Alcove9 is proud to introduce our Advisory Board members. Each member brings a strong background in their individual fields. Together they will be a powerful asset to Alcove9, making a substantial contribution to how we serve the market and the community.
We look forward to them helping us to challenge the status quo, watch the marketplace, refine our strategic and competitive position and build a stronger company.
We feel lucky to have such a talented set of eyes focused on helping us to create a better and stronger company that provides a product and service that has genuine value to the client-company and the end-user.
Alcove9 welcomes (alphabetically):
Aaron Fulkerson
Aaron Roe Fulkerson of San Diego, California
Aaron Roe Fulkerson is co-founder and CEO of MindTouch, the leader in online help systems. As CEO of MindTouch, Aaron has grown the company from a small open source project to a widely respected brand in social business software with millions of users around the globe.
Aaron was a member of Microsoft’s Advanced Strategies and Policies division where he worked on distributed systems research. Aaron has also helped to launch several non-profits and businesses outside the software industry.
Ulrich Herter
Ulrich Herter of Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mr. Herter is the President of Seneca Investment Corporation which invests in numerous local and national companies dealing with software development and reselling, marketing and brand development, apparel design and sales, as well as sales and business development consulting. Until April of 2007, Mr. Herter served as the CEO of INCAT International, where he spearheaded the merger and acquisition of over a dozen companies and finally facilitated the complete sale of INCAT to the TATA Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate. The TATA Group has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, and more.
Mr. Herter holds an MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and a BA/Economics from the University of Freiburg, Germany. He has residences in both Sanibel, Florida and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Dr. Gustav Olling
Dr. Gustav J. Olling of Rochester Hills, Michigan
Dr. Olling is the current President of Rapid Product Creation, LLC, which is a company that provides leadership in the evaluation of research, development, and implementation of strategies and technologies for Digital Product Creation.
His impressive background includes executive positions with [Daimler] Chrysler Corporation in CAE/CAD/CAM R & D and has served as a professor and Chairman at Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, the Department of Manufacturing Engineering Technology and the Director of the Manufacturing Research Institute. He served 3 years in the U.S. Armed Forces and started his career as a Master Machinist.
Dr. Olling holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University, an M.A. from Bradley University, and an MS and BS from Northern Illinois University.
About Alcove9
Alcove9 provides on-prem search solutions for engineering and manufacturing teams to resolve the daily challenges of product data accessibility and unnecessary duplication. Since its initial release in the mid 2000’s, the a9 suite of solutions has helped more than 100 companies and 120,000 users quickly and easily find, view and use their data for timely decision-making and data reuse. Search-engine-like, browser-based and application-embedded interfaces enable users to search beyond naming conventions, meta data and file attributes. Search results include information from deep within each file, regardless of its content, format or location. No data migration or client-side installation is required, alleviating costly implementations and disruptive deployments. Alcove9 products are backed by a team of professionals with many years of experience in design and engineering efficiency, engineering applications integration and workflow analysis. For more information visit www.alcove9.com.
