Randall Nelson
Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer
As co-founder and CEO, Randall
Nelson leads PhaseWare’s efforts to create highly
sophisticated and affordable business-process and
customer-support tools for the small and mid-sized
market. Randall oversees technology and product
development and provides overall strategic direction
and executive leadership.
Before forming PhaseWare, Randall
founded and built RamQuest, a successful 15-year
businessware development company. Randall’s early experience as a
contract software developer led to his decision to
launch his own company. After selling RamQuest, he
immediately began work on building another venture,
PhaseWare. Randall’s experience in software
development and business start-ups ensures that
PhaseWare will continue to bring innovative
technologies to the market.
Randall enlisted in the Army after
graduating from high school in Missoula, Mont. Two
years into his enlistment, he was accepted at the
United States Military Academy at West Point,
N.Y. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree
and subsequently served as an armor officer at Ft.
Hood and in the first Gulf War.
Hoyt Mann
Cofounder and President
As co-founder and president,
Hoyt’s oversees all operational aspects of the
business, including engineering, service delivery,
and customer support. His extensive resume
encompasses nearly 14 years as an innovator,
entrepreneur, and overall technical evangelist with
leading Dallas-based companies, including EDS, MCI
and OpenConnect Systems.
Before forming PhaseWare Inc.,
Hoyt served as director of engineering for RamQuest
Software, providing executive support to Randall
Nelson in software engineering. In another key
executive position, Hoyt served as senior technical
evangelist for EpicRealm, a content management
services company.
Among his most memorable
achievements, Hoyt counts winning the Discovery
Award for PaperlessCloser at RamQuest, developing a
cutting-edge Java software applications at
OpenConnect Systems and launching Pepsi.com while at
EDS. He holds a bachelor of business arts degree in
business computer information systems from the
University of North Texas.
