Doug Grimsted, CEO

Doug has been building successful businesses and leading the development of data-centric software products for two decades. Prior to launching Aginity, Doug founded and ran Geneer, a leading professional services firm that specialized in the design and development of B2B software applications.

Doug’s pioneering leadership encompasses:

• Agile Development – At Geneer and now at Aginity, Doug has pioneered the use of agile development methodologies, reducing risks and time-to-market for software product launches
• Software Services – Under Doug’s leadership, Geneer helped launch some of the earliest Application Service Provider (ASP) business models, building products for companies such as logistics and supply chain vendor Celarix and VisiBILLity, the insurance industry’s collaborative litigation management solution. At Aginity, he is leading the development of a new generation of Software as a Service applications, built on delivering intelligence along the value chain.
• Data and Information Delivery – Doug has led the development of software products and tools that have data and information delivery at their core for companies such as AT&T, AC Nielsen, Dun & Bradstreet, Hewlett Packard, Kimberley Clark, Kraft Foods and Motorola.

In addition to Aginity and Geneer, Doug founded and served as President and COO of Adaptive RFID, a software services company that enables business process improvement and compliance with radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging mandates in the retail supply chain and defense contracting industries.

A major figure in the world of tech entrepreneurship, Doug is a member of the Chicago/NW Indiana Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, won the KPMG High Tech Award, and has been an E &Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalist on two occasions. He has incubated and facilitated the launch of eight new companies through the Kellogg School Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program.

Dan Kuhn, CTO

A recognized authority in data and software development, Dan has been at the forefront of innovation for 18 years.

• Dan led software development at American Express, where he helped design and develop the platform on which the company first brought card holders’ information to the Web.
• He served as Chief Software Architect and CTO of Click Commerce, where he developed enterprise-level supply chain management and e-commerce platforms that allowed major B2B companies such as Delphi, Callaway Golf and Carrier to successfully do business on the Web.
• A technology leader, Dan served as a member of the Microsoft .NET Advisory Council, providing feedback and direction for Microsoft's .NET Platform. He also co-founded Anticipating Minds, a company that built award-winning tools to enable and manage the software development process.

Having begun his career as an engineer, Dan has brought a real-world, solution-driven approach to his years of leadership in the software industry. His achievements include winning two U.S. patents for cutting-edge thermodynamics solutions in the aerospace industry. In between his career accomplishments, Dan found time to join the Peace Corps, providing engineering support to developing nations in Africa.

Asif Ahmed, COO

Asif brings years of strategic product management and consulting experience to his role at Aginity

• Asif co-founded VisiBILLity a quintessential ASP business model success story. VisiBILLity provides a Web-based e-billing, audit and collaboration platform to law firms and Fortune 500 insurance companies. Under Asif’s leadership, the company grew its client base to more than 1000 firms across the United States, annually processing several billion dollars a year in legal bills and indemnity payouts.
• Previously, Asif served as a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, advising both Fortune 500 and start-up clients on information technology, product development and staffing strategies.
• He began his consulting career at Accenture, working with Fortune 500 clients on enterprise-level systems integration projects and migrations from mainframe systems to client/server architectures.

Asif holds his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business of Northwestern University, and a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from Knox College.

Ken Florian, CMO

Ken has 20 years of hands-on technology leadership experience as a company owner, executive leader, marketer, and software developer.  Ken was Doug Grimsted's president and business partner for a dozen years at Geneer.  Ken has participated in every aspect of growing and managing a software development company.

• Way back when, he cut code for Geneer’s largest clients.  Ken takes great pleasure in the fact that an application he authored in the early 1990's still generates 7-figure income for that client.
• When he needed strong leadership, Grimsted promoted him to VP of Software Development.  In this role, Ken lead all aspects of service delivery to Fortune 1000 clients. 
• In 1995 Ken became president of Geneer and continued to work with Doug and the executive team to create a high-performing software development organization.
• For the past 6 years Ken has focused exclusively on the marketing of software development services.  Prior to re-joining Doug at Aginity in 2008, Ken was the VP of Marketing at Geneca, LLC.  While at Geneca, Ken drove the marketing efforts that grew company revenue 4-fold in three years. Keys to this success included consistent and focused messaging, public relations, and attracting top-grade talent to the company.   One notable contribution was Ken's invention of a "Feet on The Desk" technology strategy workshop.
  

Ken’s work has been externally recognized by repeat invitations spanning his career to teach workshops on the various development methodologies, training programs, and people systems he used to help build a software development company. At Aginity, Ken's job is to find prospective clients and show them how a data factory built by Aginity can turn them into an aggressive competitor and profit machine. .

Mateen Khadir, VP of Solution Architecture

Mateen Khadir is an accomplished Information Technology professional who has directed the development of enterprise-level application development for companies of all sizes.

• Mateen was an architecture consultant with Accenture for several years, providing expertise in the design and delivery of high performance enterprise IT infrastructures and applications for clients such as Allstate, ComEd, SAP, and USAA.
•  He also served as Director of Technology for VisiBILLity, aligning technology strategy with organizational goals and the product roadmap to help design and execute a business model that delivered rapid success.

Experienced in all facets of project life cycle from feasibility analysis and conceptual design through construction, quality assurance, implementation and enhancements, Mateen is a leading authority on the translation of business objectives into technological realities. His articles on business and IT have been featured in Technology Decisions magazine

Michael Cacicio, VP of Business Development

A marketing and research veteran, Mike has spent twenty years helping companies leverage the power of research and analytics to optimize their businesses.

• Mike held leadership positions in operations and business development at Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) the world’s leading provider of enterprise market information solutions and services.
• He led the market research services division at Slack Barshinger, the largest B2B advertising agency in the US, helping some of most world’s leading companies understand the dynamics of their markets and find opportunity.

Mike has consulted with virtually every major consumer packaged goods manufacturer and retailer as well as several of the world's largest business-to-business marketers, empowering the development and execution of profitable strategies and tactics for a rapidly changing marketplace

David Portnoy, VP of Delivery

David has been innovating in Information Technology for almost 20 years, serving in leadership roles for numerous multimillion dollar technology projects. His clients have ranged from pioneering startups to Fortune 500 corporations. David has been a leading innovator in software development methodologies, focusing on delivering software in the fastest possible time at the lowest risk. He has deep experience leveraging global development teams in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Israel and France – and has pioneered the use of geographically dispersed resources for projects traditionally considered only for single site teams. David’s unique combination of business leadership and technical expertise comes from having served in nearly every capacity of the systems development lifecycle, as well as having helped high pressure start-ups in the areas of strategy, marketing and development of partnerships & joint ventures.

With a passion for business intelligence and decision support systems, David has been able to produce a number of innovations in this field for his clients, including successful projects for AT&T, ComEd, SBC Communications, RGIS, Bank One, Informix (now IBM), Convergys, Energizer, Sunbeam and TALX. David evangelizes about the operational and strategic value of these systems and frequently shares case studies about the returns obtained from the data warehouses, data marts and analytic applications he helped build.

David holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, as well as an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. David is also a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and a certified Project Manager.

Victoria Aleksandrova, Director of Delivery, Kharkiv

An experienced project manager and programmer, Viktoria has led complex projects in a diverse set of industries. Her accomplishments include leading the development of:

• Real-time mobile information applications for the nautical and aviation industries
• Mobile security suites for Windows Mobile, Blackberry RIM, PALM OS
• Broadcast industry digital asset management platforms

Proficient in multiple programming languages, platforms and databases, Victoria is adept at translating business and technology requirements, managing risks, and quality control. She holds numerous programming and project management certifications as well as a master’s degree in computer science from Kharkiv Aviation University.

Oleg Popivnenko Director of Application Architecture, Kharkiv

Oleg has more than 12 years of software design and application development experience. He also brings deep skills in database and system architecture design to his role as Director of Application Architecture. Proficient in multiple programming languages, tools and databases, Oleg has led design and development for an enormous variety of applications including:

• Supply chain management systems
• E-Learning platforms
• Municipal accounting and quality control systems

An experienced practitioner of Agile software development methodologies, Oleg holds numerous certifications along with a master’s degree in engineering from Kharkov State Polytechnic University

Andrey Gamayun. Director of BI Architecture, Kharkiv

Andrey has more than 15 years of experience in technical architecture, programming and team leadership. He has designed and implemented large scale data centric software and business intelligence solutions across multiple industries, using a wide range of technology platforms, including Microsoft, Oracle and MySQL. The systems he has built have included wholesale telecommunication financial and transaction applications, customer web portals and customer relationship management applications. An expert in managing electronic transactions, Andrey has substantial experience designing and building ecommerce systems and other electronic data exchange applications. Prior to Aginity, Andrey worked as a software engineer for several Ukrainian firms specializing in business intelligence, data management and online collaboration.

Certified in multiple programming disciplines including object-oriented analysis and information system design, Andrey holds a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Kharkov Polytechnic Institute.