About Koverse

Jon is focused on helping organizations use data for strategic purposes — to drive new sources of revenue or fundamentally change the way they operate to give them a durable advantage or efficiency. His passion is building industry-leading companies. 

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.

With his expertise in building the world’s largest and most sophisticated data applications, Paul can help you understand how to quickly and powerfully leverage Koverse to achieve high-impact big data results.

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.

Harrison brings leadership experience in strategic innovation and program management, with focused expertise in senior client relationship management, business operations, data analytics and business intelligence.

Prior to joining Koverse, Harrison was a senior director for Shift5, establishing partnerships with leading consulting and cyber security companies. He held multiple management positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and oversaw the firm’s Strategic Risk Data Lake innovation efforts. While at Navy Federal Credit Union, he led cross-organizational strategic programs. An entrepreneur, he founded Blue and Gold Strategies, a SDVOSB supporting the DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program.

Harrison holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University in Saint Louis and a Bachelor of Science, Political Science degree from the United States Naval Academy. He is a United States Marine Corps veteran and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Caroline leads all corporate operations including finance, information systems, and human resources as Resources Director for Koverse.

Prior to Koverse, she led human resources and information systems management for 16 years at Cartesian, a consulting firm of industry experts in global telecommunications, media, and technology. Before that, she managed sales, marketing, training, IT, and accounting initiatives for The Protocol School of Washington. Caroline has a Bachelor’s degree from UC Davis and Masters in Science from Virginia Tech.

Chad is a technology leader with over 18 years of software architecture and development utilizing a wide variety of programming languages and data storage technologies.

Additionally, he is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. Prior to joining Koverse, he worked with various government agencies implementing big data solutions utilizing the Apache Accumulo project. Chad holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Michigan State University and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from University of Colorado in Denver.