Walter Elliot - CEO/President

Walter is the CEO and President of Ai Squared and is responsible for all operations of the company. Walter brings extensive sales and marketing experience to Ai Squared with over 25 years in the software industry. He has eight years of experience as a CEO with another eight years as a COO, EVP and SVP. During his career he has managed worldwide operations serving 35 different countries.

Walter has a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts in Marketing and an MBA in finance from Suffolk University.

Walter is married with two children, a daughter who is a recent graduate of Villanova University and a son currently a senior at the University of Massachusetts. Walter enjoys sailing and golf and has an interest in wine.

Jost Eckhardt - Director of Development

Jost Eckhardt joined Ai Squared in June 2001 as a Senior Developer. He was promoted to Director of Development in January, 2005. Jost received his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Prior to his position with Ai Squared Jost was Co-founder and Director for Eco Kommunikcations in Berlin, where he designed and developed an Off-Screen-Model (VSM), and a full featured Screen Reader (Insight) for Windows. He developed Utility Manager under contract for Microsoft which shipped with Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.

As Director of Technology with Ai Squared Jost's responsibilities include managing the development group, project scheduling, software development process, and new product/feature management. Jost's achievements with Ai Squared include his participation as Senior Developer on ZoomText 8 and 9 releases, integrating and enhancing his Off-Screen-Model (now ZSM) in ZoomText for all-color-smoothing, xFont, and improved screen reading, designing and developing WebFinder and TextFinder features, designing and developing AHOI for improved application support in ZoomText, leading ZoomText 9 release as head of development, and implementing Extreme Programming methodologies.

Jost is married with a 9 month old son. Jost enjoys hiking, in-line skating, and playing music with his friends.

Sarah Fitz - Controller

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Scott Moore - Director of Marketing

Scott Moore joined Ai Squared in May 1993. Scott received his AS in Computer Information Systems, Business Administration, and General Accounting from Phillips Junior College in Melbourne, Florida. Prior to his position as Director of Marketing Scott has served as Product Manager, and Technical Support Manager for Ai Squared.

As Director of Marketing Scott's responsibilities include technical writing (manuals, help systems, technical articles), Marcom concepts and writing, composing the ZoomNews monthly newsletter and AiSquared.com website content, phone system programming, and product usability reviews. Scott's achievements with Ai Squared include Marcom and technical writing for various releases of ZoomText, Quality Assurance for various releases of ZoomText, tradeshow coordination and presentations, ZoomText localization, and phone system configuration and recordings.

Scott is married with 3 children (in college, high school, and preschool). He enjoys playing guitar and keyboards and singing.

Shawn Warren - Director of Product Support

Shawn Warren joined Ai Squared in June, 1996 as a Developer. Shawn received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Johnson State College, and attended two years of graduate studies in Applied Math at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Prior to his position with Ai Squared Shawn worked as an electrician. Before this, he worked as a nuclear power plant Mechanical Operator for the US Navy.

As Director of Product Support Shawn's responsibilities include managing the Technical Support group (3 employees), managing the Quality Assurance group (2 employees), prioritization of bugs with the Director of Development, TestTrack (issue tracking) database administration, interfacing with key customers on high priority support issues, release criteria documentation and communications, and directing periodic tier tests. Shawn's achievements with Ai Squared include the magnified and self-voicing ZoomText setup program, developing release engineering processes, and starting the QA department.

Shawn is married with 2 children in elementary school. He is a church deacon and holds a CTM certification as Competent Toastmaster.