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Kevin Haar
President and Chief Executive Officer, Appistry
Kevin Haar is a software industry executive with a wealth of experience in company building. After six years at HP in a number of field and management positions, Kevin joined Rational Software in 1986 as the company's first salesperson. Over the course of the next 17 years, Mr. Haar played a key role in driving the company's transformation from a fledgling software startup into an industry powerhouse with over $800 million in annual revenues. Mr. Haar left Rational in 2003, following the completion of IBM's $2.1 billion acquisition of the company. Prior to his departure, Mr. Haar served as Rational's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations with responsibility for worldwide sales, consulting, training, support, and business development. In addition, Mr. Haar sat on Rational's executive management committee, through which the company's four highest-ranking executives and two founders charted its strategic direction.
Mr. Haar holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.
Lawrence Hough
Managing Director, Stuart Mill Capital
Mr. Hough currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Stuart Mill Capital, Inc., and Managing Director of Stuart Mill Venture Partners, L.P. Mr. Hough served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sallie Mae from July 1990 until July 1997. He also served as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SatoTravel from 1999-2001, and President and Chief Executive Officer of SatoTravel, a Navigant International Company, from 2001-2003. From 2004 until 2005, Mr. Hough served as Chief Executive Officer of SynXis Corporation. Mr. Hough serves as a director of Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc., GeoEye, and Sypherlink Inc. He is also a trustee for the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Levine School of Music, and Chairman of GivingNet Inc. (formerly Community Foundations of America). He served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant after receiving a degree in engineering from Stanford University in 1966. Mr. Hough received his master’s degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1972.
John Lovitt
Private Investor
John Lovitt was a senior officer in Rational Software from 1990 to 2003, with roles including Senior VP Worldwide Field Operations, VP Americas Field Operation, and VP Worldwide Services. He played a key role in shaping Rational's team oriented approach to achieving customer results through improved software development capability. He started with Rational in 1986 in St. Louis as a Regional manager. Prior to joining Rational, Lovitt was with Hewlett-Packard for 13 years and McDonnell Douglas for 5 years.
He holds an MS in computer science from University of Missouri-Rolla, and a BS in aeronautical engineering from Wichita State University. Since retiring from Rational he has been active in Habitat for Humanity, serving on the East Bay Habitat for Humanity board of directors. He is also active on advisory boards at WSU and UMR, and is currently president of the UMR Academy of Computer Science, in addition to serving on several corporate boards.
James V. O'Donnell
President, Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners
James O'Donnell co-founded Bush O'Donnell & Co., Inc. in 1988 and has been involved in all aspects of its activities. He is a Director and shareholder and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer as well as a principal of Bush O'Donnell Smith Capital Services. He has over 25 years experience as a securities broker and portfolio manager. Mr. O'Donnell was formerly Vice President in the St. Louis office of Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he first covered major institutional fixed income accounts and later, large individual investors in the U.S. equity markets. In addition to his work with Bush O'Donnell, he also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Olin Graduate School of Business at Washington University and teaches the investment PRAXIS course — an investment course that allows graduate students to manage a portion of the University's endowment funds.
Jim received both his undergraduate and MBA degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, serves as the Adjunct Lecturer in Investments in Washington University's Olin Graduate School of Business and teaches investments in the Executive MBA program.
