The Management Team

Dennis Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Dennis began his business career at IBM after graduating from Boston College. During his five years at IBM, he received an MBA from Babson College. Dennis left IBM to become a principal in a facilities management company that ran the IT departments of several mid-size business. In 1979, he founded C/F Data Systems. C/F Data was engaged in general program development and consulting in its early years, at the same time that the company developed a software solution for the construction industry. Dennis has been involved in all functional areas of the company and is now Chief Executive Officer.
Dennis participates in several community activities, including the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Boston By Foot. He is an avid golfer and is on the Board of his Golf Club. Dennis and his wife Ann reside in Quincy, MA where they enjoy their water front living. They have two daughters and two grandsons.

 

Eric Goldstein, President
Eric Goldstein
President
Eric graduated from Bentley College in 1983 with a degree in Marketing Management. He began his sales career at ADP, where he was exposed to accounting system sales and a number of industries. In 1985, he joined the C/F Data System sales department and was quickly promoted to Vice President of Sales. In 2003, he left the company to pursue an opportunity to sell Timberline software with a local distributor. Eric was hailed as one of the top producers in the Timberline channel. In 2008, he joined Textura, another company with software products that complement the construction industry. After seeing how other companies operate and treat their customers, Eric realized what he had at C/F Data and returned as its President.
Eric is active in many trade associations including the Construction Financial Management Association and the Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he is an avid cyclist and skier and plays on several softball teams. He has also coached Little League teams every year since 1999. Eric and his wife Amy reside in Needham, MA and keep very busy with their three sons.

 

John Rapaport, Managing Member of C/F Data
John Rapaport
Managing Member

John A. Rapaport is the Director of Operations and General Counsel for Component Assembly Systems, Inc., a national wall and ceiling specialty subcontractor with offices in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Las Vegas. John graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in History in 1986. Thereafter, he received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1989. After practicing construction law, John joined Component in 1991, a firm founded by his father Lew in 1964 and where he remains the company’s Chairman and CEO. John spearheaded the company’s efforts to digitize and modernize its technology infrastructure. Through his vision, the company was able to develop its own award winning proprietary software known as CASim, which tracks and update progress on its projects using the latest web based technologies. John serves on the Board of Directors’ of the Subcontractors Trade Association in New York and on the national Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry, chairing both groups Technology Committees. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Constructech Magazine and is a founding member of the BIMplex collaboration group in New York.