About Koverse

Jon has over thirty years of executive leadership experience with a strong track record of building successful companies. Some of his responsibilities, prior to joining Koverse, included leading global sales and services at Qpass (acquired by Amdocs for $275 million), being the President of Concur Technologies (CNQR), and being a General Manager of Delrina Corporation (a public company acquired by Symantec). Jon is also a CPA with considerable strategic experience gained at Deloitte & Touche. He has served on numerous boards and advisory boards in Seattle and Vancouver BC. Jon holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of San Diego.

Paul has over nineteen years of experience leading big data organizations, both commercially and in the government. He has overseen or advised dozens of big data efforts in intelligence, defense and finance, some of which rank among the largest and most sophisticated big data implementations in the world. Paul led the development effort that resulted in the Apache Accumulo project and the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) first scalable data system, revolutionizing the way the NSA handles data. Paul also spent several years at Booz Allen leading big data implementations. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington and a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information Theory and Electronic Communications from The Johns Hopkins University.

Aaron has built multiple, large-scale, big data systems that are used by the intelligence, defense, finance and healthcare industries. He has a passion for delivering products that are transformative, based on close customer collaboration and iterative development.

Aaron spent five years as a researcher for the National Security Agency (NSA) where he developed and deployed into operations dozens of advanced analytical techniques. He is also the founder of Apache Accumulo, a scalable and secure data store on top of Apache Hadoop and the author of the O’Reilly book, Accumulo: Application Development, Table Design, and Best Practices. Aaron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park.

Sean has 25 years of experience in Finance, serving in leadership roles across a range of functions, including business strategy, venture investing and business COO.  He has been with Credit Suisse since 2004. Currently Sean is Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Asset Management Division which is responsible for $400 billion of assets under management. Mr. Flynn is Chief Operating Officer for the Americas where his responsibilities cover operational and governance oversight for the region, including regional strategy, business development and product development, distribution coordination and strategy, risk controls, regulatory change, and operations. He is a member of the AM Management Committee. Sean began his career as a Financial Economist at the US Treasury Department in Washington, DC, working on federal debt financing policy and financial markets initiatives. He also worked on counterfeit deterrence and the first redesign of US currency in more than 60 years. Sean is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Montclair Community Pre-K in Montclair, NJ, a non-profit public/private partnership dedicated to providing high-quality education to all young children in the community regardless of financial means. Mr. Flynn holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Business Administration from Benedictine College.

Janis is an experienced corporate director, CEO and senior business executive. Janis has deep experience in the technology, higher education, and B2B software and services sectors. Some of her prior board experience includes independent director roles with Captura (sold to Concur), Chili!Soft (sold to Cobalt Networks), Lizard Tech (sold to AT&T), Performant (sold to Mercury Systems), Realit Works, and Tidemark Computer Systems (sold to Accela). As CEO, Janis was on the Pinnacle Publishing and ChiliSoft! boards. Janis is currently Chairman of the Board for FIRST Washington. As a community and industry leader, Janis has volunteered tirelessly to help America live true to its values (Humane Society and Junior Achievement), establish Seattle as a high-tech leader (NWEN, Tech Alliance, WBBA, WTIA) and to help make the region’s higher education institutions the most entrepreneurially productive in the country (Bellevue College, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Seattle University, and the University of Washington). Janis holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in marketing from the University of Iowa. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in psychology and English from Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois).

Sterling is currently the President, CEO and a board member of Shiftboard, a leading provider of on-demand workforce management software. Previously, Sterling was the President, CEO and board member at Zettics, a venture capital backed big data analytics software company. He was also President and board member at Qpass, a venture capital backed digital commerce software company that was sold to Amdocs for $300 million. Prior to Qpass, Sterling spent six years as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations at Concur, where he helped grow the company from five employees to over 600 and led its IPO and secondary offerings. Sterling also served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations at IntelliQuest, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer at Contact Software International. Sterling is currently on the Board of Directors of two Seattle based venture capital backed companies – Koverse and Yapta.