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<name>Howard Lewis</name> | |
<title> <![CDATA[ | |
Advisor/Board Member SlickEdit Inc. | |
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President & CEO Discovery Machine Inc. | |
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<image>hlewis.jpg</image> | |
<email> hlewis@discoverymachine.com </email> | |
<phone> 919-819-4310 </phone> | |
<contact> <![CDATA[ | |
Discovery Machine, Inc.<br/> | |
454 Pine Street<br/> | |
Suite 1A<br/> | |
Williamsport, PA,<br/> | |
USA 17701<br/> | |
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<eclipse_affiliation> | |
Mr. Lewis is currently the Add-In Provider Representative to the Eclipse Foundation for | |
SlickEdit Inc. and Discovery Machine, Inc. He currently sits on the Board of the Eclipse Foundation | |
and is a member of the Compensation and Membership Committees. He has been an active part of the | |
Eclipse 'movement'for several years. | |
</eclipse_affiliation> | |
<vision> <![CDATA[ | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis remains dedicated to helping make Eclipse THE preeminent open source movement. | |
Preeminent as both the most useful and vibrant open source community and the most widely | |
adopted commercial tool and deployment framework. He will continue to provide special focus | |
on the needs of the Software Development, Knowledge Leverage and Life Sciences domains. He | |
will continue to stay in contact will all members of the Add-in Provider community and | |
actively promote the needs and growth of this key Eclipse Foundation membership body! | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
Focus Summary: | |
<ol> | |
<li>Promotion of member joint marketing, sales, and business development initiatives</li> | |
<li>Continue to actively promote the adoption of mechanisms/channels to leverage the huge Eclipse pull for members</li> | |
<li>Continue to work to align the Eclipse Foundation priorities with the intent of promoting the interests of smaller Add-in Provider companies</li> | |
<li>Provide further definition and verification of the prospect of an accepted certification business model</li> | |
<li>Focus on Foundation budget priorities to increase member marketing and sales success</li> | |
<li>Improve useful and timely communications via newsletters, blogs, email leverage etc.</li> | |
<li>Look for opportunities to promote the Foundation in Asia and other under represented geographies</li> | |
<li>Look for innovative ways to step-up the pace of deployment on Linux and Mac</li> | |
<li>Give proper priority and attention to the Eclipse infrastructure needs of the Embedded Systems, Application Development, Business Intelligence and Life Sciences domains/vertical business areas </li> | |
</ol> | |
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<bio> <![CDATA[ | |
<p> | |
Experience Summary: Mr. Lewis has over 40 years of leadership experience in all facets of | |
software and services companies. He has managed or performed all duties in startups and | |
Fortune 10 companies, alike. Mr. Lewis is currently President and CEO of Discovery Machine, | |
Inc., an Advisor to SlickEdit Inc., Patent Wizards International, and Nevalon Technologies | |
LLC. Mr. Lewis currently serves on the boards of Discovery Machine, The National Modeling, | |
Simulation, Analysis and Training Coalition, the Eclipse Foundation, and SlickEdit. He also | |
is the Representative for SlickEdit and Discovery Machine in the Eclipse Foundation and the | |
Discovery Machine Representative in the BioSPICE open source community. | |
</p> | |
<p>Work History/Accomplishments:</p> | |
<p>2004-Present</p> | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis is currently President and CEO of Discovery Machine, Inc., an Advisor to SlickEdit | |
Inc., Patent Wizards International, and Nevalon Technologies LLC. Mr. Lewis currently | |
serves on the boards of Discovery Machine, The National Modeling, Simulation, Analysis and | |
Training Coalition, and SlickEdit. He also is the Add-in Provider Representative for | |
SlickEdit and Discovery Machine in the Eclipse Foundation and the Discovery Machine | |
Representative in the BioSPICE open source community. | |
</p> | |
<p>2003</p> | |
Mr. Lewis joined ePic International, Inc., at the request of the Board of Directors, as | |
President and CEO. He was charged with leading the stabilization and re-definition of the | |
JV relationships in Asia and Australia, re-doing the PPM and seeking new funding. In 2 | |
months he determined that the company was too flawed and too much in debt to continue | |
operation. Mr. Lewis led the task of placing the company into Chapter 7. He has recently | |
completed a consulting engagement for the US bankruptcy court appointed trustee to help | |
bring maximum return to the creditors of ePic International. | |
</p> | |
<p>2001-2002</p> | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis joined SlickEdit, Inc. as an Advisor and was soon appointed President and COO. At | |
SlickEdit he led the re-branding and re-launch of the company. He helped in creating Sales | |
and Business Development, Marketing and Product Management, and Development and Customer | |
Support positions and supporting processes. He also brought in a top-notch team to fill | |
these roles. | |
</p> | |
<p>1999-2000</p> | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis joined NxView Technologies, Inc. after leading the pre-funding business case | |
analysis that led to the creation of NxView. He was integral in creating the following | |
positions and recruiting the world-class team to fill these positions. He held positions | |
as General Manager, Exec VP of Products and Services, Vice President of Research and | |
Technical Strategy, Corporate Client Relations Executive and COO, during the formation and | |
successful launch of NxView. At his retirement he oversaw all research and validation of key | |
technology directions for NxView. | |
</p> | |
<p>1995-1998</p> | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis joined SEER Technologies, Inc. after completing a comprehensive study of the Seer | |
Methodology and successfully completed Seer's training programs for the Seer•Method and | |
Seer•HPS. While at SEER, Mr. Lewis held the following positions: Sr. Consultant, Sales | |
Consulting Manager, Consulting Director of Eastern North America and retired as VP of | |
Customer Relationships. He was recognized with the Founders and Top Gun Awards (the only | |
non-sales person to achieve recognition as the top sales leader in the company). He also; | |
Lead the definition and implementation of a company wide Customer Relationship process and | |
was responsible for key customer executive relationships around the world. He also led the | |
definition and start-up of major consulting engagements, in the Transportation, | |
Manufacturing and Services Industries, performing wide-ranging leadership tasks ranging from | |
overall I/T strategy development through engagement management. | |
</p> | |
<p>1995-Present</p> | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis has acted as an independent consultant since his retirement from IBM. He provides | |
strategic and tactical business development services out of his home offices in Raleigh, NC, | |
Emerald Isle, NC, and Lodi, NY. He dedicates a portion of his efforts as pro bono services | |
to help stimulate not for profit and for profit initiatives, worldwide. He remains dedicated | |
to helping others achieve their deserved success! | |
</p> | |
<p>1965-1995</p> | |
<p> | |
Mr. Lewis spent 30 years with IBM in Software Development and Management. His role as a | |
corporate executive for the Worldwide Software Service Process was defining and implementing | |
the quality process definition and metrics for the IBM Company. Mr. Lewis represented IBM | |
on Software Quality initiatives at numerous conferences worldwide, including guest lecturing | |
at Motorola University. He was also responsible for advanced design and strategy for some | |
of the world's largest and most successful operating systems and application development | |
products. He received numerous awards for technology, business and management leadership and | |
was elected President of his IBM Presidents Class. Additionally, Mr. Lewis oversaw the | |
creation and management of strategic relationships for the IBM Application Development and | |
Systems Management businesses. | |
</p> | |
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</bio> | |
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<b>About SlickEdit, Inc.</b> | |
<p> | |
SlickEdit Inc. provides software developers with Multilanguage development environments and | |
the most advanced code editors available. Proven on Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X | |
platforms, SlickEdit products enable even the most accomplished developers to code faster | |
and meet increasingly aggressive deadlines. | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
SlickEdit's best-of-breed products have created an award winning tradition over its 17-year | |
history. From the numerous customer-based awards such as the Linux World Reader's Choice | |
award and Programmer's Paradise Top Seller awards to the Editor's Choice award from e-Pro | |
Magazine and the Software Development Hall of Fame award, SlickEdit products continually add | |
to and expand on the product foundation of quality, speed, power and flexibility developed | |
years ago by founder and CTO, J. Clark Maurer. | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
Along with producing award-winning products, SlickEdit is considered to be an Employer of | |
Choice and has achieved recognition as one of the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 technology | |
companies for four consecutive years. SlickEdit is committed to continuing this tradition of | |
excellence. | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
SlickEdit Inc. is a privately held, small business with headquarters in the heart of the | |
renowned Research Triangle, NC. </p> | |
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