an adjunct professor of computer science at UMass-Lowell, UMass-Boston, and The George Washington University.

Ms. Seiferth earned her bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont, master’s degrees from Harvard, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Alabama, and a doctorate from Northcentral University.

Chief Operating Officer

Matt Kasberg was named Odyssey’s COO in June 2019. Prior, he spent 11 years with Odyssey as the Senior Director, Business Development and Director, Operations for all Hanscom Air Force Base (Bedford, Mass.) programs.

As COO, Mr. Kasberg leads all operations, business development, and talent acquisition functions. He is responsible for Odyssey’s current operations portfolio which spans five divisions. In addition, he leads strategy and technical development to ensure continued company growth.

In his previous role, Mr. Kasberg managed numerous task orders supporting an array of Air Force Life Cycle Management (AFLCMC) and Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) divisions. He led the execution of contracts supporting force protection, air space mission planning and management, foreign military sales, airborne warning and control, space surveillance, ground-based space sensor, and special program domains. He ensured Odyssey’s performance consistently met or exceeded customer benchmarks while leading 300 employees and dozens of partner companies across 15 geographic locations worldwide.

Mr. Kasberg earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in economics from Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, and an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Chief of Staff

Kevin Connolly was named Odyssey’s Chief of Staff in April 2020, after holding roles of increasing leadership responsibility since joining the company in 2014. As chief of staff, he leads all corporate functions, including finance and accounting, human resources, IT, contracts, security, and quality. In his previous role as Odyssey’s controller, Mr. Connolly oversaw the corporate finance and accounting team as the company grew by nearly 44% in three-plus years. Prior to joining Odyssey, Mr. Connolly held various financial roles over more than seven years at the Schafer Corporation, a DoD contractor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.