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Joshua Walker -- CEO
Throughout his career, Josh has helped people take advantage of technology innovation to improve their businesses. Prior to founding CityVoter, Josh was an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at General Catalyst, an early-stage venture capital firm in Cambridge, MA. He joined General Catalyst after more than seven years at Forrester Research, a leading technology market research firm. At Forrester, Josh held several management positions and launched one of the fastest growing products in Forrester's history. When he left Forrester, Josh was Vice President and Director of the Consumer Markets research group. Josh graduated from Middlebury College.
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Michele Davis -- COO
Michele has more than fifteen years of management experience. At CityVoter she is responsible for developing the organization, coaching managers managing financial performance, and optimizing product development. She also manages the research team and coordinates CityVoter's outsourced data entry teams. Michele comes to CityVoter from Forrester Research where she was the VP of Strategic Growth. In this position, she was responsible for all aspects of human resources in the Americas, with a specific focus on creating new systems for accelerating successful hiring and developing employees. Michele played a key role in the acquisition and integration of Giga Research.. Prior to Forrester, Michele transformed John Harvard's Brew House from a single operation with 85 employees into a national chain with more than 1,000 employees. In this role, Michele traveled extensively in the field to provide one on one coaching to managers. She holds a BA from Emory University and a MSW from the University of Connecticut.
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Kathryn Maguire -- Vice President, Business Development
Prior to joining CityVoter, Kathryn worked as Director of Marketing and Asset Manager for Lyme Properties, one of the largest life sciences property developers in the United States. Kathryn joined Lyme Properties after working at Forrester Research. At Forrester, she was a Senior Sales Manager, with Fortune 500 clients in such diverse industries as healthcare, energy, consumer products and industrial manufacturing. Some of her clients included Abbott Laboratories, Kimberly-Clark, Snap-on and Toro. Kathryn's experience with sales, client management and marketing brings a wealth of experience to CityVoter's business development team. Kathryn is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Ken Hillyer -- Vice President, Finance
Ken leads the strategic finance and accounting operations for CityVoter. Prior to joining CityVoter, Ken worked as a management consultant to start-up and emerging growth ventures, as well as engineering and architecture firms. As a consultant, Ken focused on financial analysis, strategy development, and due diligence in preparation for mergers, acquisitions, and funding events. Ken previously worked as an analyst for PBSJ, a Top 20 ENR 500 engineering firm where he was Ken was responsible for the financial operations of two divisions and received the COO's Inter-service Contributor Award for outstanding service to the company. Ken has also held positions at a Large-Cap Equity Mutual Fund and a Global Investment Bank. Ken earned a BBA in Finance (with honors) and a Master in Accounting from Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, GA. He is a member of the AICPA and a CPA candidate in the State of Massachusetts.
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Jeremy Walker -- Director of Technology
Jeremy heads product development and technology operations for CityVoter. Prior to joining CityVoter, Jeremy was a senior software engineer at Avanade - an Accenture and Microsoft joint venture. At Avanade, he worked on several high-profile projects for clients such as the Department of Defense (SERVE-FVAP) and Wachovia. Before joining Avanade, he gained valuable media and advertising skills on technology teams at Mindshare - a WPP company, and Prospero Inc. - an online community service. His experience with media buying and placement, online voting, and financial services applications brings a wealth of enterprise software expertise and leadership to CityVoter's technology team. Jeremy graduated from University of Vermont.
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Stuart Cannon -- Director of Design
Stuart comes to CityVoter with extensive cross-channel design experience. Most recently, Stuart was a senior designer at Orange where he developed prototypes of visual and interactive concepts for cell phone applications, user interfaces, and potential mobile services. He began his career working for London.com developing quality maps and pictorial tourist guides for London visitors. Stuart's work included an "Above Ground" map of the London Underground network. After London.com, Stuart worked for EF Education where he coordinated the printing and global distribution of 3.5 million catalogs in 26 languages and co-directed photo shoots worldwide. Stuart led design efforts for an EF Education spin-off called Englishtown where he developed brand identity, the flagship web site and all printed materials. Stuart graduated with a BA Honors Degree in Graphic Design, London College of Printing and a Diploma in Graphic Foundation Studies, Hertfordshire University.
