Intervolve's management team is comprised of industry veterans that bring a history of success to Intervolve.  Our team brings a mix of experience in the beverage and supply chain industries, plus a wealth of knowledge and proven experience in running successful software companies.

At the core of each member of the management team is a dedication to customer satisfaction.

The management team consists of the following members:

Bill Kaluza

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

William J.  Kaluza has served as Chief Executive Officer of Intervolve, Inc. since October of 2007.  He has more than 25 years of experience leading technology companies and has a proven track record of building highly successful software companies in the supply chain management industry.

His experience includes co-founding a supply chain management software company, coordinating a management buy-out and completing Initial Public Offerings for two companies. He has experience planning and satisfying the financial needs of private and public companies from early stage angel investing, through conventional bank financing and venture capital investments, to mezzanine financing and initial public offerings. He also has extensive experience with the evaluation, consummation and implementation of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures within the U.S. and internationally.

Most recently, Mr. Kaluza has been a partner in Rankin McKenzie, LLP, a financial management firm specializing in interim and outsourced CEO, CFO and Controller Services, during which time he has served as CEO and/or CFO for several private and public companies in the Raleigh area with a concentration on software companies and companies interested in preparing for an Initial Public Offering.

Prior to that, he served as Vice President-Finance & CFO for Volumetrics Medical Imaging, Inc., a medical device company where he was asked to prepare the company for an Initial Public Offering.  In that role, he drafted the company’s business plan, assisted in recruiting talented executives to create a world-class management team, and coordinated the company’s financing activities.  Previously, Mr. Kaluza served as the Vice President-Finance & CFO of Interactive Magic, Inc., a leading provider of interactive entertainment services across the Internet.  During his tenure, he developed a corporate business plan to reposition the company from a provider of software games to an Internet provider of entertainment services that contributed to a successful Initial Public Offering.

Previously, Mr. Kaluza served as Chief Financial Officer and Sr. V.P. Operations of Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANU), a leading provider of supply chain management solutions. As Chief Financial Officer, he raised private equity to fund a management buyout and obtained mezzanine financing to fund operations and acquisitions.  He then coordinated all aspects of the company’s Initial Public Offering after which he established and managed the investor relations function.  As Sr. V.P. Operations for MANU, he managed the Personal Systems Business Unit, including sales, marketing, development, manufacturing and support of all personal computer products.  He was also responsible for managing the company’s computer center and computer facilities management services for outside clients.  In his previous position as General Counsel for that company, he coordinated the Management Buyout of the company and the consummation of several U.S. and international acquisitions.

Previously, Mr. Kaluza served as an associate attorney for Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz where he specialized in corporate law (including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures), litigation (including actions before federal courts, state courts and administrative agencies) and real estate (including industrial, commercial and residential transactions).

Mr. Kaluza earned a B.S. degree in Economics with concentrations in Accounting, Finance and Computer Information Systems from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He earned a J.D. degree with a concentration in Corporate Law from the Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University.  He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and before the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland.
 

George Kossl

VP of Marketing/Product Strategy

Mr. Kossl brings more than 12 years of experience delivering next-generation technology solutions to the beverage industry and over 20 years of experience IT experience.

Prior to joining Intervolve, he served as Mobility Account Manager for Daugherty Systems.  In that role he worked closely with Anheuser-Busch and its wholesalers to expand the Mobility Selling Solution to over 680 distributors across the United States.

Previously, Mr. Kossl developed the product strategy and product roadmap while serving as Product Manager for Daugherty Wholesale Solutions. One of those products included the Mobility Selling Solution that is now the strategic sales platform for Anheuser-Busch.  Prior to his roles at Daugherty Wholesale Solutions, George served as a principal consultant with Daugherty Business Solutions, an IT consultancy to several Fortune 1000 companies, in the areas of decision support, data warehousing, software project management and software development.  

Mr. Kossl holds a bachelors degree in Mathematical Computer Science from St. Louis University.


Vince Schneider

VP of Sales

Mr. Schneider is responsible for managing Intervolve’s Field Sales Force as well as direct sales responsibilities for all major accounts. He has over 10 years experience in systems sales & sales management in the beverage industry.

Prior to joining Intervolve, Mr. Schneider was VP of Sales for Global Beverage Group, now HighJump Software, from 2003 until 2007 during which time GBG’s revenue grew from 9 million to 26 million annually.

Prior to GBG, he was Director of Sales & Marketing for WCS, a division of Daugherty Systems where he oversaw growth from 2 million to 12 million annually.

Mr. Schneider holds a BS in Computer Science with a major in Management from Southeast Missouri State University.

David Fotheringham

Vice President Client Services

Mr. Fotheringham brings almost 15 years of leadership experience in client services, systems implementation, and project management to Intervolve's Support, Implementation and Quality Assurance teams. His interaction with a varying customer base includes programming and software support for institutes and centers with the National Institutes of Health, project management and data base administration when migrating systems to new platforms, and implementation and client services support of disease management programs for both large insurance carriers as well as corporations. Mr. Fotheringham joined Intervolve in 2006, and has a keen understanding of the changing trends in beverage distribution.

Mr. Fotheringham's BS in Mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University assists in providing practical solutions and processes for day-to-day operations. As the main point of contact for clients such as the National Cancer Institute, The Turner Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, and The Empire Plan of New York, David not only accomplished the goals of client services, but also led system integration initiatives.

Most recently, Mr. Fotheringham was Director of Program Implementations at SHPS, Inc., a healthcare services company based in Scottsdale, AZ. Mr. Fotheringham led all implementation directives for the Raleigh Disease Management product to ensure that all pre-sale requirements were met and to assure that a smooth transition from implementations to support occurred.