The MacroSolve executive team has over one hundred years combined experience managing mobile, high-tech, and related business ventures; building strong relationships with leaders in the mobile technology industry; implementing Anyware's disciplined professional services and mobile product methodology; and building a strong base for the rapid, managed achievement of the company's vision.
Clint Parr joined MacroSolve/Anyware Mobile Solutions in 2002 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 2003, he was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer and in 2007 to Chief Executive Officer. He was named to the Board in 2003. Parr graduated from Baylor University in 1986 with a degree in Entrepreneurship; he obtained an executive MBA from The University of Tulsa in 2000. His professional development includes twenty years of strategic alliance management, technology product development, and professional services marketing and operations with Fortune 500 companies in the carrier and energy sectors. Prior to 1996, he started a marketing consulting company and oversaw regional sales and marketing with Fortune 500 computer and imaging companies. Parr is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma and a four term Vice Chairman of the Tulsa County Election Board.
Kendall Carpenter joined MacroSolve/Anyware Mobile Solutions in 2006 as Controller. She was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2008. Carpenter's previous experience includes Division Controller with Allied Waste Industries (NSYE:AW), a $6.4 billion company, and over ten years experience as top financial officer of an enterprise software company with an international customer base. Carpenter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.
Mike Ishmael joined MacroSolve/Anyware Mobile Solutions as Director of Channel Sales in 2004. In 2005 he was promoted to Vice President of Sales. Today, as Vice President of Business Development, he is currently responsible for developing relationships with key partners in the mobile ecosystem including carriers, device manufacturers, distributors, and developers. Previously, Ishmael spent three and one half years as Director of Strategic Sales for Esker Software where he was key in the marketing and sales activities surrounding the launch of a new product. Prior to Esker, Ishmael spent seventeen years with IBM Corporation in a variety of technical, sales, and marketing roles. While with IBM, he was focused on the telecommunications industry and won numerous awards for outstanding performance. Ishmael graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and has 24 years of sales and marketing experience.
Chris Kingham joined MacroSolve/Anyware Mobile Solutions as Director of Marketing in 2004, bringing 15 years of experience in planning, implementing, and marketing high-tech and online properties. Previously, Kingham spent several years at the Williams Companies, serving in both marketing and IT management roles for some of their most critical systems and projects, including Energy News Live, the energy industry's first live, broadcast-quality online news and information site. Prior to Williams, Kingham spent several years at PennWell Publishing developing the plans and processes to move their flagship publication, Oil & Gas Journal, to the new online medium, broadening readership and generating new revenues. Kingham graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Oklahoma State University.
The Directors bring a varied and unique set of strengths and leadership abilities to the MacroSolve team.
Jim McGill serves as Chairman of the Board of MacroSolve, Inc., the parent company of Anyware Mobile Solutions. A registered professional engineer, he graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1965 from The University of Tulsa, and received 25 U.S. and foreign patents in the field of pollution control between 1974 and 1985. He has founded several companies, including an environmental technology company specializing in air and water pollution control systems, and a specialty subcontractor for natural gas pipeline construction. He serves on the board of numerous Tulsa area organizations and civic organizations, and also is a trustee of The University of Tulsa. He was named Outstanding Alumnus of TU's Department of Chemical Engineering in 1987, and admitted into the university's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Hall of Fame in 1992.
John Clerico is chairman and a registered financial adviser at ChartMark Investments, Inc., an independent investment advisory firm that manages equity funds for individuals and small pension funds. Clerico co-founded ChartMark in 2000, where his current focus is on day-to-day portfolio management and strategic direction of the firm. Prior to founding ChartMark, Clerico served in numerous senior management capacities including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 200 company. In addition to his financial responsibilities, Clerico managed Praxair's business operations in Europe and South America. Prior experience includes CFO of Union Carbide Corporation, Conoco, Inc., and Phillips Petroleum Co. Clerico was named as one of four "Leading Corporate Treasurers" by Corporate Finance magazine in 1995 and "CFO of the Year" by CFO magazine in 1997 and BusinessWeek in 1998.
David Humphrey currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Oklahoma Equity Partners, a newly formed $20 million venture capital fund. Oklahoma Equity Partners will focus exclusively on Oklahoma venture opportunities and will utilize a network of venture capital firms as lead investors. Humphrey is responsible for all investment operations of Oklahoma Equity Partners. Prior to joining OEP, Humphrey served from 1997 to 2004 as a principal of Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners, a $45 million venture capital fund. From 1995 to 1997, Humphrey was a senior business development coordinator at Texaco Natural Gas Liquids. During his two-year stay with Texaco, he led ten major acquisition and expansion projects. Prior to joining Texaco in 1996, Humphrey spent thirteen years with Koch Industries, Inc. Humphrey earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and his Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University.
Howard Janzen is currently president and CEO of One Communications, a leading integrated communications provider located in Boston, Massachusetts. Formerly, Janzen was president of Sprint Business Solutions, where he led the business unit responsible for the $12 billion revenue Sprint worldwide business customer base. Additional responsibilities included integration of Sprint's wireless, wireline, and local voice and data services. Prior to joining Sprint in May 2003, Janzen served as chairman, president and chief executive officer for Williams Communications, where he led the company in completing its $7 billion next-generation fiber network. Janzen joined Williams in 1979 and served in a number of leadership roles in Williams' energy and natural gas pipeline business. In January 1995, he was named president of the communications business unit of The Williams Companies, Inc. In April 1997, he became president and chief executive officer of Williams Communications Group, which became an independent company in 2001.
Dr. Dale Schoenefeld serves as Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at the University of Tulsa with oversight and leadership responsibility for academic computing, administrative computing, networking services, computer system administration, and university libraries. He is also Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics. He represents the University of Tulsa at OneNet, Oklahoma's telecommunications and information network for education and government, and is a member of an Oklahoma statewide committee chaired by the Secretary of Science and Technology. Prior to becoming Vice President and CIO, Schoenefeld served as Vice Provost and as Director of the Computer Resource Center. He received his B.A.E. at Wayne State College and his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. His research expertise is in the area of combinatorial optimization and involves applying optimization techniques to the design and operation of telecommunication networks, often using evolutionary computing.