BNET Industries
Market Cap:$12.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.1M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Convera® is a leading provider of search technologies for professional workers. Convera has developed a unified product platform that makes sense of vast amounts of information?wherever it resides?across multiple data formats, languages and meanings. Based on proprietary technologies that extract relevant results from public and private data, Convera enables professionals to quickly retrieve exactly the information essential for action. The Convera search platform, TrueKnowledge Platform?, is delivered as a hosted service, software or a bundled hardware and software package. Thousands of government and business professionals in 40 countries rely on Convera search solutions to power a broad range of mission critical applications.
President & CEO
Patrick C. CondoNumber of Employees 56
Contact Information
1921 Gallows Road
Suite 200
Vienna, Virginia 22182-3900
(703) 761-3700
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Custom Computer Programming Services: 541511
Recent Events
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Wellington tech firm moves to India
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Convera folding into U.K. company
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Patrick C. Condo | President & CEO |
| Claude Vogel | Chief Scientist |
| John R. Polchin | CFO, Executive Vice President & Treasurer |
| David Nunnerley | Senior Vice President, Engineering |
| Andre Bier Johannpeter | Vice President, Business Development |
| David Connor | Vice President, Sales |
| Graham Charlesworth | Vice President & General Manager, European Operations |
| Nancy McKinley | Vice President, HR |
| Victoria Holt | Vice President, North America |
| Anna Lier | Director, Corp Communications |
| Sam Kalbag | Director, Product Management |
| Helen Mitchell | Product Manager |
| Jack Warden | Senior Account Executive |
| Milind Mistry | |
| Rick Rickertsen | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Ronald J. Whittier | Chairman |
| Ajay Menon | Board of Directors |
| Carl J. Rickertson | Board of Directors |
| Donald R. Keough | Board of Directors |
| Eli S. Jacobs | Board of Directors |
| Herbert A. Allen | Board of Directors |
| Jeffrey White | Board of Directors |
| Sidney Pollack | Board of Directors |
| Stephen D. Greenberg | Board of Directors |
| William S. Reed | Board of Directors |
Patrick Condo has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Convera Corporation since its inception in 2001, following five years as President and CEO of Excalibur Technologies (which merged with Intel’s Interactive Media Services Division to form Convera). His prior experience includes senior executive positions with Digital Equipment Corporation, Harris Semiconductor and Northrop Aircraft. Mr. Condo holds a B.S.B.A. degree in Management and Finance from Suffolk University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Convera Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Excalibur Technologies | CEO | Former |
| Excalibur Technologies | President | Former |
| Suffolk University | B.S.B.A. degree in Management and Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Chief Scientist | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | CFO, Executive Vice President & Treasurer | Current |
| Appworx Corp | Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller | Former |
| The University of North Carolina | degree in Economics | Former |
Since joining Convera in 1996, Mr. Nunnerley has been instrumental in developing the company's performance-driven search and categorization technology platform, RetrievalWare™, as well as the development of Screening Room® for managing video assets. In August 2005, he became responsible for Convera's Engineering and Datacenter Operations for the new Excalibur Web Search platform. Prior to Convera, he held leadership positions at Videopress Software and Digital Equipment Corporation. At DEC, he served in various product management and engineering positions related to databases, operating systems, transaction processing, and multimedia for 15 years. Mr. Nunnerley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Greenwich, London, England.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Senior Vice President, Engineering | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Technologies International, Ltd. | Vice President, Intl Operations | Current |
| Convera Inc. | Vice President & General Manager, European Operations | Current |
| Parametric Technology Corporation | Former | |
| Nottingham Trent University | B.S.c. Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Vice President, HR | Current |
| The George Washington University | Masters degree in Human Resources Management | Former |
| University of Maryland | B.B.A. degree in Business and Management | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Vice President, North America | Current |
| Westinghouse Electric Company LLC | software engineer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Director, Corp Communications | Current |
| Convera Inc. | Director, Corp Communications | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Director, Product Management | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Product Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Senior Account Executive | Current |
| Ingres Corporation | Former | |
| University of Richmond | B.A. degree in Political Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mayachitra Inc. | Senior Software Engineer | Current |
| Convera Inc. | Current |
Ronald Whittier brings over 30 years of experience to Convera. Prior to joining Convera, Mr. Whittier was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Corporation's Interactive Media Services Group, which focused on addressing the needs of high value content owners and distributing their content over the Internet. During his 30-year career with Intel, he was the General Manager of the Memory Products Division and the Director of Corporate Marketing. Mr. Whittier also founded and managed the Intel Architecture Labs and the Content Group. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, both in Chemical Engineering.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Convera Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Intel Corporation | General Manager | Former |
| Stanford University | Ph.D. | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | B.S. degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Allen & Company | Chairman | Current |
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| IAC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Allen & Company | President & Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Allen & Company | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek Partners | Founder | Current |
| Pine Creek Partners | Managing Partner | Current |
| Buyout Book | Professional Bio | Current |
| University of Virginia | Chairman | Current |
| United Agri Products, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Homeland Security Capital Corp | Director | Current |
| Convera Inc. | Director | Current |
| Thayer Capital Partners, L.P. | chief operating officer | Former |
| Hancock Park Associates | Partner | Former |
| Thayer Capital Partners, L.P. | partner | Former |
| Brentwood Associates | Associate | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A. | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. | Former |
| Convera Inc. | member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convera Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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