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Team
Our greatest asset, the Conducive Technology team, is comprised of highly talented individuals with
expertise in a number of key areas. As a group, we have many years of experience developing,
marketing and maintaining distributed software systems.
Jeff Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Jeff Kennedy has been Conducive's Chief Executive Officer since the company's formation in September
2001, and his vision and expertise help set the strategic direction of the company. Prior, Jeff was
CEO of Sight & Sound Software from its inception in 1993 until the company's merger with Datalex in
2000. While with Datalex, Jeff served as Chief Executive Officer for the Americas.
As the co-founder of Sight & Sound, Jeff was instrumental in leading the company as it grew to
produce multi-million-dollar revenues. Originally a small software-development firm, Sight & Sound
grew to become one of the leading product and technical service providers in online travel, the
Internet's largest e-commerce segment. In the six years prior to merging with Datalex, the company
consistently maintained profitability, winning several awards for the fastest-growing small companies,
as well as a Product of the Year award in 1999 for its BookSmart booking engine.
Jeff's past experience includes 11 years at Tektronix, where he worked as an engineer designing
integrated circuits before moving into product marketing. He holds a bachelor's of science degree
in electrical engineering from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of Oregon.
Tod Hutchinson, Chief Financial Officer, Director
Tod Hutchinson has been Conducive's Chief Financial Officer since the company's formation in
September 2001, and he works closely with Jeff Kennedy to set and implement the strategic direction
of the company. Tod brings more than 15 years of corporate finance and operating experience to
Conducive Technology. Before joining Sight & Sound in February 2000, he spent the previous two years
at Metro One Telecommunications, Inc., a provider of enhanced directory assistance and information
services for the telecommunications industry. As Metro One's Vice President of Finance, he was
actively involved in the company's financial and corporate development activities, including a public
equity offering and private debt placements.
Prior to Metro One, Tod served as CFO for various start-up and early-stage companies. In addition,
he has five years of venture capital experience with InterVen Partners, Inc., and three years of
public accounting experience with Price Waterhouse, LLP. He is a former certified public accountant
and holds a Bachelors degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters degree
in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.
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Steve Wilson, Chief Technology Officer
Steve Wilson joined Conducive Technology's engineering team in 1998 and
accepted the position of Chief Technology Officer in 2004. In this role, he
works to evangelize the technical vision for Conducive Technology, organize
the implementation and consulting efforts, and deliver innovative solutions
for the logistics market. He recently held the post of senior engineer
within Conducive helping to develop a flexible web services delivery model
for its Pathfinder platform.
Steve's experience spans over 8 years in a variety of technical consulting
roles for the travel and financial services industry working with clients
such as Air Canada and Vail Resorts. He has wide experience implementing
technical solutions using a variety of distributed technologies and
platforms including J2EE, .NET, and Web Services.
Steve holds a bachelor's of business administration in finance from Boise
State University. He is currently completing work towards an MBA in
accounting from the University of Phoenix and has received certifications in
the Java programming language from Sun Microsystems.
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Meara McLaughlin, Director of Marketing
Meara McLaughlin joined the Conducive team in May 2004 to help steer and implement branding and
communications as they add new product lines to their offerings. Meara brings more than fifteen
years of experience in travel information services. Most recently as Director of Air Services for
Stratus Rewards, LLC designing and implementing the world's first executive charter rewards program
for a high-end credit card. Prior to that, for nearly fourteen years, she served as Publisher and
then VP for Online Services for Air Charter Guide (1989-2003), the definitive data resource, GDS
and online booking engine for executive air charter. Under her leadership and marketing direction,
the online services grew to become the worldwide information standard on the subject.
In those roles, Meara worked closely with corporate travel markets, travel information aggregators
and travel procurement software providers. This experience and industry knowledge will help her to
direct the development and marketing of the FlightStats product to these industries.
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Mark Tilden, Director
Mark Tilden left Tektronix to found Sight & Sound Software in 1993 after nearly 17 years in software
and hardware engineering and engineering management roles. He has extensive experience leading
technology development projects, and holds a patent for technology he developed at Tektronix. Mark's
technical leadership placed him in strategic planning and product definition.
After founding Sight & Sound, Mark spearheaded the company's work in the on-line travel technology
sector. He was responsible for the development of American Airlines' Personal AAccess product, which
provided user-friendly air, car, and hotel reservations capability on a PC without using the Internet.
Mark is a well-known, published consultant in on-line travel technology, and he has spoken at numerous
travel and technology conferences throughout the world. He holds a bachelors degree in electrical
engineering and has completed course work toward a masters in Computer Science.
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