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.
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Hoyt Mann
Cofounder and President
As co-founder and president, Hoyt oversees all operational aspects of the business, including sales, marketing, service delivery, and customer support. His extensive resume encompasses over 15 years as an innovator, entrepreneur, and overall technical evangelist with leading Dallas-based companies, including EDS, EpicRealm, MCI and OpenConnect Systems.
Before forming PhaseWare Inc., Hoyt served as director of engineering for RamQuest Software, providing executive support to Founder and CEO Randall Nelson. In another key executive position, Hoyt served as senior technical evangelist for EpicRealm, a content delivery network services company.
Among his most memorable achievements, Hoyt counts winning the Discovery Award for PaperlessCloser at RamQuest, developing cutting-edge Java software applications at OpenConnect Systems and launching Pepsi.com while at EDS. He holds a bachelor of business degree in business computer information systems from the University of North Texas.