Bill Miller
Chairman
Bill Miller currently serves as Chairman of XAware. Miller founded StorageNetworks, Inc. where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, and Member of the Board of Directors, growing the company from its two-person founding team to more than six hundred employees, raising over $700 million in private and public equity financings, growing in three years to $127 million in 2001 sales. As CTO, Miller was responsible for the strategic direction of the company's service offerings, technology and software development. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Miller holds eleven U.S. patents.
Kirstan Vandersluis
Director & Chief Scientist
As a founder of XAware, Kirstan Vandersluis has been instrumental in developing and patenting XAware’s product suite. Vandersluis has extensive experience in software development spanning multiple industries, including DoD, semi-conductor, and telecommunications, where he has engineered the deployment of both corporate and commercial software products. Previously, Vandersluis was a software development manager and senior architect at MCI. As a published author of, "XML-Based Integration with XAware," Vandersluis often speaks publicly about XML-related technologies and XAware product strategies. Vandersluis holds a BS in Computer Science from Michigan and an MS in Computer Science from University of Colorado.
Patricia I. Shepherd
Vice President & Controller
Patricia Shepherd comes to XAware after many successful years in the non-profit sector. She has served in an Executive Management capacity for more than 18 years. Most recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of Wheelchair Sports, USA, a member organization of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Shepard earned an MBA from the University of Colorado; Colorado Springs, with an emphasis on Finance. She also holds a BSBA with an emphasis in Organizational Management and Human Resources from the University of Colorado.
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