Leadership | Board of Directors
Nico Nierenberg
Chairman of the Board and Chief Architect, Actuate
Mr. Nierenberg has been a software entrepreneur and innovator for over 20 years. He founded Actuate in 1993 and served as CEO until August 2000. As Chairman of the Board and Chief Architect, Nico continues to guide Actuate’s technology direction.
Mr. Nierenberg is also a Venture Consultant with Accel Partners and serves on the Board of Awarepoint™ Corporation and Databeacon, Inc. Prior to Actuate, Nico co- and served as CEO, and later CTO, of Unify (Nasdaq: UNFY), a company that helped create the market for UNIX relational database systems. This success led to a role as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Accel Partners, a leading venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Nierenberg started his career as a systems programmer and applications developer at SAIC.
Mr. Nierenberg attended the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, San Diego, where he studied economics and computer sciences.
Stephen L. Tomlin
Managing Member, Avalon Ventures
Mr. Tomlin has been an entrepreneur, senior executive and investor in wireless technology, biotechnology and Internet industries for over 15 years. In early 2001, Mr. Tomlin joined Avalon Ventures, sharing management responsibility and leading the firm's wireless technology investment activities in Avalon Ventures VI, LP and Avalon Ventures VII, LP.
From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Tomlin was a Vice-President of America Online, Inc. From 1994 to 1998, he was a co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of PersonaLogic, Inc., a Web-based e-commerce navigation company which was acquired by America Online in November of 1998. During 1993 and 1994, Mr. Tomlin was Vice-President and General Manager of Interactive Technology for QVC, Inc. where he reported directly to QVC's Chairman and CEO, Barry Diller, and was responsible for all aspects of creating and managing QVC's interactive shopping business. From 1991 to 1993, he was the Director of New Business Development for Walt Disney Computer Software. Mr. Tomlin's previous work experience includes investment banking at Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., strategic planning and business development for Castle & Cooke, Inc. and several new business start-ups.
Mr. Tomlin earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (1987) and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University (1983).
Harold M. Koenig, M.D.
Chairman and President, The Annapolis Center for Science Based Public Policy
He retired in 1998 as Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery with the permanent rank of Vice Admiral after a 32-year Navy career. As Surgeon General he exercised day-to-day executive management and oversight of all Department of the Navy medical policies, programs, and activities.
Dr. Koenig is Chairman of the Board and President of The Annapolis Center for Science Based Public Policy; a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting responsible environmental, health and safety decision-making. He is a partner in Edward Martin & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm to the health care industry and health care information management and technology companies. He writes a monthly editorial column for U.S. Medicine, the voice of federal medicine. Dr. Koenig serves on several advisory boards including the National Environmental Health Center at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
During his career Dr. Koenig served in a variety of positions including general medical officer, residency-training program director, department chairman, Executive Officer of Naval Hospital Portsmouth, and Commanding Officer, of Naval Hospital, San Diego and the Naval Health Sciences Education and Training Command, Bethesda. After selection for promotion to Flag rank in 1988 he served in a variety of positions including Director, Health Care Operations in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy.
A native of Salinas, California, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy, Brigham Young University and Baylor University College of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology, is a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives and received "The 1994 Federal Health Care Executive Award for Excellence" from the American Hospital Association.
Jason Howe
Chief Executive Officer
An acclaimed thought leader on solution selling methodology and a strategic visionary with more than 20 years of management experience, Jason Howe serves as the chief executive officer of Awarepoint. In his role as CEO, Howe drives the strategic vision for Awarepoint and manages all company operations focusing on new market development, revenue growth and profitability.
Prior to joining Awarepoint, Howe worked for more than 20 years in the high tech and healthcare industries focusing on strategic management, international sales and marketing. Howe served as CEO of CBS2 Consulting as a senior level advisor on a variety of go-to-market plans and developed innovative business strategies for key leaders in the high tech and healthcare industries. He has successfully initiated and managed revenue generation at five technology companies on four continents. Howe has also served as senior vice president for Creekpath Systems, Federation Software, Unibex and Edgix Corporation.
Howe currently has patented various sales process models (Campaigner Based Selling Model™ and forecast service offerings (AcuForecast™) and authored the book Fear and Greatness - True Solution Selling. Howe graduated Suma Cum Laude from the University of Colorado with a dual Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and operational management, and a minor in molecular and cellular Biology. Additionally, he holds an Executive MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.
