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Executive Management
> Mike Nienhuis, President
> Brent Gushulak, Vice President Sales & Marketing
> William Ho, Founder and Chief Technical Officer
> Jeff Duffell, Founder and Managing Director of Mobisoft (UK)
> Jari-Pekka Frantsi, Director of Operations of Mobisoft (Finland)
> John Matthews, Manager Customer Services
Mike Nienhuis, President
Mr. Nienhuis has over 10 years of executive operations and general management experience in high growth, multi-location corporations. Prior to joining the StrataGen team his position was the General Manager of Sports and Giving at The Active Network, a provider of technology solutions and marketing services and recognized as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in the U.S.A. In his 14-year tenure in The Active Network, Mike has held several other senior management positions including Vice President of Operations, General Manager of Community Solutions and Vice President of Services. He has a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Simon Fraser University.
Brent Gushulak, Vice President Sales & Marketing
Mr. Gushulak has over 20 years of experience in sales management with an impressive history of consistently over-achieving sales goals while building and leading top flight sales teams. Brent previously worked for Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc., a Fortune 500 company, where he was promoted from Sales Client Executive to Regional Manager for Vancouver, BC. During his tenure, he achieved revenue targets of approximately $40 million a year. In addition, he planned and executed successful sales strategies for major accounts such as the Government of British Columbia, Telus, BC Hydro, and the Insurance Company of British Columbia (ICBC). Prior to that Mr. Gushulak worked for IBM Canada Ltd as a Marketing Manager. Brent has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Economics from the University of Regina.
Dr. William Ho, Founder and Chief Technical Officer
Dr. William Ho is recognized as a leading expert in routing and transportation software programs. He is responsible for technical direction and for keeping StrataGen at the leading edge of routing and distribution technology. William earned the Shell Foundation Faculty Fellowship for R&D in planning and scheduling systems while a Professor in Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. He has over 25 publications in constructive design and scheduling research. William has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois and a M.S. in Computer Science from Union College.
Jeff Duffell, Founder and Managing Director of Mobisoft (UK)
Jeff Duffell is responsible for the MobiRouter business unit in the UK. For a number of years Jeff worked as a consultant, assisting companies to adopt expert systems software solutions. Jeff then formed a partnership with Finnish Company Mobisoft Oy to form Mobisoft (UK) Ltd, and has directed the company for ten years. In total, Jeff has over 20 years’ experience in the electronics and computing industry with organizations such as International Computers Ltd, where he worked as a computer hardware design engineer, also at GenRad where he was Manager of high speed digital electronic design, and at Research Machines, as an operations manager. Jeff has an honours degree in Physics, an MBA and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in the UK.
Jari-Pekka Frantsi, Director of Operations of Mobisoft (Finland)
Jari-Pekka Frantsi is responsible for the MobiRouter Business unit in Finland. He has been working with Mobisoft since 1998 and has been the Director of Development and has managed projects for the MobiRouter application since its inception. Before joining Mobisoft, Jari-Pekka was both team manager and project manager for TietoEnator, one of the largest IT service providers in Europe, where he was responsible for large transport planning and logistics software projects in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Jari-Pekka graduated from Tampere University of Technology with a Master of Science (Eng.) degree.
John Matthews, Manager Customer Services
John Matthews is responsible for customer support services and implementations. John assisted William Ho in establishing the company in 1996. Prior to this John was employed for 13 years by the Spokane Transit Authority in various capacities, the most recent as Transportation Manager. John received the Community Transportation Association of America's Dedicated Service Award in 1994, and he is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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