cagic team

Chairwoman

Jennifer Canty is the original founder of Dyscern and chairwoman of Cagic. 

 Her years of experience in business consulting and education provided her with the skills and network necessary to build Dyscern from a basement operation to a multi-million dollar company. In her role as chairwoman of Cagic, she is the sounding board for ideas for the creative team.

Jennifer built her expertise as a media and e-commerce consultant at Proxicom/Dimension Data, working with such clients as Oxygen Network, Harvard Business School Publishing and America Online. Prior to her work at Proxicom, her focus was on international development, managing aid workers across the globe for Cambridge Consulting Corporation and Development Associates.

She holds an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and a B.A. in international relations from MichiganStateUniversity.

Jennifer lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with her husband and three children.

Bill Frischling
General Manager

 The Cagic picture frame was the brainchild of founder, Bill Frischling, who also earned his solid reputation as COO and co-founder of Dyscern. (www.dyscern.com)

Bill has more than a decade of experience on the Internet, with a specialty in launching new products. His previous role was as Executive Director of product development at America Online, where he led and managed bi-coastal groups responsible for launching such products as My AOL, AOL Search and AOL Alerts and Reminders.

Prior to America Online, he worked at The Washington Post, where he was part of a small team that launched washingtonpost.com on the Internet. Prior to The Washington Post, he was a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. His articles have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Wired, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Newsday and The Detroit Free Press.

Bill is a graduate of MichiganStateUniversity, where he received a degree in journalism. He is a father of three and lives in Great Falls, Virginia.

Stefania Seo 
Director, Product Design

Stefania Seo led the design team for Cagic and created a frame that looked luxurious and was easy to use.  No design element was left to chance and the results are awe-inspiring.

Born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Buenos Aires, Stefania is an accomplished designer who studied in Florence, Italy, who studied from some of today’s best. Stefania has worked for two major design firms in Seoul, Korea, and before going Cagic, Stefania worked for PUSH architecture in Los Angeles.

Stefania is looking forward to seeing Cagic hit store shelves and online retailers and seeing this project come to fruition.

Tom Dellecave Jr.
Lead Usability Architect

Tom Dellecave designed the software interface for the Cagic8 and was responsible for seeing it through to final deployment. He oversees teams of developers in the United States, Europe and Asia.

He also is responsible for branding and has created and directs the visual identity for the emerging Cagic brand.

Tom is a seasoned communications professional with nearly 20 years’ experience in media and software development. His experience in usability and design dates back to the early 1990s, working across broadcast and print media in New York, before transitioning that experience to software development.

He has worked for such well-known media companies as CBS Television and America Online. Prior to Cagic, Tom launched and managed AOL Web properties that served tens of millions of registered users in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Tom earned his master’s degree from the S.I.Newhouse School of Public  Communications at Syracuse University in 1994.  Tom resides in Ashburn, Virginia with his family.

Jeff McHenry
Vice President, Sales

Jeff McHenry brings more than 15 years of sales experience in the high technology and consumer electronics to Cagic along with a consistent track record of delivering high level results.

Prior to joining Cagic, Jeff served as Vice President of Sales for Pandigital where he successfully secured partnerships with major consumer electronics retail chains, department stores, office superstores, distributors, catalogers, and web/internet customers for the retail distribution of Digital Picture Frames.

Previously, Jeff served as Vice President of Sales at Vialta, where he managed and lead the execution of the sales plan for the retail distribution of Analog/Broadband Videophones, Digital Picture Frames, and VOIP products.  Before that, Jeff managed the distribution of Sony Audio/Video products in the western US for Sony Electronics.

Jeff received his BS from San Jose State University, and resides in the Bay Area in California.

Erika Dickstein
Vice President, Marketing

Erika Dickstein focuses on developing innovative marketing strategies to increase awareness of and market interest in Cagic. Providing sales and public relations support, Erika focuses on infusing Cagic communications with the same passion and commitment that drove the creation of the frame. 

Prior to joining Dyscern LLC, Erika spent 14 years working in marketing for such companies as America Online (AOL), The Walt Disney Company, and the Graduate Management Admission Council. Erika holds an MBA from the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and a B.A. in communications from Bradley University.

Erika resides in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband and two daughters.