Mr. Nathan Hammond serves as President and CEO.
He has over 15 years experience in software designing, developing, and delivering
commercially available software products. He has been involved in all levels of management
and application development from product concept, sales and marketing to application
development and deployment. His particular emphasis is on online/Internet application
development. In 1995 he founded Palantir Corporation to specialize in building extranet
systems for large fortune 500 gas and electric utilities. At Palantir he developed a
sophisticated client/server Gas Brokering / Nomination application using the netVillage
Worldgroup technology. This system is considered the best in that industry. Hammond holds
copyrights for over 20 commercially available software products ranging from online
multi-player games to Internet databases. A Computer Science graduate from the University
of Maryland, Hammond has run for-profit online community systems since the days of the
early BBS (Bulletin Board Systems).
Mr. Harold Van Arnem is Chairman of the
Board of netVillage.com. Mr. Van Arnem has extensive experience in
computing and telecom technology products and services. He founded
ACTS Computer Corporation, a pioneer in on-line computer software
and services, which became one of the largest computer service
organizations in the USA. The company was a prime contractor with
ARPA and the Institute for Advanced Computation in Sunnyvale,
California and was credited with early design and implementation of
ARPANET, forerunner of the Internet. Mr. Van Arnem formed a
financial services company, VAFS, which acquired Finalco Group, Inc.
After founding Libra, he co-founded Cybergate and acquired Locinfor
and Olivetti DSI. As Chairman of the Board of Cybergate, Mr. Van
Arnem successfully grew the company to become one of the top ten
Internet integration companies in the world. He founded TOTALe Plc
and as Chairman and CEO the company is the leading provider of
on-line and hosted applications for the SMB community in
Europe.
Mr. Stephen Bathurst, CTO, has over 20 years of experience
in the Information Technology arena. Most recently, Mr. Bathurst was responsible for
developing an e-Business strategy for a major Fortune 500 company, and defined the
strategic blueprint that governs policies, procedures, statements of direction and
guidelines to ensure success in e-Business. Mr. Bathurst has been involved in all phases
of software production including architecture, design, and development. Further, he was
responsible for defining an IT infrastructure strategy to ensure the most cost-effective
use of IT resources. Mr. Bathurst lead the design and development of numerous
enterprise-wide, client/server based applications.
In 1998 he founded SCB Consulting to provide software design and development services to
corporate clients in central Maryland. Prior to that, he founded InfoNapse Systems in
1986, a software design and development firm specializing in OS/2 and DOS based
applications software.
Mr. Bathurst's background includes 14 years in digital electronics, data communications
and high-speed networking. Mr. Bathurst attended Villa Julie college in Maryland. He holds
over 12 patents, trademarks, and copyrights for commercial computer software.
Mr. Marc Frega serves a chief tribal counselor to the netVillage team.
He is also a principal of Dialsoft Inc., a leading Internet facilities integrator that holds over 60 software titles engineered specifically for our online platform. In his various roles, Mr. Frega has long been held as an industry expert in identifying, developing, and directing the most effective online communications strategies for remote network access. He specializes in
worldwide office voice/data solutions and client data delivery methods via proprietary networks and the Internet.
Mr. Frega's corporate background includes financial industry and software innovation industry experience. He served as Lead Network Administrator for Randall Helms International, a firm specializing in financial data integration for emerging markets. Mr. Frega supported the growth of the firm up to its acquisition in 1996 by FAME Information Systems, he was then appointed MIS manager by FAME. He has more than 12 years of experience in online communications software and technical engineering, serving in both in-house corporate and agency roles.
Mr. Tony Burgess serves as
controller. Tony graduated from University of Florida in 92, and has over 12 years
experience in the finance & accounting field. Prior to that he worked several
years for a NYSE firm as a broker before becoming the controller for a group of 4 star
restaurants in Ft. Lauderdale.
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