| The ZoomAtlas geo-social networking site is the largest, most detailed, lifelike map of the United States that blends satellite imagery with capabilities for users to personally update properties. Through site-customization tools users can update map details including roads, railroads, waterways, sidewalks and property lines to miniscule landscaping details like grass, flowers and bricks on residences, restaurants, schools, parks, workplaces and more. Beyond updating location-specific aesthetics and details from the past, the map enables users to post information and notes for family and friends at important locations in their collective lives. |
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Ward Cunningham is the Chief Technology Officer of AboutUs.org, a growth company hosting the communities formed by organizations and the people they touch. Mr. Cunningham co-founded the consultancy, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc., has served as a Director of the Eclipse Foundation, an Architect in Microsoft's Patterns & Practices Group, the Director of R&D at Wyatt Software and as Principal Engineer in the Tektronix Computer Research Laboratory. Mr. Cunningham is well known for his contributions to the developing practice of object-oriented programming, the variation called Extreme Programming. Mr. Cunningham is the creator of the world's first wiki, WikiWikiWeb. Mr. Cunningham hosts the Agile Manifesto. He is a founder of the Hillside Group and there created the Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) conferences which continue to be held all over the world.
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Mr. Drucker is a founding member of ZoomAtlas and has over 25 years of industry experience in software. Prior to joining ZoomAtlas, he was founder and CEO of Domani Software Services, a software development services company, where he performed business development, project management and software development for a variety of clients such as Sun Life Financial, EasyLobby, Inc., Hologic Corp. and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Prior to Domani, Mr. Drucker served as VP of Software Engineering for Meta Software Corp., a developer of business process modeling and workflow automation software. |
Jonathan Greenleaf is the Director of Information and a founding member for ZoomAtlas. Mr. Greenleaf is focused on delivering a highly valuable user experience by integrating the GIS-supported map content with wiki-driven user contributions.
Mr. Greenleaf has 10 years of product management, technology consulting and strategic planning experience. Prior to ZoomAtlas, he worked for Bank of America, leading technology governance, strategic planning and release management for Global Wealth & Investment Management. Mr. Greenleaf has also worked for IBM Software Group and Monster Worldwide. Mr. Greenleaf previously collaborated with Mr. Sherman at MortgageQutotes and MoverQuotes. Mr. Greenleaf graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a degrees in Archaeology and Classics and earned an MBA and MS in Information Systems from Boston University. |
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Mr. Laverty is a founding member of ZoomAtlas, and brings over 20 years of experience in Boston-area startups to the team. Prior to joining ZoomAtlas, he was Chief Technology Officer for Beansprout Networks (beansprout.net, a website for pediatricians and their families), and Boatscape.com, a recreational boating portal and CMGI @Ventures affiliate.
Mr. Laverty was also product strategist, architect and engineering manager for Meta Software Corporation, a producer of business process reengineering tools.
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Susan E. Pravda is office managing partner of Foley & Lardner's Boston office, chair of the firm's Emerging Technologies Industry Team, and a member of the Private Equity & Venture Capital and Transactional & Securities Practices.
Ms. Pravda's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and securities transactions. She represents high-growth and emerging businesses, including companies in the telecommunications, Internet, software, wireless and service industries, as well as life science and biotechnology companies, from start-ups to public companies. |
Mark Sherman is the founder and CEO of ZoomAtlas, Corp., where he is responsible for the strategic and technical direction of the company. In his 25 years of technology experience, Mr. Sherman has designed page design and typesetting systems for the publishing industry, software controllers for various graphics devices, large-scale database applications, and trading systems for financial firms. In 1996, he co-founded Microsurf, Inc., a comprehensive network of consumer Web sites focused on relocation and other home services. While at Microsurf, he developed two highly profitable Web sites, MortgageQuotes.com and MoverQuotes.com. In 2000 he sold these sites to TMP Worldwide/Monster.com. Mr. Sherman also managed a private hedge fund and continues to trade derivatives today.
Mr. Sherman is actively involved in the educational community, currently serving on the board of directors and as a mentor for the Northeastern IDEA Student Entrepreneurial Program. Mr. Sherman participated as a panelist at the Harvard Business School 2009 Entrepreneurship Conference. Mr. Sherman earned a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (double major) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and an MBA from Northeastern University Graduate School of Business Administration, High Technology Program. |