Board of Directors
Robert Fenwick-Smith
Chairman of the Board, Founder & Manager of Aravaipa Ventures, a Colorado-centric GreenTech Fund
In addition to aWhere, Inc., Fenwick-Smith is also Chairman of AXIT AG, Frankenthal, Germany, a leading European SaaS Supply Chain Management Software company, and two U.S. companies: SonicScrubbers LLC and Seth Ellis Chocolatier LLC. He was a Managing Director of Tattle srl, Brescia, Italy, a leader in Imaging Technology in the Industrial Security Sectors. As the President and Chief Executive of Romaco, he was instrumental in leading the growth of the business from its inception to 170 million Euro in sales. Mr. Fenwick-Smith received his BA in Economics from Ecole Des Houtes Etudes Commerciales in Lausanne, Switzerland, and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
John Corbett
President & CEO, aWhere, Inc.
After graduating with honors at Dartmouth, then earning a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Corbett spent the next 20 years becoming an expert in geo-spatial tool applications. Working closely with the national and international organizations in the US, Kenya, Africa, Switzerland, and Mexico, Dr. Corbett built and managed systems to utilize geo-analytics to increase positive outcomes. Leveraging his expertise with GIS, he identified a major need in the marketplace that became the framework for AWhere’s products. Prior to aWhere, Dr. Corbett worked with Syngenta as Head of Global GIS where he managed the business operations of the GIS division.
Jim Franklin
VP General Manager, Crystal Ball Global Business Unit, Oracle Corporation
The Crystal Ball Global Business Unit was formed in 2007 through Oracle’s acquisition of Hyperion Solutions formerly know as Decisioneering, Inc . At Hyperion, Mr. Franklin served as VP and General Manager, was the founder of webfamilies.com, and the CFO of Vericept Corporation. Mr. Franklin has been involved with the Rockies Venture Club since 1992 and served as president from 2006-2008. He is a frequent speaker at technology conferences and in academia and serves as an advisor and investor to several technology businesses. Mr. Franklin has passed the CPA exam, is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and Colorado and holds a JD/MBA and BBA-Accounting all from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Stewart Collis
Co-Founder, Vice President Research & Development, Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Collis graduated from the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia earning a Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering (with Honors) and a Master of Engineering Science with specific focus on Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing. Prior to co-founding aWhere, Inc. in 1999, he worked at the International Center for Research in Agro-Forestry (ICRAF) in Kenya then Texas A&M University System as a software developer focusing on climate and agriculture modeling and easy to use GIS. Mr Collis is responsible for aWhere Inc's software technology development and research.