Mike Zisman
Mike Zisman has a long career in building and managing successful businesses. In 1979, Mike founded Soft-Switch, the leading supplier of software and systems products to interconnect electronic mail systems. Soft-Switch was sold to Lotus Development Corp. in the early 1990’s, where Mike eventually became CEO. IBM acquired Lotus in 1995, and Mike went on to become a Vice President in the IBM Corporate Strategy Group, and served on the IBM Worldwide Management Council and the IBM Corporate Technology Council. Mike is an avid golfer (“avid” defined as someone who has spent the equivalent of Guatemala’s GDP on golf lessons) and is now directing his energy and experience toward building GolfTripGenius.com. Fortunately for the rest of the team, Mike is a lot better at entrepreneurship than he is at golf. Nevertheless, he has great passion for the game and the lifetime friendships it creates.
Mike earned a BS in chemical engineering from Lehigh University, a Masters in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences from the Wharton School at Penn. His long-standing interest in scheduling problems is the genesis of GolfTripGenius.com.
Mike is a Trustee at Lehigh University, an overseer of the Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science, a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at Lehigh University, Vice-Chairman of Main Line Health, and a former trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Steve Sayre
Steve Sayre has been a software marketing executive since the TaylorMade metal wood was first launched. He began his career at General Electric and has worked for a number of large and small technology companies, including several years as SVP of worldwide marketing at Lotus Development, which became an IBM company in 1995. Steve has degrees from Tufts University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, but he has never been to Q School. Sadly, his interests besides family and golf are non-existent. Steve is a contributing editor at GolfTripGenius.com.
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Eric Whitten
Eric Whitten is the Vice President of Technology for GolfTripGenius.com. In his 10+ years of working with web technologies, he has helped companies deliver exceptional user experiences, and achieve deep insight into their operations through advanced business intelligence tools. Prior to joining GolfTripGenius.com, Eric helped grow several other startup companies in the webcasting, real-estate, news syndication and social networking markets.
When not programming, Eric can generally be found in the kitchen or on his bicycle. He resides with his wife and twin sons in the Philadelphia area.
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Nick Shelness
Nick is the Senior Architect at GolfTripGenius.com. A former IBM Fellow, he is also an independent technology consultant, serves as senior analyst at Ferris Research, the leading global messaging analyst firm, and is an Associate Director at 2in10, a privately held management consulting firm. Nick’s interests spread across the entire IT and communications spectrum, with particular depth in the operating systems, data communication, messaging and collaboration fields.
Nick held a number of technical positions at Lotus Development Corp. (post its acquisition in 1995 — an IBM company), eventually becoming Chief Technology Officer and a Lotus Fellow. Before Lotus, Nick held both senior technical and managerial positions at Soft·Switch Inc., culminating as Chief Scientist. Previously, he worked in IT at British National Oil Corporation/BritOil plc, and held a number of research and teaching positions at the University of Edinburgh, including an appointment as tenured Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science of the University of Edinburgh.
In addition to his professional activities, Nick counts gardening on a large scale as one of his major pastimes. Today he lives in rural Angus, Scotland with his wife Dr. Maggi Allan and a menagerie of dogs, and cats.
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Alex Tandrau
Alex is the first employee of GolfTripGenius.com. He met Mike in the early formation stage of GolfTripGenius via RentACoder in 2009, and has worked with us ever since. Alex gained experience through internships at top software companies - Microsoft and Google, and is now focusing his energy towards growing GolfTripGenius.com.
Alex lives in Switzerland, but is originally from Romania. While back in his home country, he competed in various national and international computer science competitions. He is the recipient of the Bronze Medal - Balkan Olympiad in Informatics 2008, a Google CodeJam semi-finalist and a TopCoder finalist.
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Flavia Grosan
Flavia is software engineer at GolfTripGenius.com. She is pursuing a MSc. degree in Computer Science at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, but actually comes from Romania. During her studies, she spent summers interning for Microsoft and various other research institutes and also a semester abroad at Carnegie Mellon University, PA. When not writing code, Flavia enjoys blogging and playing tennis.
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Alyssa Rosend
Alyssa is Marketing Manager at GolfTripGenius.com. She graduated from Susquehanna University in 2009 with a BA in Public Relations. Prior to joining GolfTripGenius.com, Alyssa held a number of marketing positions in Philadelphia area firms, where she focused on web site design and implementation of marketing programs.
When not working, Alyssa enjoys watching movies, reading and spending time with family and friends.
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Steffen Sheerin
Steffen Sheerin is Affiliate Partner Manager at GolfTripGenius.com.
Steffen grew up in Chicago and gained his appreciation for the game of golf after attending The Western Open at Butler National. Little did he know that golf would become a life long passion and he would later meet some of the games legends like Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead.
While attending college at the University of Wisconsin, he worked in project management and operational analysis for Hilton Hotels Corporation Central Region. His 25 year career in hospitality included two pre-opening and opening teams for new construction and historic properties. He has held various leadership positions in both sales and operations at iconic properties such as The Palmer House in Chicago, The Greenbrier in West Virginia and Pinehurst Resort in NC. Steffen joined GolfTripGenius in early 2011 to increase affiliate partners.
Steffen and his family reside in Pinehurst NC. Along with his family he has 3 dogs. Besides golf, he also enjoys fishing. Both , he says are very much alike; on any given day, you never know what you’re in for. But being out there is what it’s all about. One thing for sure, he has had one hole in one!
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Billy Condon
Billy Condon is the Director of Marketing for GolfTripGenius.com. A career in the golf industry was inevitable for Billy, after he skipped skydiving in New Zealand for the opportunity to play golf. He began his professional career at the Metropolitan Golf Association, one of the nation's largest regional golf associations, as a USGA P.J. Boatwright intern and later became their communications administrator and associate editor of The Met Golfer magazine. His responsibilities included promotion of the association and its championships, establishing and growing its social media presence and overseeing development of the My MGA mobile app.
A native of West Hartford, Conn., Billy holds a degree in Economics from Union College.
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Bart Rickard
Bart has been working in the golf business since the age of 14. He grew up an avid player and received his Business Degree from Methodist University in 2007 with a Concentration in Professional Golf Management. Shortly thereafter, he was elected into PGA Membership. Before working for GolfTripGenius.com, he was employed as an Assistant Professional for one year and as a Tournament Administrator with the Metropolitan PGA for 3 years.
During his free time, Bart enjoys all outdoor activities which include, but are not limited to, fishing, hunting, hiking, snowboarding, and (of course) playing golf.
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Jonathan Sirois
Jon is the Customer Support Manager with Golf Genius Software. He got his start in golf at around age 12 and although the golf seasons were short growing up in Northern Maine he grew to enjoy the game. His first job in golf was at age 16 working in the pro at his local course, Presque Isle Country Club. From there Jon continued his golf career at Penn State University as a Professional Golf Management major. After several internships throughout the Northeast United States his first Assistant Golf Professional job was at Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix, MD. Finally in June of 2010 Jon started here at Golf Genius Software.
Jon has many interests one of which is obviously golf but he also enjoys most all sports and is currently involved in both soccer and volleyball leagues. Other interests would include hunting, fishing, camping, cooking, and traveling.
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