Kevin J. Leary
Owner & President
VPNE Parking Solutions and the Aloha Solutions Company serve the most prestigious healthcare, hospitality and real estate owners and managers. We exist to be true partners for our clients - developing and delivering innovative solutions for their guests, people and assets. As Owner and President, I am proud of the growth our team has achieved over the past 30 years, developing our family-owned business from a local valet service provider to a full-service parking, transportation and workforce management company with locations across New England and Florida.
Joyce D. McCarthy
SPHR, Partner & Chief human resource Officer
Drawing from extensive experience in both sales and human resources, Joyce McCarthy joined the leadership team at VPNE in 2014. Since then, she has overseen HR strategy that has helped support VPNE’s rapid growth. Joyce has played a vital role in the implementation of new business technology, improvements to workplace culture, and the creation of Aloha Solutions Co, VPNE’s sister recruiting and consulting firm.
Prior to VPNE, Joyce supported the strategic direction of BostonCoach by overseeing all aspects of human resource management and planning for more than 1200 associates in eight locations. Before joining BostonCoach, McCarthy headed human resources in the northeast region at transportation giant Laidlaw Transit, where she was responsible for 5,800 employees. Prior to that she built from scratch both the human resources and sales organizations for APBM Consulting, a telemarketing and business advisory start-up. McCarthy received her B.A. from Curry College and her Master of Business Administration from Endicott College, where she graduated magna cum laude.
Tom MacKinnon
Partner, Chief Strategy Officer
Tom came to VPNE in 2003 after a career in the financial market. Through his experience in both operations management and client relations across various sectors of our business, Tom has grown into our Chief Strategy Officer and Partner. He is tasked with overseeing our Hospitality divisions in the Boston and Florida markets, along with our Transportation sector. Additionally, along with our President, Tom leads the business development division at VPNE.
Tom received his BA from Boston College in 1999 and MBA in Finance from Suffolk University in 2007, and he enjoys coaching youth sports in his free time. Tom and his wife, Danielle, live in Duxbury, MA with their 4 children, where they have recently begun fostering newborn babies and infants.
Dennis Newman
Partner, Chief FINANCIAL OFFICER
Dennis joined VPNE Parking Solutions in 2016 as its Chief Financial Officer. He has over 20 years of experience in financial leadership roles and is responsible for supporting the strategic, IT and financial needs of the organization.
His previous work experience spans diverse company backgrounds, which include: two start-up ventures, the private equity arm of a top tier financial institution, an “A-list” global management consulting company, an industry-leading public media company and a middle market family-owned distribution / manufacturing company.
He has an MBA in Finance/MIS from The American University in Washington, D.C. and resides in the town of Cohasset, MA with his wife and two daughters.
Nick Litton
Partner, Chief operating officer
Nick joined VPNE Parking Solutions in 2011 as its Chief Operating Officer. He has over 30 years of experience in the industry, including two decades plus, prior to joining VPNE, serving in senior roles with national parking companies.
Over the course of his career, Nick has overseen a variety of commercial, healthcare-related, hotel, municipal, and off-and-on airport parking operations. As Chief Operating Officer at VPNE, Nick is directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the commercial parking and marketing divisions, as well as VPNE’s strategic consulting service. Nick leads VPNE’s efforts to promote and encourage innovative technologies that produce greater profitability and efficiency for our clients and customers.
Nick received a BA in English from Bridgewater State College and lives in Falmouth, MA with his family.
Domingos Teixeira
Senior Director, VPNE & Aloha Solutions Co.
Domingos has over 20 years of leadership experience in the commercial parking facilities industry, including positions at many of world’s leading healthcare institutions across New England.
He joined VPNE Parking Solutions in 2005 as a Healthcare Operations Manager. During the course of his career with VPNE, he has overseen a variety of healthcare parking operations and support services programs, holding various leadership roles across the organization.
He is currently the Senior Director within the organization, and is intimately involved with the day-to-day operations of VPNE’S healthcare parking division, including overseeing operations for Aloha Solutions Co. Domingos lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his family.
Jane Reardon
Director, Aloha Solutions Co.
Jane Reardon, RN, MSN, CPPS has been a Registered Nurse (RN) for the past 15 years. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, she began her career on a Medical Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In 2010, Jane shifted her clinical interests to Emergency Medicine where she has been practicing in either a full or part time capacity, ever since. In 2016, Jane went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Nursing with a concentration in Leadership from Framingham State University.
During this process, she began to dive into the work of clinical informatics, and was instrumental in helping MGH with the implementation of Epic, an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the Partners Healthcare system. Jane also earned the designation of a Certified Professional of Patient Safety from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) while working client-side with Athenahealth.
Jane was later connected to SONSIEL, The Society of Nurse Scientists, Entrepreneurs and Leaders, and it was through their network that she was introduced to the unique opportunity at Aloha Solutions Co. Jane now serves as the Director of Aloha Solutions Co., where she oversees 150+ FTE’s and 12 hospital departments for various support services groups across Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center, among others.
Kyle Healey
SHRM -SCP, Director, Human Resources VPNE & Aloha Solutions Co.
Kyle joined VPNE’s Human Resources team as the Manager of Training and Development in 2015, having worked in education and software implementation in the years prior. During his time at VPNE, he has been involved with every facet of the Human Resources team, branching out from Training and Development to oversee Compensation, Benefits, and Talent Acquisition and now serves as the Director of Human Resources.
Partnering with stakeholders in various roles in the company, Kyle helped deploy new payroll technology and a learning management system to organize and leverage existing training tools. He currently manages a team of HR professionals that champion the employee experience for all team members and serves as a consultant to clients seeking HR expertise. Kyle graduated with a BA from Furman University in 2011 and lives in Durham, NC with his wife and daughter.
Leah Pennini
Talent Acquisition Manager, VPNE & Aloha Solutions Co.
Leah has 10 years of entrepreneurial and recruiting experience, having recruited, managed, and trained employees for organizations in the US and internationally. She joined Aloha Solutions Co. in 2019 as a business development and recruiting partner manager. During this time, she has developed the recruiting team, and expanded the business into multiple departments within various Massachusetts hospitals. Her main focus is client success and candidate retention. Leah is recently married and lives in Medford with her family.