Stewart Booden is a co-founder and Board member of Simage, a place-based Digital Out of Home (DOOH) new media company; and, prior to relegating his day-to-day responsibilities, he was the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Operations. Stewart is a well-rounded executive with specific expertise in entrepreneurial growth, strategic planning, solution sales, technology, and professional services delivery.  He has had a progressive and versatile career as an Engineer, Consultant, Vice President of North American Sales, Vice President of Operations, Executive Vice President of Consulting Services, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer.  He is a Founding Member and Mentor within the Kellogg Venture Community (KVC) - an organization focused on helping start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Stewart was the co-founder and CEO of Aspen Consulting, a Chicago-based I.T. professional services firm which placed 24th on the Inc. 500 list in 1998 and 227th in 1999. Aspen reached $20M a year in revenue and was sold to a $150M IBM Solution Provider in 2003. Stewart was most recently Vice President of North America for Pointsec, a data encryption company, and Vice President at VisaNow, an HR outsourcing specialist. His other experience includes sales and engineering leadership roles at IBM and Reuters where he worked in Europe installing and managing implementations of trading systems at UBS, Credit Suisse, ABN-AMRO, and HandelsBank NatWest. Stewart received his Executive MBA from Kellogg (2009) and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University (1986).