Paul L. H. Olson

Paul Olson is CEO and President of nuBridges. Prior to assuming this role in September 2008, he served on the Company’s Board of Directors since early 2007. Mr. Olson is a business leader with extensive experience in  multiple industries from high technology and investment management, to professional athletics and education. Olson was a founding executive officer of Sterling Commerce, Inc., a major pacesetter in global e-commerce. In just over five years, as Group President, his leadership contributed to explosive growth resulting in 40,000 customers in 35 countries and revenue topping $600 million. In early 2000, SBC Communications, Inc. (AT&T, Inc) acquired the business for nearly $4 billion. After the acquisition, Olson joined the leadership team at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he served as executive vice president. Olson also served the Minnesota Vikings as a front office executive and was an early innovator in the use of information technology for game analysis and strategy. He is a board member and advisor for several companies, including nuBridges and Entegris, as well as non-profit organizations. He holds a doctorate in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and a BA in Mathematics from Macalester College.

Jim Morgan

Jim Morgan is Chief Financial Officer of nuBridges. In his role, he oversees all aspects of Finance and Administration including financial planning, reporting and analysis; investor relations, human resources, and office management. Prior to nuBridges, he was at CMI Marketing, a loyalty marketing company that develops and administers cross category loyalty programs. At CMI, Jim helped develop the financial infrastructure and systems to track and process member transactions with partner companies. Before CMI, Jim worked at Goldman, Sachs and Co. in the Fixed Income Division. As a part of the corporate institutional sales group, his clients included large mutual funds and insurance companies. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he worked for The Walt Disney Co. in the Corporate Operations Planning department. In that position, Jim worked with the company's various business units on financial matters including the preparation of monthly forecasts, annual operating plans, and capital spending proposals. Jim holds an MBA in Finance from The Anderson School at UCLA and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

Brad Childress

Brad Childress is Executive Vice President of Sales for nuBridges. Prior to joining nuBridges, Brad was President of The Complex Sale, Inc., a leading sales consulting and training firm where he was responsible for all company operations globally. In that role he worked with dozens of software companies such as Oracle, SAP and Manhattan Associates to achieve sales excellence by optimizing their sales processes.

Brad spent 13 years at MSA and Dun & Bradstreet Software, holding key executive roles in field sales and product marketing. Prior to MSA, he spent seven years at Automatic Data Processing (ADP). He is a graduate of Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management.
 

Kee Murray

Kee Murray is Executive Vice President of Operations, responsible for nuBridges Exchange Network and other managed services operations, Customer Service across all product lines and internal IT. Kee has more than 25 years of IT experience and has held executive positions at CheckFree and InterContinental Hotels Group. Kee’s 11-year career at CheckFree included Vice President of Application Support and Vice President of Infrastructure Technology Engineering. While at CheckFree Kee assisted in the company’s launch and establishment of a 6Sigma program, increasing the organization’s overall sustainable quality measurement from 3.8 to 4.45 Sigma; built high-performing leadership teams; and played key roles in vendor management, infrastructure optimization and scalability, and design and implementation of a standard distributed systems platform.

While Vice President of Enterprise System Engineering at InterContinental Hotels Group, Kee provided leadership and financial direction to upgrade the global hotel organization’s reservation and supporting systems to process more than 2,000 customer transactions per second. Strategic quality enhancements increased systems availability, supporting enhanced customer SLAs. Kee graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Data Processing.
 

Gary Palgon

In his role as Vice President of Product Management at nuBridges, Gary oversees product direction and development, as well as complementary implementation and eBusiness services. A seasoned enterprise software professional with broad experience in customer support, product marketing and product development, Gary brings more than 15 years of management experience to his role at nuBridges. Prior to joining nuBridges, Gary served as Director of Product Management for ZapMedia, a technology company bringing customized entertainment to consumers, and Director of Product Marketing for Idapta, a builder of e-marketplaces. He spent over 10 years at Geac Computer Systems, Inc. (formerly Dun and Bradstreet Software and MSA) where he managed the development and marketing of leading edge technologies used by large and medium enterprises including customer, employee and supplier self-service applications for Fortune 1000 customers. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).