Jim Bartoo
Chief Executive Officer
Jim joined The Hive Group in January 2003 as Vice President and General Manager.  He was promoted to CEO in January 2007.  Jim has more than 16 years of experience in the software and information technology industries.  Prior to joining The Hive Group, Jim was Director of Business Development at Business Objects (www.businessobjects.com), responsible for the company's extranet line of business.  Before Business Objects, he was a Managing Principal at Oracle Corporation (www.oracle.com) within the Change Management consulting practice.  Prior to Oracle, he worked as a management consultant at EDS (www.eds.com).  Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.

Evan Carey
Vice President, Engineering
Evan has developed and delivered software solutions for over 18 years.  He has successfully led software development projects for visual simulation systems used in commercial and military applications at Hughes Simulation Systems (now L-3 Communications) (www.link.com) and Camber Corporation (www.cambertx.com); designed and implemented telecommunication service data point software for Ericsson (www.ericsson.com); and developed embedded real-time instrument control systems at Zyvex Corporation (www.zyvex.com).  Evan holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Paul Hargis
Chief Software Architect
Paul has 20 years of experience in software architecture and design, spanning real-time programming, hardware-software integration, low-level device drivers, and front-end GUI tools.  He has worked in flight simulation for General Dynamics (www.generaldynamics.com) and Camber Corp (www.cambertx.com), as a consulting engineer for Wind River (www.windriver.com), and as a 3D graphics programmer for Computer Associates (www.ca.com).  Paul has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Carter Wilson
Vice President, Business Development
Carter has delivered information technology solutions to the commercial and public sectors for more than 14 years.  Before joining The Hive Group in 2005, Carter was responsible for managing advanced visualization projects for US Department of Defense customers at Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) (www.ctc.com).  Carter was originally a customer of the Hive Group.  In 2002, he introduced Honeycomb for use in a US Department of Defense application which ultimately received five prestigious awards.  Prior to his tenure at CTC, Carter owned a small consulting firm that provided software services to commercial and public sector clients, including the United States Navy (www.navy.mil), MTV (www.mtv.com), Radiofone (now Alltel) (www.alltel.com), and Dockside Software (now Ports America) (www.portsamerica.com).  Carter holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Southern California.

H. William Jesse
From 1986 through 1998, H. William Jesse, Jr. was Chairman and President of HWJesse&Co, the predecessor of Jesse.Hansen&Co.  He remains Chairman of Jesse.Hansen&Co, and also serves as Chairman and CEO of Vineyard Properties of California, Inc.  Bill serves on a number of boards of directors including Peet's Coffee and Tea, Inc., The Wine Group, Inc., ExTerra Credit Recovery, The 3DO Company, food.com, and PlanetOut Partners, Inc.  He has previously served on the boards of AdExpress, Inc., Aidells Sausage Company, Gilroy Canning Co., Sierra Quality Canners, Inc., Smith Sport Optics, Inc., Sonic Force, LLC, Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., Stanislaus Food Products Company, Sterling Payot Company, Telogy, Inc., TransOcean Ltd., Western Athletic Clubs, and Wired Ventures, Inc.

Tony Jewitt
Tony has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and business development within the information technology industry.  Prior to serving as CEO of The Hive Group, Tony was Senior Vice President of Marketing at InStranet (www.instranet.com) where he oversaw all areas of product strategy, corporate and product positioning, and managed all corporate-level marketing functions, including product marketing, corporate communications, market intelligence, and InStranet's customer advisory board.  Prior to InStranet, Tony was Group Vice President of Extranet Business Development at Business Objects (www.businessobjects.com) where he led the company's pioneering work in extranets and e-business.  Before joining Business Objects, he served as Director of Business Development for Oracle Corporation's Education Division (www.oracle.com) and worked as a consultant and systems engineer at EDS (www.eds.com).  Tony holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Josephy P. Urso
Joe Urso has served as CEO and Chairman of the Board at Aerus (formerly Electrolux USA) since 1998, when Aerus was acquired by Engles Urso Follmer Capital Corporation (EUCC).  Joe has served as President and CEO of EUCC since its establishment in 1994.  Joe sits on a number of boards of directors, including Tristar Enterprises, and Evercom, Inc.  Prior to the formation of EUCC, Mr. Urso was a founding partner of Stutzman & Bromberg, P.C., where he practiced law from 1984.

Pierluigi Zappacosta
Pierluigi Zappacosta is CEO of Sierra Sciences, Inc. an anti-aging biotechnology company, Chairman of Digital Persona, a fingerprint biometrics company, and Chairman of Quindi, a software productivity tools company.  In 1981 Mr. Zappacosta was a co-founder of Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI).  From 1981 to 1998 he held a variety of managing roles, including president and CEO.  He was instrumental in making Logitech one of the best-known brands of the computer industry and in taking it public in Switzerland in 1988 and on NASDAQ in 1997.  Mr. Zappacosta attended the University of Rome, Italy (Laura in Electrical Engineering, "cum laude") and Stanford University (M.S. in Computer Science).  He is a trustee-elect of the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think-tank.

Jim Bartoo, CEO
See above.

Pär Arvidsson
Pär Arvidsson is currently founder and Managing Director of Snowshoe Capital, LLC, a principal investor in and advisor to emerging growth companies.  Previously, Pär was a co-founder and Managing Director of GameChange, LLC, an early-stage venture capital fund created in partnership with Accenture and SOFTBANK Venture Capital.  In addition to overseeing a portfolio of companies, Pär was actively investing in the areas of enterprise software and services, Internet infrastructure solutions, web services, and security services.

Yo Delmar
Yo Delmar joined The Hive Group as interim CEO in April, 2002.  She has over 25 years experience in the information technology industry and has served as an executive of technology companies for over 15 years.  During that time, Yo has been responsible for running operations for organizations ranging from 30 to 300 professionals, at the regional, national, and international level, in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom.  Over the past three years, she has held roles of COO and Vice President in technology start-ups, leading them through the critical first growth stages.

Timothy S.H. Ome
Timothy Ome is currently a partner with Profile Venture Partners, specializing in early stage software companies with applications in the financial services industry.  Mr. Ome's career spans over 20 years in which he has held senior positions in investment banking, management consulting, and venture capital.  Tim initially spent over 15 years on Wall Street with Lehman Brothers as a Senior VP and with BancAmerica Securities as a Managing Director.  He was also a Managing Director with Arthur Andersen's Corporate Finance Technology Group in Silicon Valley.  He has been involved with technology start-ups as well as electronic firms in the US and Asia.

Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman developed the treemap concept in 1991 and has participated in developing several implementations.  He is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Founding Director (1983-2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory, and Member of the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and the Institute for Systems Research, all at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Dr. Shneiderman is the author of "Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction" (fourth edition April 2004).  He co-authored "Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think" with Stu Card and Jock Mackinlay, and "The Craft of Information Visualization: Readings and Reflections" with Ben Bederson.  Ben's vision of the future is presented in his October 2002 book "Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies."