The founders of the company are all former employees of Avectra, a leading
Association Management System vendor - and we are proud to be an
Avectra Partner Company. When you work with Catalyst Fire, you are
working with us - your technology partner team.
Doug Brown
President and Flint Wheel
Doug (and Al Gore) invented the Internet! Yes, he's been
around that long! Doug has been developing web-based applications
since the late 1990's.
Doug has 7 years of experience as a technical Project
Manager within the Avectra company. He has overseen many successful
full-scale implementations of the netFORUM product for some of
Avectra's largest and most complex customers. He has an uncanny
knack for understanding the business drivers at each professional
association, translating that into appropriate software solutions
and communicating clearly with technical staff to get it
implemented.
Prior to his employment at Avectra, Doug was a Principal at
a custom software development company that serviced the association
industry. He oversaw complex full-lifecycle development of
web-based applications that supported critical business processes
at these associations. Examples include learning management
applications, chapter management system, online processes to submit
application forms and review/approve the submitted
application.
Ken Wong
Vice President, Implementation and Ignition Specialist/Fuse
To many of his customers, Ken is known as Doctor Wong!
When "the doctor is in", good things happen!
Ken has 7 years professional experience in system design and
application development for Professional Association. He is very
detail oriented, dependable and responsible.
Ken has a wealth of knowledge about netFORUM's inner
workings and best practices that enable him to create powerful
customizations within the netFORUM framework. Not only can Ken make
netFORUM perform tricks, he is also an excellent communicator,
accomplished technical lead and a proven technical
trainer.
Ken has a master degree in Management Information Systems.
He enjoys life as much as he enjoys his work. Ken likes to travel
and also appreciates a quiet afternoon at home watching movie with
his wife and two cats.
Aaron Henselin
Vice President, R&D and Firestarter
Aaron lives and breathes software development. In his
spare time, he likes to --- you guessed it --- code. Aaron is our
resident "nerd", keeping us all on our toes with the new
technologies that he introduces to the team.
Aaron is the thought leader for the development of Catalyst
Fire's application suite and utility/tool belt. His unlimited
creativity is an inspiration, and his unrelenting pursuit of
excellence influences the work ethic of all Catalyst Fire staff.
Aaron is facile in adopting new technologies and identifying where
those technologies can be implemented to best benefit our
customers.
Solomon Bahta
Consulting Catalyst
Solomon is the academic of the bunch. He brings new ideas and
concepts to the team and serves as a "voice of reason" for all
technical decisions.
Solomon has the ability to work directly with the customer
to define the business need and identify the most appropriate
solution. In addition, he is a skilled programmer with experience
in deep customization development as well as complex integrations
using industry standards such as SAML and XML Web
Services.