Teknowledge Leadership
Company Executives
·
Neil Jacobstein - President and Chief
Executive Officer
· Benedict O'Mahoney - Vice President
of Administration, Legal Affairs
· Michael Kaplan - Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
· Robert Balzer - Chief Technical
Officer and Program Manager of Distributed Systems
Management Team
· Kevin White - Director of Financial Solutions Integration
Services
· Allan Terry - Director of Knowledge Systems
Board
of Directors
· Neil Jacobstein (Chairman)
· Dr. Larry E. Druffel
· Irwin Roth
. Benedict O'Mahoney
Company Executives
Neil
Jacobstein - President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jacobstein served as President and Chief Operating Officer
and a director of the Company since January 1993. He was
elected to the position of Chairman and CEO on November
22, 1999. After joining Teknowledge in 1984, Mr. Jacobstein
was promoted over a nine year period to: Senior Knowledge
Engineer, Manager of the Research and Advanced Development
Group, Vice President and General Manager of Research and
Advanced Systems Development, and Vice President and General
Manager of the Knowledge Systems Division. He ran Teknowledge's
only profitable division for 8 years, prior to turning around
the Company and making it profitable in 1994. Mr. Jacobstein
initiated Teknowledge's eCommerce business unit in 1996.
In 1998, he was appointed to the Technology Advisory Board
of the U.S. Army's Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation
Command (STRICOM). Prior to joining Teknowledge, he was
a Graduate Research Intern and consultant at Xerox PARC,
and a Research Associate at CBNS. Mr. Jacobstein received
his BS in Environmental Science Summa cum Laude from the
University of Wisconsin, and an MS in Human Ecology from
the University of Texas, in conjunction with NASA's Environmental
Physiology Simulation Program. Since 1992, he has served
as the Chairman of the board of directors of the Institute
for Molecular Manufacturing, a nonprofit organization. In
1999, Mr. Jacobstein was elected a Henry Crown Fellow in
the Aspen Institute's executive leadership program.
Benedict O'Mahoney - Vice President
of Administration and Legal Affairs
Mr. O'Mahoney is an attorney with fifteen years corporate
experience and nine years intellectual property experience.
He has represented high-technology clients in licensing
and financing transactions and has provided advice on deal
structures, contracts, legal rights, and intellectual property
strategies. He has skills and experience in product development,
technology transfer agreements, dispute resolution, arbitration,
and litigation. Before joining Teknowledge in 1996, Benedict
founded a private law practice, developing and implementing
intellectual property management strategies for high-tech
software companies. He also served as General Counsel for
a financial services company; bank examiner for the Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco; and Assistant to Crown Counsel
and Inspector, Offices of the Attorney General and Narcotics
Bureau, Royal Hong Kong Police. Benedict has a B.A. degree
from San Francisco State University and a J.D. from University
of Santa Clara. He is admitted to practice in courts in
California, Washington, D.C., Illinois, U. S. District (Northern
District of California), and U.S. Court of Appeals (Ninth
Judicial District).
Michael Kaplan - Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Kaplan was the Director of Finance for OnVantage from 2003 to 2005. He was the
Director of Finance for Think3 from 2001 to 2002. He was a finance and management consultant
for TMP Worldwide from 1997 to 2001, and an independent finance consultant from 1994 to 1996.
He worked as an analyst on Wall Street from 1983 to 1994. Mr. Kaplan has an MBA from
Columbia and a BA from Cornell.
Robert Balzer - Chief Technical
Officer and Program Manager of Distributed Systems
Dr.
Robert (Bob) Balzer joined Teknowledge as its Chief Technical
Officer and head of its Distributed Systems Program in July
of 2000.
After
several years at the Rand Corporation, Dr. Balzer co-founded
the University of Southern California's Information Sciences
Institute (which now has a staff of approximately 300).
Balzer was Professor of Computer Science at USC and Director
of ISI's Software Sciences Division. He has served as Chairman
or Co-chair of numerous key national and international software
engineering and artificial intelligence conferences. Balzer
was elected a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial
Intelligence in 1993.
Management Team
Kevin White - Director of Financial Solutions
Integration Services
Kevin is committed to excellence in software integration
services to ensure customer success. He has experience
in hands-on technical and executive leadership
with a track record of successful products and
services applications, and a strong focus on engineering
reliable, scalable, and robust systems. Kevin has
been associated with Teknowledge for the past 4
years as a contractor working on projects for Adhesion
Technologies, Bank of Bermuda, Fiserv, Pacific
Capital, and Wells Fargo. Prior to joining Teknowledge,
Kevin was President of Innovius, Inc. and had done
extensive consulting in large-scale database architecture
designs and web infrastructures. Kevin has also
held positions as Chief Data Architect and Project
Manger of Web Development at eBalance, Inc., Chief
Data Architect and Director of Electronic Commerce
at Waltrip and Associates, and as a Computer Science
Engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.
Kevin holds a B.S. in Computer Science Math/Science
with a Minor in Mathematics from California State
University, Chico and a M.S. in Computer Science
and a Certificate in Computer Simulation from California
State University, Chico. Kevin also received an
Oracle Master Certificate from Oracle in 1998.
Allan Terry - Director of Knowledge Systems
In his more than twenty years at Teknowledge, Allan has
had an exceptionally broad range of responsibilities and
duties. He currently leads efforts to apply Artificial Intelligence
techniques to solving real-world problems for government
and commercial customers. He has had responsibility for
advanced personalization and knowledge-based web interaction
products, including Sales Associate, a product whose creation
he spearheaded. He has been senior knowledge engineer and
project leader for many expert-system efforts such as an
order-configuration assistant for a major computer manufacturer,
a trouble-shooting system for fiberglass production, and
an audit planning system for a major accounting firm. Allan
has been product manager and technical lead for Teknowledge's
M.4 expert-system tool product and for Enterprise/Dx, an
expert-system product specialized for solving diagnosis
problems. As a program manager and principal scientist,
he has initiated and led numerous government and commercial
research and development activities, specializing in diagnosis
and configuration. Allan holds a B.A. in Computer Science
and Applied Math from Univ. California, Berkeley, and M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in Information and Computer Science from
U.C., Irvine.
Board of Directors
Neil
Jacobstein - Chairman of the Board
Mr. Jacobstein served as President and Chief Operating Officer
and a director of the Company since January 1993. He was
elected to the position of Chairman and CEO on November
22, 1999. After joining Teknowledge in 1984, Mr. Jacobstein
was promoted over a nine year period to: Senior Knowledge
Engineer, Manager of the Research and Advanced Development
Group, Vice President and General Manager of Research and
Advanced Systems Development, and Vice President and General
Manager of the Knowledge Systems Division. He ran Teknowledge's
only profitable division for 8 years, prior to turning around
the Company and making it profitable in 1994. Mr. Jacobstein
initiated Teknowledge's eCommerce business unit in 1996.
In 1998, he was appointed to the Technology Advisory Board
of the U.S. Army's Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation
Command (STRICOM). Prior to joining Teknowledge, he was
a Graduate Research Intern and consultant at Xerox PARC,
and a Research Associate at CBNS. Mr. Jacobstein received
his BS in Environmental Science Summa cum Laude from the
University of Wisconsin, and an MS in Human Ecology from
the University of Texas, in conjunction with NASA's Environmental
Physiology Simulation Program. Since 1992, he has served
as the Chairman of the board of directors of the Institute
for Molecular Manufacturing, a nonprofit organization. In
1999, Mr. Jacobstein was elected a Henry Crown Fellow in
the Aspen Institute's executive leadership program.
Dr. Larry E. Druffel
Dr. Druffel is President and Director of the South Carolina
Research Authority, Chairman of the Board of the Advanced
Technology Institute, and a member of the Board of the South
Carolina Technology Alliance, all private, non-profit corporations.
He was a director of the Software Engineering Institute
at Carnegie Mellon University from 1986 to 1996. Dr. Druffel
has served as the Director of Computer Software and Systems,
Office of Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research
and Advanced Technology. He holds a doctorate in Computer
Science from the University of London. Larry has been a
Teknowledge director since 1997.
Irwin T. Roth
Mr. Roth was elected to the Board of Directors in May, 2005. Mr. Roth
fills the vacancy created by the departure of Mr. Lustig in April, 2005.
Irwin Roth is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of V Entertainment, Ltd,
On-Line Entertainment Network, Inc., and Color Q, Inc. He is a Director
of Com-Guard, Inc. In past years, he has served as a director and officer
of numerous companies. Mr. Roth has been a practicing attorney for
over 45 years in New York City, where he specializes in securities and
entertainment law. He received his B.A. degree in Political Science in
1952, and a Juris Doctor degree in 1955 from the University of Michigan.
Benedict O'Mahoney - Vice President of Administration
and Legal Affairs
Mr. O'Mahoney is an attorney with fifteen years corporate
experience and nine years intellectual property experience.
He has represented high-technology clients in licensing
and financing transactions and has provided advice on
deal structures, contracts, legal rights, and intellectual
property strategies. He has skills and experience in product
development, technology transfer agreements, dispute resolution,
arbitration, and litigation. Before joining Teknowledge
in 1996, Benedict founded a private law practice, developing
and implementing intellectual property management strategies
for high-tech software companies. He also served as General
Counsel for a financial services company; bank examiner
for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; and Assistant
to Crown Counsel and Inspector, Offices of the Attorney
General and Narcotics Bureau, Royal Hong Kong Police.
Benedict has a B.A. degree from San Francisco State University
and a J.D. from University of Santa Clara. He is admitted
to practice in courts in California, Washington, D.C.,
Illinois, U. S. District (Northern District of California),
and U.S. Court of Appeals (Ninth Judicial District).
