| Management Team |
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Jim Stritzinger
President |
Prior to founding RevolutionD, Jim served as Vice
President and General Manager of Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions
(Nasdaq: MSFT) which was headquartered in Fargo, ND. He was responsible the
75-member Solomon consulting team that was located in Atlanta, Dallas,
Pleasanton (CA) and Wilmington, DE.
In 1990, Jim founded ClearView Software, Inc. and
served as President. ClearView consisted of a 48-person consulting team that was
located in Atlanta, Dallas, and Wilmington (DE). In September '98, after
achieving a profitable, 5-year revenue growth rate of 2300%, ClearView was
acquired by Solomon Software (Findlay, OH) to become the Solomon Technology
Center (STC). The STC was responsible for custom software development,
consulting, technical support, application training, and database conversion
services for Solomon's 40,000 worldwide customers. During this time, Jim was
part of Solomon's Sr. Management Team and was responsible for four US offices
and a consulting team that had now grown to consist of 75 members. In June 2000,
Great Plains Software (formerly Nasdaq: GPSI) - Solomon's #1 competitor -
acquired Solomon. Then, in Dec 2000, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire
Great Plains.
Between 1988 and 1990, Jim joined The Data Place Inc. (his family's
business) and served as Vice President of Customer Support. During that time he
installed numerous PC networks and was responsible for all types of customer
support issues.
Between 1986 and 1988, Jim worked for General Electric Corporation as a
Field Engineer in Charlotte, NC. He was responsible for performing all types of
installation and service work on plant equipment such as programmable logic
controllers (PLC's), high voltage switchgear, motor control centers, drive
units, and transformers.
Between 1983 and 1986 (while attending NC State), Jim
worked for IBM Corporation and served as a Marketing Support Assistant at the
IBM Product Center in Raleigh. He was responsible for configuring PC's and
training customers to use their newly purchased computers.
Jim is a Microsoft
Certified Professional (MCP), Novell Certified Netware Engineer (CNE), and holds
a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University (Raleigh).
Jim is currently serving as a board member for the
Lighthouse Group, a financial software consulting firm with locations in Atlanta
and Pasadena. In addition, he is very active in the Hilton Head community
serving as a board member for the Greater Beaufort-Hilton Head Economic
Development Partnership and the Technical College of the Lowcountry. Jim is
Co-Chairman of the Technology Committee for the Economic Development Partnership
and is a member of the Leadership Hilton Head-Bluffton class of 2003. |
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John Covert
VP Development - Client Components |
John joined Revolution D in September
2002. From July 2001 to September 2002, he was Director of Software Development
for Accountable Software, an MBS ISV, where he led the software development
team responsible for earning the organization the distinction of Global
Solution Developer of the Year. Prior to joining Accountable Software, he
held senior software engineering roles at Scott Paper Company, ClearView
Software, Inc., Solomon Software, Inc. and Great Plains Software, Inc. He has
over 17 years of experience providing custom software and consulting services
to end user organizations in a broad range of businesses and disciplines.
John holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Widener
University. |
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Joe Mezera
VP Development - Server Components |
Joe joined Revolution D in September 2002.
From June of 1999 to July of 2001, Joe was VP, Software Engineering and
co-founder of EC Outlook, a software company and application service
provider specializing in business-to-business transactions. Prior to
that, Joe worked as a software developer for Sterling Commerce, recognized as
an industry leader in B2B system integration software and services, and has
spent a significant number of years consulting and developing
custom desktop and web-based database applications. Joe has over 14 years
of software development and consulting experience, with extensive database
development skills and experience in desktop, client/server and web
development. Joe holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Denison University. |
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