Empower your workforce.
Starting with your frontline, we're dedicated to making scalable, engaging, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy mobile and web-based software platforms.
We empower your teams with the knowledge, confidence, skills, and resources needed to help your company thrive.
Meet our leaders
Quick intros to our chief officers:
(Pssst, we're growing. Check back soon to meet more FLX leadership as our offices expand in Tennessee, Michigan, and Western Europe.)
John Thompson
Co-Founder & Chief executive officer
An entrepreneur at heart, John accumulated 25+ years of experience in brand development, business strategy, and technology solutions while working with Pitney Bowes, GTE, and Network Associates⏤places where he received awards for leadership performance and revenue growth. In 2001, he started KMT Creative Group, a full service-branding firm that became a leader in the outdoors industry. It was ultimately acquired by a large national agency. John then used his tech and advertising background to launch FLX Systems, developing technologies that are now known as Frontliner™ and Vizual Proof™. John has also served on several non-profit boards, including United Way and QDMA.
Brian Cooper
Chief Technology Officer
A proud alumnus of Georgia Tech, Brian has spent almost three decades as an engineer, systems architect, trainer, project manager, and entrepreneur. Brian has founded three consulting companies, two of which were acquired by larger firms, while the other sold to The Hewlett-Packard Company. He has worked on customized software projects in the entertainment, transportation, advertising, healthcare, financial, and retail industries.
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FLX empowers deskless workers through technology. We develop software solutions for the underrepresented 80% of global workers who do their jobs on the sales floor and in the service field.
