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Jeff Williams, Chief Executive Officer Co-founder, VP Marketing, Sales and Business Development, HealthMatics, a 140-person software development and marketing firm delivering wireless handheld software applications and related data products/services to healthcare industry. Prior 13 years in various consumer and professional marketing and business development positions within GlaxoWellcome and Novartis. Holds a BS degree in chemistry. Dr. Bruce Hitson, CTO An experienced entrepreneur and businessman, has founded or helped grow successful technology-intensive companies in Internet e-commerce, Internet derivatives trading, computer integrated telephony, call center applications, and statistical data mining/warehousing. Hitson's expertise and passions are defining and managing new business and technology initiatives that allow order-of-magnitude changes in the way businesses operate and profit. As chief of technology for Teknekron Infoswitch, he started a computer telephony integration business unit that achieved multi-million dollar sales in its first year of operations. At Integral, he introduced Internet technology to the financial derivatives industry, a key strategic component in carving out both a technical and marketing niche for an upcoming IPO. At EIT he created the initial plan for electronic commerce that took them from an R&D start-up to a $28 million acquisition. Holds a doctoral degree from Stanford University based on a dissertation "Knowledge-Based Monitoring and Control of Distributed Systems." As part of this work he conceived, built, and analyzed a practical expert system for diagnosing protocol-level problems in a distributed collection of TCP/IP networks. He also holds several patents in areas related to computer integrated telephony. Sam Kimball, Vice President, Business Development, Record Labels Music industry veteran of 12 years. Most recently, National Sales Manager in the Special Products division at BMG Entertainment. Responsibilities included developing new business opportunities with companies such as Banana Republic and Entertainment Weekly. Extensive interaction with the major and independent labels. Prior to BMG, Director of Sales and Marketing at Elias Associates, a national commercial music production company. From 1988 to 1995 Sam ran his own company, SKS, a talent booking agency and recording studio. He built an organization consisting of 8 employees and more than 50 regular musicians. Business highlights included The 1994 Grammy Awards and The 1989 International Emmy Awards. Graduate of Yale University and the MBA Program at NYU Stern School of Business. Phil Blizzard, Vice President, Business Development, Devices and Portals Former manager with Ford Motor Company with a decade of business planning, product development and strategic planning experience. Successfully negotiated numerous strategic alliances with major multi-national corporations including joint ventures and technology licenses. Holds a BS in engineering and an MBA from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Tom Bonfield, Vice President, Business Development, Broadband, Portals Former Manager of Business Development at IBM where he focused on forging partnerships with Portals and other web companies. Has 7 years in various marketing, sales, and business development positions within Red Hat, Inc. and for Macmillan Computer Publishing, a division of Viacom. Holds a BA from Hampden-Sydney College and an MBA from the University of Kentucky. |
