Leadership Team

Mary McKnight, CEO

Mary has diverse experience exploring all facets of organizational change through digital transformation. From transitioning public school systems from textbooks to electronic content to taking courtrooms paperless, Mary has influenced and implemented a broad array of digital modernization success stories. Mary has over a decade of experience delivering solutions for a variety of government entities and has lead mutiple professional services organizations. Mary became CEO of Next Phase Solutions in 2018. Her ability to focus on detail while simultaneously exploring the big picture provides executive direction to the team.

David Godiksen, President

A small business owner since 1997, David has spent his career learning what people need and helping them get it. Whether working in public or private sector, David’s proven ability to identify root cause issues and offer nimble solutions to solve them has built long-term relationships founded on trust and respect. David implemented paperless solutions for over 15 county governments in Florida during the 2000s and grew beyond Florida to implement solutions throughout the country. David brings a depth of knowledge of the industry and commitment to people that sets him apart from other solution providers.

Sam Wilsey, Director of Solutions

Sam has been involved in the Electronic Content Management (ECM) now called Content Services space since 2005. He has experience working from all sides of the ECM marketplace: as a vendor; value added reseller; and end user. He worked directly for Hyland Software as a leader in Tech Support, was the system administrator of multiple ECM solutions for customers, and has implemented dozens of solutions to optimize process efficiency. As Director of Solutions, Sam leads a team of dedicated professionals to deliver high quality solutions while focusing on continuous improvement.

Gabriel Russo, Director of Data Engineering

Gabe has implemented systems to manage, transform and leverage data since 2004. As an early member of Hyland Software’s Conversion Services, his technical leadership and individual contributions influenced Hyland’s methodology and approach to solving challenges unique to migrating content.  He has deep experience converting content into OnBase from more than 30 unique ECM products and is responsible for converting more than 2 billion documents into OnBase systems.  Gabe’s desire to deliver excellence and his technical acuity coalesce into an unrelenting force which helps create exceptional outcomes for Next Phase customers.