Keith Patterson, Founder and CEO
An experienced technology marketer and entrepreneur, Keith leads the company's mission to develop a new generation of knowledge work tools that drive continuous innovation by combining left-and right-brain work styles. He incubated Itensil in 2002 at Adscience, an advertising and web developer, whose clients included Microsoft, Fujitsu, Countrywide and numerous "dot com" startup companies.

Keith previously co-founded tech advertising agency Patterson & Glen, was a copywriter for high tech marketing legend Regis McKenna and a product manager at Digital Equipment Corp. Keith has been at the nexus of creativity and technology since his undergraduate days, when he received a degree in political science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Grant Gongaware, Founder and CTO
Grant designed and built the acclaimed Itensil team workflow platform, drawing on his innovative work in pioneering the use of AJAX for a Gantt-based project manager. His numerous technology innovations include repurposing a high performance version Itensil’s process engine for Responsys’s “millions of Emails per-hour” requirements; and a publishing solution for the PocketPC division of Microsoft, for fast, feature-rich updates within very rigid Microsoft.com requirements.

Previous accomplishments include a client-server solution for Paramount Pictures for hosting real-time chats with celebrities; and hundreds of interactive web sites which included online games, rich media, and dynamic personalization. Grant earned his BS in computer science at University of Southern California and has instructed graduate comupter science classes at Univ of California Santa Barbara.

Mike Watson, Professional Services
Mike is a hands-on executive with broad experience in building motivated teams delivering strong customer relationships and increased sales for leading software and consulting firms. He has a unique ability to understand the operational, financial, sales and marketing aspects of a business, and to lead both clients and companies in identifying highly effective solutions.

Mike has held positions in Marketing with BSA/Triumph Motor Cycle Division and Bass in the UK before moving into marketing with GTE Corporation in the US. He joined Price Waterhouse as a Senior Manager in their Management Consulting Services division where he was responsible for clients in the telecommunications industry and subsequently, software package implementation services. He joined Hyperion as a Director of Sales and later became Vice President of Consulting Services. He was also Vice President of Professional Services with Concur Technologies, iManage and Emptoris where he was responsible for software package implementation services, client training and technical support. He holds a BA in Business Studies (Honors) from Coventry University in the UK, and a MBA from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Advisory Board

Derek Miers, Advisor
Derek Miers is a well known independent industry analyst and technology strategist, publishing a great many white papers and product assessments. As Co-Chairman of BPMI.org, he helped merge the organization with the OMG and completed the most comprehensive review of BPM environments (the BPM Suites Report is published through BP Trends). He co-authored the BPMN Modeling and Reference Guide, which is accepted as the bible for BPMN Modeling.

Derek has carried out a wide range of consulting roles including running hundreds of training courses in business and process modeling techniques, undertaking detailed technology selection assessments and project-risk assessment studies. Other engagements have involved the provision of strategic consulting advice from facilitating board level conversations around BPM initiatives, through establishing effective BPM Project and Expertise Centers, to helping clients develop new business models that leverage business process strategies. Clients have included many of the world's largest and well-known financial services companies, pharmaceutical companies, telecoms providers, commercial businesses, product vendors and government organizations.

Board of Directors

Keith Patterson, Founder and CEO

Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials, Inc.
A noted speaker and writer on climate change and the built environment, Kevin on a mission to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels and their effect on the environment. As CEO of Serious Materials, he leads the company in its mission to reduce energy usage and CO2 generation of the world’s largest contributor, our buildings. By developing new materials and processes that require little energy to manufacture, and advanced products which dramatically improve the insulation and comfort of homes and offices, a worst-case climate and energy catastrophe can be avoided.

Before joining Serious Materials in 2002, Kevin held executive and technical positions with Perfect Commerce, General Magic, Air Communications, National Semiconductor, and Seiko-Epson. He received his degree in electrical engineering technology from Rochester Institute of Technology where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees, and has been awarded multiple patents.

Robert Griffin, Presdent/CEO, Knowledge Computing Corp.
As CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC), Bob Griffin has build the company into a leading provider of technology-based crime-fighting solutions. KCC's COPLINK product supports over 3000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, helping law enforcement officers fight crime, thwart terrorism and improve community safety through comprehensive information sharing.

Previously, Bob co-founded eMotion Inc., a leader in digital media management technology and services that achieved the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50, Fast 500 for each of his years there. Bob was President and CEO and Cinebase Software, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, and one of the founding partners of Internet Business Advantages (IBA) Inc. At Digital Equipment Corporation, he was Vice President and CIO for a $2 billion division that focused on Digital's largest corporate clients.

Bob did his undergraduate studies in Business Management at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, completed the Advanced International Management Program at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and is a graduate of the NASDAQ Mindshare Entrepreneur program. Bob was the 2001 winner of the Deloitte and Touche Entrepreneur of the Year for Greater Washington DC in the Software category.