BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Horizon Wimba develops web-based collaboration software designed for online education, language learning and live interactive communications. Our collaborative applications enable learning professionals to fully embrace the new wave of teaching and learning opportunities afforded by the internet; regardless of geographic location, bandwidth or operating system. Our classroom collaboration solutions enable educators to conduct live, online classes, meetings, office hours and other collaborations, and our language learning tools add oral interaction directly into course content, webpages, study groups and assessments. With simplicity and power, Horizon Wimba adds new dimensions to online, accessible education, enhancing the learning experience for both students and instructors.

Number of Employees 20
Contact Information

520 8th Ave Fl 23

New York, New York 10018

www.horizonwimb...

1 212 533 1775

NAICS Code Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers: 423430

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Tommaso Trionfi CEO
Oliver Nicklin President
Bruno Van Haetsdaele Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Ira Riesenberg Chief Financial Officer
Steven D Kann Co-Founder and Chief Engineer
Donovan Lytle Vice President, Publishing Services
Jeff Rubenstein Vice President, Product Management
Jennifer Kim Vice President, Client Services
Thomas Jepsen Vice President, Emea Sales
Ron Hahn Managing Partner
Rony Mecattaf Partner
Aaron Bond Senior Director, Professional Services
Mack Brown Senior Director, Publishing Services
Matt Wasowski Director, Communications
Keith McClaren Product Manager
Annie Chechitelli
Bruno Van Haetsdaele-Co
Kristian Photopoulos
Michael Tuminello
Steven D Kann-Co

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Walter H Barandiaran Chairman

Organization Position Status
Brownstone Research Group, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Wimba, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
INSEAD President Former
Omniticket Network Director of Business Development Former
INSEAD MBA Former
University of Grenoble Master's Degree In Science Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. President Current

Bruno Van Haetsdaele, who co-founded Wimba in September 1999, currently manages Horizon Wimba.s research and development teams. Before the combination with HorizonLive, he was heavily involved in Research and Development projects. He wrote Wimba's patent in 2000, designed and developed various web-based voice communication tools. He received his masters in computer networking from Institut Eurecom and Telecom Paris, one of the most prestigious engineering schools in France, and also conducted research and development in the fields of distributed computing, smart agents, and multimodal interfaces at Stanford Research Institute in Silicon Valley.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Current

As CFO, Ira is responsible for Horizon Wimba's finance, accounting, human resources and administrative functions. Ira brings over 20 years of experience including the last 15 years at high-tech start-ups that include two IPO's, two high-yield debt offerings, nine private equity offerings, four acquisitions and various bank financings. Prior to joining Horizon Wimba, Ira worked at Dynamicsoft, a telecommunications software company in New Jersey, where he served as corporate controller from 1999 until 2004. While there he helped raise money through several private equity offerings, before assisting in the sale of the company to Cisco Systems. During his tenure, the Company grew from $1 million in annual sales, to over $30 million. Ira previously served as controller at Juno Online Services, an internet service provider in New York, from 1998 to 1999 where he helped the company go public. As the Controller from 1996 to 1998 at Destia, an international telecommunications service provider, he helped raise $325 million though the issuance of high-yield bond offerings, as the company grew from $20 million to $200 million. From 1989 until 1996 Ira held several finance positions of increasing responsibility at AXS-One, an ERP financial software company, culminating with the position of director of finance. Prior to that, Ira worked five years at Stanley Marks & Co., a medium size CPA firm in New York. Ira holds a BBA in Accounting from Pace University in New York.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Juno Online Services, Inc. Controller Former
DynamicSoft Corporate Controller Former
AXS-One Inc. Former
Stanley Marks Company Inc Former
Pace University Bba In Accounting Former

Steven D. Kann is responsible for the overall technical strategy for the design and underlying infrastructures of Horizon Wimba's products. He is also the lead architect of Horizon Wimba.s products, manages the development process, and proudly serves as an industry expert on Section 508 accessibility. His diverse experience prior to HorizonLive includes positions at i/o 360 digital design, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The Board of Education of the City of New York and was founder and president of Adap-Tech. Most notably, Steve's commitment to the disabled is a common thread throughout his career. He worked with disabled children at the Board of Education and founded Adap-Tech to build electronic communication aids for handicapped children, a need he identified after evaluating the inferior products then available. He was the architect behind HorizonLive 3.0 which introduced new-to-the market accessibility features into the virtual classroom product.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Engineer Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Architect Former

Organization Position Status
Wimba, Inc. Vice President, Publishing Services Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Vice President, Publishing Services Current
University of Montana Director of Development Former
English Language Institute Director of Development Former
University of Montana MA In Linguistics Former

Jeff manages product strategy and design for Horizon Wimba's suite of products. He has been involved in K-12 and higher education for nearly 10 years, primarily in curriculum design and eLearning, with additional experience in publishing and business development. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Technology Development at the Princeton Review, where he managed the development of eLearning and student management technologies. He has lived and taught in France as well as the US, and has experience with Asian and Middle East markets.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Vice President, Product Management Current
The Princeton Review, Inc. Vice President of Technology Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Vice President, Client Services Current

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Vice President, Emea Sales Current
Wimba, Inc. Vice President, Emea Sales Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Co-Founder of French Former
University of San Francisco Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Managing Partner Current
Early Stage Enterprises Partner Current
Columbia Business School Adjunct Professor of Finance Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Director Current
Cylex Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Zon Capital Partners Advisory Board Member Current
Panomics Board of Directors Current
LTD Commodities Inc. First Vice President Former
Heizer Corporation Vice President Former
Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc. General Partner Former
Battelle Ventures General Partner Former
Early Stage Enterprises Officer Former
Heizer Corporation NA Former
Federal Express Corporation Former
Anderson School of Management MBA Former
UCLA Anderson School of Management MBA Former
Occidental College Bachelor of Arts In English Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Partner Current

Aaron Bond has been with Horizon Wimba for three years and oversees the company's training, implementation, and support teams.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Senior Director, Professional Services Current

Mack Brown has over 20 years of experience in developing assessment software for educators. In March of 1983, Mr. Brown co-founded Brownstone Research Group. Since that time, he has designed and developed over a dozen assessment systems and has been involved in every aspect of the assessment software business. Brownstone's products are used by over 100,000 instructors every year on multiple platforms. Each year, millions of students take tests that are delivered on or printed by Brownstone software. Under Mr. Brown, Brownstone has been a pioneer in the assessment software industry. The company delivered the first editable question banks to the industry, developed the industry's first algorithm-based questions, and created production tools that have radically improved the speed with which turn-key question bank systems are made available to instructors. A proponent of open standards, Mr. Brown serves on the IMS QTI team. He holds a BA in physics and economics from Berry College.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Senior Director, Publishing Services Current
Brownstone Research Group, Inc. Co-Founder Former
Berry College Ba In Physics and Economics Former

Matt Wasowski has worked in a Marketing capacity at Horizon Wimba since June 2000. Most notably, he created and still produces and moderates the Horizon Wimba Desktop Lecture Series, the only weekly online presentation program which brings experts from education and technology to the desktops of thousands of educators worldwide. Matt has spoken at many conferences throughout the country and was a keynote presenter at the TCC 2003 annual online conference. Matt has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, an MFA from The New School University, and has written professionally in several capacities.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Director, Communications Current
University of Pennsylvania B.A. Former

Keith is a technical executive with over 10 years of management experience in internet startup organizations. He is one of the thought leaders in the educational technology industry, and has pioneered numerous technological advances in the field. He has been both a Brandon Hall Award winner and judge, and is currently employed as a Product Manager with HorizonWimba. Previous experience includes positions at VCampus Corporation, ITC Learning, and Hughes Training, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Product Manager Current
Open Educator, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Current
Accenture Ltd. consultant Former
Columbia University B.S in Operations Research Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Wimba, Inc. Vice President, North American Sales Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Current
Raindance Communications, Inc. Regional Director of Sales Former
CBS Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Current
Prentice Hall Former
Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation Former
University of Virginia B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Current
Adaptech, Inc. president Former
Adaptech, Inc. founder Former

Organization Position Status
Brownstone Research Group, Inc. Managing Partner and Co-Founder of The Argentum Group Current
Argentum Corporation Co-Founder Current
The Argentum Group Co-Founder Current
Wimba, Inc. Managing Partner, Argentum Group Current
StructuredWeb Managing Partner, the Argentum Group Current
Afs Technologies, Inc. Chairman Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. Chairman Current
Metalico Rochester, Inc Committee Chair Current
LP Technologies Board of Directors Current
Metalico Inc. Board of Directors Current
StructuredWeb Board of Directors Current
Brownstone Research Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lifestar Board of Directors Current
Metalico Rochester, Inc Director Current
M3 Technologies Board of Directors Current
Conner Industries Inc. Board of Directors Current
Nagel Family Director Current
Medsite, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Environmental Quality Management, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Matthews Book Co Board of Directors Current
Lifestar Response Corp. Board of Directors Current
Wimba, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Horizon Wimba, Inc. CEO Former
The Argentum Group Managing Partner Former
Afs Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Former
City University of New York Bba In International Business Former
Baruch College Bachelors Degree Former
Businessschool Former
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