nuBridges is honored to have a
distinguished Board of Directors who share their deep
experience in business management and technology innovation
to benefit our customers and our shareholders.
C. Tycho Howle
Tycho Howle founded nuBridges, Inc. in the spring of 2001
and currently serves as its Chairman. Tycho is a pioneer in the eBusiness arena having
founded Harbinger Computer Services in March 1983. Tycho
grew Harbinger to become a world-class e-Commerce firm with
more than 1,000 employees, 40,000 active customers, and
annual revenues exceeding $155 million. Tycho served as both
Chairman and CEO for most of his 17-year tenure with
Harbinger, and led the company through its many phases of
growth including an IPO in 1995.
He was instrumental in the creation of Harbinger EDI
Services and Harbinger Net Services, a joint venture with
Bellsouth. Prior to founding Harbinger, Tycho worked with
McKinsey & Company, Hewlett Packard and Booz, Allen &
Hamilton.
Tycho has received numerous awards for his contribution to
e-business such as being named one of the "25 Unsung Heroes
on the Internet" by Inter@active Week in 1998, selection as
the 1997 Entrepreneur of the Year in Emerging Technologies
for the Southeastern US, selection as Georgia's Businessman
of the Year by the Georgia Security Dealer's Association in
1999, and was the 2002 inductee into the Georgia Technology
Hall of Fame.
Tycho has served as a Director for a number of public and
private companies.
Tycho is also a very active participant in community
activities serving or having served on several non-profit
boards including SciTrek (the Atlanta Science Museum), the
Atlanta Symphony, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Foundation, the Atlanta Alzheimer's Association, the Harvard
Business School Alumni Association, the Clemson University
Foundation, the Clemson University Research Foundation, and
the Atlanta Rotary. Tycho is also a member of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce and serves on its Board of Advisors.
Finally, Tycho recently joined the Carter Center Board of
Councilors, a leadership advisory group that promotes
understanding of and support for the Carter Center in
advancing peace and health around the world.
In the mid-'90s, Tycho and his family formed the C. Tycho
and Marie Howle Charitable Foundation, which has made more
than 450 grants to support education, healthcare, the
homeless, and the arts. These grants were made principally
to organizations based in the Southeast.
Tycho has a B.S. in Physics (minor-Computer Science) and an
M.S. in Systems Engineering from Clemson University. He also
holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
Jere Drummond
Jere Drummond is the retired Vice-Chairman of BellSouth
Corporation, a $26 billion dollar full service
telecommunications provider. As Vice-Chairman, he was
responsible for public relations, advertising, brand
management, and regulatory and external affairs. During Mr.
Drummond's 39-year career at Bellsouth, he held roles of
increasing responsibility that spanned all functional areas
such as finance, operations, regulatory and general
management. His most recent role prior to becoming Vice
Chairman was as President and Chief Executive Officer of
BellSouth Communications Group where he oversaw all of the
company's regulated telephone operations. Mr. Drummond
graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology and he
holds master's degrees from Georgia State and the Sloan
School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr.
Drummond is a Director of several community service and
corporate Boards.
Dan Giannini
Dan Giannini serves as an executive advisor at the Advanced
Technology Development Center of the Georgia Institute of
Technology. Additionally, Dan has served as a director of
NxStage Medical, Inc. (NXTM) since October 2005. In June
2005, he retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP after a
more than 30-year career as a Certified Public Accountant
where he led the Technology, Information, Communications,
and Entertainment practice at the firm's Atlanta office. Dan
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from LaSalle University.
Don House
Don House is an active private investor and business
consultant for a number of early-stage technology companies.
Prior to his activities as an investor and consultant, he
developed his expertise in sales, marketing and general
management during a nineteen-year career with Management
Science America, Inc. (MSA), the software industry pioneer,
where he retired as Executive Vice President of the
corporation in 1987. Later, after serving as President of
Prentice Hall Professional software, he helped launch SQL
Financials, Inc. (now Clarus Corporation) serving as its
President and Chairman. He serves on a number of public and
private company corporate Boards as well as academic and
technology community advisory Boards. His many years of
service to the Georgia technology community were recognized
by his induction into the Georgia Technology Hall of Fame in
October 2000. Mr. House holds both a Bachelor's and Master's
degree in Science from Georgia Tech.
Benn Konsynski
Benn Konsynski is the George S. Craft Professor of Business
Administration at the Goizueta Business School of Emory
University. Prior to assuming his position at Emory, Dr.
Konsynski served on faculty at the Harvard Business School
and the University of Arizona, where he co-founded the
university's multi-million dollar group decision support
laboratory. Dr. Konsynski specializes in issues of
inter-organizational systems, electronic data interchange,
channel systems, electronic integration and the electronic
marketplace. He is a noted author and has been published in
a number of journals. Dr. Konsynski also consults for a
number of Fortune-class companies throughout the nation. He
holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University.
Greg Morrison
Greg Morrison is vice president and chief information
officer for Cox Enterprises, Inc., one of the nation's
leading media companies and providers of automotive
services. He is responsible for technology planning for all
corporate headquarters operations. He previously served as
vice president of information systems at Prudential
Financial, Inc., where he progressed through the ranks from
1989 to 2000. He briefly left Prudential to become chief
operating officer and chief information officer for
RealEstate.com in 2000; then he rejoined the company later
that year as vice president of information systems. Prior to
joining Prudential, Morrison served in the United States
Army Signal Corps for seven years. Greg serves on the board
of trustees for Clark Atlanta University and on the board of
directors for both TechBridge and the Georgia CIO Leadership
Association. He was named one the top 50 Most Important
Blacks in Technology by U.S. Black Engineer (USBE) magazine
in 2005. Greg earned a bachelor's degree in Science from
South Carolina State University and a master's degree in
science from Northwestern University.
Charlie Moseley
Charles D. Moseley is the founding General Partner of Noro-Moseley
Partners, a venture capital organization based in Atlanta.
Approximately $600 million of venture capital has been
managed by Noro-Moseley since its inception in 1983, and its
Limited Partners include U.S. and European institutional and
individual investors. Noro-Moseley has invested in over 130
companies, particularly in the information and medical
technology industries. Most of the companies have their
headquarters in the Southern part of the U.S. Prior to
forming Noro-Moseley, Charlie was Senior VP and a Director
of The Robinson-Humphrey Company. He was responsible for
that Company’s corporate investment banking business.
Charlie is an Elder at Trinity Presbyterian Church and
serves on the Boards of several private companies and the
Georgia Tech Foundation, Metropolitan Atlanta Boys & Girls
Club and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Charlie is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology
with a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree and from
the Harvard Business School with a Master of Business
Administration degree in 1968. He is married to the former
Brenda Breedlove, and they have two children and four
grandchildren.
Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan, now an independent technology entrepreneur in
Atlanta, most recently served as general manager of IBM
Internet Security Systems (ISS) following IBM’s 2006
acquisition of ISS. Tom Noonan was the founder, Chairman,
President and CEO of ISS, a leading global provider of
information protection solutions that secure IT
infrastructure and key online information assets. Mr. Noonan
was responsible for the overall strategic direction, growth
and management of the company. Since launching ISS in early
1995, he had grown revenue to over $330 million in its first
decade and built the company to over 1000 employees. Prior
to co-founding ISS, Mr. Noonan held senior management
positions while at Dun and Bradstreet Software, including
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing. Before joining D&B
Software, he specialized in advanced, automated control
systems for computer-integrated manufacturing. Mr. Noonan
was awarded Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in
1999. Mr. Noonan holds a mechanical engineering degree from
Georgia Tech and a business degree from Harvard University.
Bill Nussey
Bill Nussey is the President and CEO of Silverpop Systems,
Inc., a developer of software that helps sales and marketing
professionals generate leads, close business and retain
customers. Prior to Silverpop, Mr. Nussey was President and
CEO of iXL, Inc., a publicly traded eBusiness consulting
firm servicing clients such as Chase, Delta Airlines, FedEx,
GE and Virgin, where he was named the most influential
consultant in the world by Consulting Magazine. He has also
held positions in Greylock Management Corporation, a venture
capital firm, and was the Founder and CEO of DaVinci
Systems, a developer of e-mail applications. Mr. Nussey
holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Paul Olson
Paul L. H. 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, Mr. Olson
joined the leadership team at Bethel University in St. Paul,
Minnesota, where he served as executive vice president. Mr.
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.
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