Gregg Burt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Gregg joined Hart in April 2007 with an accomplished career in executive leadership managing a range of businesses. As CEO of Hart, Gregg is responsible for leading Hart InterCivic into new technology-driven business opportunities serving both government and private sectors. He is a seasoned executive with a solid record of success in technology leadership.
As an executive, Gregg has managed a range of businesses. He has been a partner at Accenture, and he has founded and managed two successful start-up software companies. Previously, Gregg held various executive positions at Schlumberger Ltd., in Paris, France. During these assignments he acquired extensive international experience in mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Hart, Gregg was CEO of BuildForge, Inc., where he led the dramatic growth of this enterprise software company which was sold to IBM.
Gregg holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas in Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California.
John Thornborrow
Chief Financial Officer
John joined Hart in 2009, bringing with him more than 15 years of senior financial and executive management experience in both publically and privately held large and small companies. As Chief Financial Officer, John directs financial strategy, accounting, information technology, human resources and administrative services.
Prior to joining Hart, John served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for TippingPoint Technologies, Inc. (a subsidiary of 3Com Corporation, NASDAQ: COMS). He has also held senior financial and operations management positions at NovusEdge, Inc., and Matrix NetSystems, Inc, and Quinton Instrument Company (now Cardiac Science, NASDAQ: CSCX).
John holds a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Entrepreneurship with Honors from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University.
Phillip Braithwaite
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hart Voting Systems
Phillip serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Hart InterCivic, responsible for all aspects of the Elections business, including customer relations, product management, partner strategy, finance, operations, engineering, and print services. Phillip joined Hart in 2001 and has held a variety of executive roles, including sales & marketing, strategic planning, and corporate development. He has personally negotiated innumerable transactions, including customer contracts, alliances, channel arrangements, and key supplier agreements. He has managed asset acquisition and divestitures efforts, including, due diligence, transaction negotiations, closing activities, and organizational integration.
Phillip came to Hart from Dell Inc., where he held leadership positions across multiple business disciplines, including opportunity management, marketing programs, and sales operations. Prior to that, he held positions in the high-tech industry with companies like TelServe, Ziff-Davis, and IDG. Phillip's work also includes many entrepreneurial activities, including buying and selling his own family business.
Phillip holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Derek Hutson
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Derek joined Hart in 2009, bringing with him more than 12 years of experience building and leading successful sales organizations. He is responsible for all sales and corporate marketing functions.
Prior to joining Hart, Derek served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for CoreTrace Corporation where he led the company's sales efforts from its start up phases through 8 quarters of revenue growth. He's also held senior sales and sales management roles at IBM (2006 acquisition of BuildForge) and BMC Software, Inc.
Derek holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston.
Marcus MacNeill
Vice President, Products and Partnerships
Marcus joined Hart in 2007 and is responsible for product strategy, management, marketing and partnering functions. He brings more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software development, management and marketing to his role.
Prior to Hart, Marcus held senior product management and marketing positions at Surgient, Troux Technologies, Vignette, PeopleSoft and Oracle. Marcus began his career as a software engineer and development manager at Platinum Technology.
Marcus holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
Andy Rodgers
Vice President, Engineering, Hart Voting Systems
Andy joined Hart in 2005 after more than 20 years in high tech business and is responsible for product management, development, sustaining and production engineering, as well as Federal certification for all Hart Voting Systems products.
Prior to joining Hart, Andy held product development management positions at Hewlett Packard and StorageTek, delivering dozens of successful products to market. He has also worked as a management consultant and entrepreneur. His experience includes supervision of R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing and Quality functions, in environments from startups to the Fortune 20. Andy holds 3 U.S. patents.
Andy received a Master of Science in Management of Technology from the National Technological University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University.