Leadership Team

Mr. Jim Hargis
Mr. Eric Knouse
Mr. Aaron Hayes
Mr. Ron Bereit
Mr. Bill Elliott
Mr. Peter DeCurtins

Associates

Mr. Michael Stice
Ms. Jo Ann Norlin

Certified TruckMap*™ Consultants

Mr. Kirk Kuykendall
Mr. David Ridderikhoff
Mr. Mack Bishop
Mr. Harold Schuch

Software Engineering Services

---

har*GIS LLC is dedicated to providing productivity solutions for field workers. Our field force automation software and project consulting rely upon the extensive skills and strengths of our team. har*GIS LCC offers an exceptionally well-qualified and dedicated team of consultants, software developers, and system implementation experience. The following are brief statements of qualification of the key members of har*GIS LLC.

har*GIS LLC Leadership Team

Mr. Jim Hargis, President and Principal Consultant,
jim@har-gis.com:
Mr. Hargis' 30-year career has been dedicated to the innovation, design, development and implementation of AM/FM/GIS technology for more than 200 utility companies and local governments. His expertise includes: mobile GIS, cost-benefit and feasibility studies, management consulting, strategic planning, business process engineering, systems specifications, I.T. strategic planning, RFP and contract specifications, vendor evaluation and negotiation, system integration, software requirements, database design and development, product research design development, vendor data migrations, document management systems, surveying, photogrammetry, automated map data conversion, and project management (to budget of $11 million). Mr. Hargis' GIS implementation and development experience includes Intergraph FRAMME, GE NS/Smallworld, various ESRI products, and systems based on Autodesk, IBM, Vision and others.

Mr. Hargis actively participated in the startup of Convergent Group, Intergraph Corp.'s Utility Group, and Computer Graphics Company. His project experience assisted hundreds of electric, gas, telecommunications and municipal organizations.

Mr. Hargis holds a BS in Physics from Rice University, and an MBA from University of Denver. He served as Treasurer of AM/FM International (now GITA) in its first year; and has contributed a dozen papers, presentations and seminars since then. Mr. Hargis developed and patented essential technology for automated map generation from facilities database. The book, "Pioneers of GIS", Chapter profiles his contributions. Professional interests include computational geometry, IEEE Computer Graphics, American Association of Individual Investors.

Mr. Eric Knouse, Principal, Vice President of Business Development, eknouse@har-gis.com:
Mr. Knouse has more than 27 years in the GIS industry. Sales responsibilities include serving as the primary liaison from the initial contact to contract award. At IGS, Inc., Mr. Knouse developed third-party vendor relationships, highlighted by contributing to the successful closure of a worldwide distribution agreement with Lucent Technologies.

Mr. Knouse's broad range of business experience includes positions as co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Manager of Business Development, and Operations Project Manager at Connex* Technologies, MobileForce Technologies, Information + Graphics Systems, and UGC Consulting. In these leadership roles, his responsibilities included developing first-to-market business initiatives across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, electric, and gas utilities in North America, Europe, and Asia.

In the last three years, Mr. Knouse has focused on developing new business opportunities for startup companies, including system integration companies, switch-based communication software suppliers, and an ASP dispatch application Software Company for field force automation. He led the deployment of a sales force automation tool for the North American and European sales force.

Aaron Hayes, Vice President, Systems Development,
ahayes@har-gis.com:
Mr. Hayes is the principal designer and developer for the TruckMap*™ system, and leads the development team through a highly productive and structured process of requirements, design, development, testing, acceptance, deployment and support.

Mr. Hayes' experience since 1996 includes System Administrator and Network Administrator for United States Geological Survey, Online Instructor for Digital Education Systems, and positions as Software Engineer, Sr. Software Engineer, Systems Manager and Project Leader for har*GIS LLC. Mr. Hayes' broad technical expertise includes:

• GPS, cross-platform implementation, client/Server implementation, XML integration, multiple communications systems, and spatial database implementation.
• Team Development, Project Management, Object Oriented Design and programming, UML, GDPro.
• C++, C, Delphi, Java and Visual Basic languages.
• Operating Systems support for all Microsoft OS (MS-Dos through Windows XP Pen Computer, Windows CE 2.0 through CE.NET).
• Back Office (server) Software including NT Server, SMS, Win 2000 Server, Unix, AIX, and Solaris.
• Systems development using Win32 API and GDI, MSMQ, Sockets, XML, SOAP.
• Database programming with SQL Server, Oracle, Access and SQL.
• Network and Internet communications expertise with TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Windows Sockets.

Mr. Hayes holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Mathematical and Computer Sciences from the Colorado School of Mines.

Ron Bereit, Director of Industry Applications,
rbereit@har-gis.com:
As a Senior Consultant, and with 30 years of utility industry business and systems experience to draw on, Mr. Bereit is a Subject Matter Expert in Work Management and Engineering Management Applications, and Business Process and Functions for Utility Operations.

Mr. Bereit has successfully managed numerous projects and provided his subject matter expertise toward the development and implementation of many Work Management, CIS/CRM and GIS Systems. He has led Business Process Review/Re-engineering and Improvement projects at Ge Smallworld, Navigant, DMR, Indus International, Severn Trent Systems, Oracle Corporation, and CSC Consulting. His extensive experience in design, development and implementation of Work Management Information Systems is a result of his engagements at Indus International, Severn Trent Systems, and Deloitte & Touche.

The commitment to finding out who and why a business operates allows him to offer the necessary recommendations for business process changes and to build a solid foundation for the development and selection of systems with better business in mind. Mr. Bereit holds a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Northern Arizona University.

Bill Elliott, Manager of Channel Sales,
belliott@har-gis.com: 
Mr. Elliott has 25 years experience in field force automation, GIS/GPS and infrastructure management system planning and implementation for utility, public works, transportation and telecommunications organizations. He provided subject matter expertise in business process analysis, GIS software, geocoding, data conversion, work force automation, GPS data collection, and AVL applications during client engagements at Exor, Tele Atlas, PlanGraphics, GeoResearch, Rolta, Prime/Computervision, Tektronix and IBM.

From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Elliott founded and published MAPS ALIVE , a field automation newsletter covering early developments in mobile GIS and AVL technologies and applications. Having been involved with field force automation from the beginning, Mr. Elliott understands the operational and organizational challenges associated with automating field crew work processes and integrating them into the enterprise. Mr. Elliott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the University of Colorado. He was a presenter at GITA's annual Successful Field Force Automation Seminar in 2000 and 2001, and has published several papers on field force automation, GIS and infrastructure management.

Peter DeCurtins, Solutions Engineer,
pdecurtins@har-gis.com
Mr. DeCurtins offers more than five years of GIS development and implementation experience in areas such as object-oriented design, product develolpement, technical demonstrations, and customer support. He has a solid understanding of software engineering principles as they pertain to development, test, release and maintenance processes. An effective communicator of complex software technology and its potential benefits, Mr. DeCurtins possesses a broad, multidisciplinary and technically-based skill set appropriate for solution design and software development using requirements and design documentation through the application of formal software methodologies. He has more than eleven years of experience working in various heterogeneous networked data processing and numerical analysis enviroments, employing strong analytical and problem solving skills.

Mr. DeCurtins’ was employed for five years at GE and Smallworld Systems where he worked in product development as a software engineer, after having worked as an applications engineer and technical support engineer. Prior to joining the GIS industry, he spent five years as an exploration geophysicist whose responsibilities included the design and implementation of long term on-site projects involving seismic processing applications, network and systems administration, and the provision of training and consulting services for clients in both North and South America as well as in Europe.

har*GIS LLC Associates

Mr. Michael Stice, Sr. Analyst, Systems and Business Processes, mstice@har-gis.com:
Michael offers more than 25 years systems analysis expertise in geospatial information projects. He provides IT consulting services to developers, vendors and corporate users of enterprise geospatial applications, using state of the art tools such as Unified Modeling Language (UML). Mr. Stice's expertise includes: process engineering, planning projects, preparing system proposals, specifying requirements, composing design specifications, planning and directing quality assurance programs, and enterprise database design. Clients include Intergraph Corp., Smallworld, AT&T Long Lines, Hitachi Software, Qwest, and McDonnell Douglas System Integration Company.

Jo Ann Norlin, PMP, Sr. Project Manager,
jnorlin@har-gis.com:
Ms. Norlin is a dynamic management professional offering extensive experience with managing corporate programs and remotely directing project teams. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), possessing special competency with Business Consulting Services, Customer Service, Order Management, Information Services, and Personnel Training. Her experience includes program directorships at Genuity, Inacom Corporation, Spectrum Software Services Group, and Tektronix Incorporated. Ms. Norlin's credentials include Master’s certificate in Project Management, Masters degree in Business Administration, and Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Communications (summa cum laude). Professional affiliations include Project Management Institute and American Management Association.

Certified TruckMap Consultants

Mr. Kirk Kuykendall, Certified TruckMap*™ Consultant, Sr. GIS Consultant, AmberGIS,
www.ambergis.com, kirk@ambergis.com:
Mr. Kuykendall has over fourteen years experience in analysis, design, and programming of GIS applications based on ESRI software. Specialized skills in network based data structures for transportation, water resources and electric utilities, with particular expertise in Electric Cooperatives. Mr. Kuykendall's expertise includes: network tracing algorithms, linear referencing systems, geodatabase design, COM application design, Rational Unified Process (RUP), and Unified Modeling Language.

David Ridderikhoff, Certified TruckMap*™ Consultant, IPID Services,
ipid@ix.netcom.com:
Mr. Ridderikhoff's 20-year career has been dedicated to the AM/FM/GIS technology for more than 100 utility companies and local governments. Mr. Ridderikhoff, a Certified TruckMap*™ Consultant, has expertise in mobile GIS, cost-benefit and feasibility studies, management consulting, strategic planning, business process engineering, system specifications, RFP and contract specifications, vendor evaluation and negotiation, system integration, software requirements, database design and development, product research design development, vendor data migrations, document management systems, surveying, photogrammety, automated map data conversion, and project management. Mr. Ridderikhoff's GIS implementation and development experience includes Intergraph G/Electric, FRAMME WebMap, WebView, Fieldview, GeoMedia, MicroStation, Oracle Spatial, and Visual Basic. He is also experienced in the production use of ArcFM, CableCad, SystemHouse, GE NS/Smallworld products.  

Mr. Ridderikhoff actively participated in the startup of Avineon, Inc. (Baymont Division) more than twenty years ago. His project experience assisted in several of electric, gas, telecommunications and municipal organizations. Later he joined a consulting firm for two years before forming his own consulting company.

Mack Bishop, Certified TruckMap*™ Consultant, Q GeoSystems Co.,
www.Q-GIS.com, MackBishop@IEEE.org:
Specialist in mobile systems integration and embedded software development using Windows CE.

• ESRI Authorized Consultant
• IEEE Certified Systems Engineer
• Oracle Technology Network Certified
• GPS and Wireless Integration Experience
• California Master Awards Schedule (CMAS) Vendor
  

Mr. Harold Schuch, President, GeoConsul International, harold@GeoConsul.com:
GeoConsul is the principal international consulting group in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GeoConsul completed projects with important utility companies (electrical, gas, water, etc.) all over the world, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Pakistan, Georgia, using German, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. 

GeoConsul simplifies GIS planning and implementation, and assures that you, the client, remain in control of your project. GeoConsul guarantees that it is vendor-independent and that confidentiality will be absolute.   GeoConsul has proven that it is capable to do an effective technology transfer. GeoConsul is unique due to its ability to formulate and guide complex implementations, no matter their size, and in difficult conditions.

GeoConsul is dedicated to the accompaniment of GIS implementation projects, from initial formulations and project organization to quality control of delivered goods. In any case, GeoConsul will be at your side, helping with maintaining project control in-house. At the same time, GeoConsul will help you formulate feasible and reasonable solutions that satisfy user requirements.

Software Engineering Services

har*GIS LLC's highly qualified team of software engineers all possess Master of Science in Computer Science, and are proficient with Visual C++ object programming language, object modeling, graphics, database and communications for mobile systems.

The team has extensive experience with a variety of development environments, including Borland Delphi, Java, Visual Basic, SQL, Oracle, Informix, ADO, ODBC, HTML, UML, and systems design methodologies. Our hardware knowledge includes most Windows PC, Windows CE and UNIX platforms.

Our technology expertise includes GPS, computer graphics, relational database management, computational geometry, LAN/WAN mobile communications, web site development, computer arts, and web-based services

Our GIS development experience includes ESRI ArcInfo and ArcGIS, GE Network Systems Smallworld, Intergraph FRAMME, Bentley Microstation and Autodesk AutoCAD and MapGuide.