Powerway Executive Leadership Team
H. Dave Chambliss
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Chambliss is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Powerway, Inc. Prior to joining Powerway, Inc. Dave served as the Chief Operations Officer for Visiprise Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. His responsibilities included sales, services, marketing, inside sales, HR, and all related operations around the world. Prior to Visiprise, Mr. Chambliss served as President & General Manager North American Operations for Tecnomatix Technologies a publicly traded company. Over the years Mr. Chambliss has served in various executive positions including M&A, venture capital transactions, and board positions in companies such as IBM, STG, & LDS. Mr. Chambliss graduated from Kansas State University with degrees in Business Administration & Political Science.
Kim Brandt
Chief Financial Officer
Kim Brandt has been in the CFO/Controller position for more than15 years, providing leadership and serving in both the Financial and HR areas. Prior to joining Powerway, her most recent position was CFO for Transportation Safety Technologies. Ms. Brandt holds an MBA from Xavier University and a degree in Accounting from Ball State University.
Steve Scott
Chief Technology Officer
Steve Scott is the Chief Technology Officer responsible for product and technology strategy at Powerway, Inc. One of the founders of Powerway, Mr. Scott created the core concepts of the company’s software products and services.
He led the design and development of key evolutionary platforms that support doc-u-centrism (Suite 2000), SaaS (Software as a Service), and Connected Product Communities (Powerway On Demand). He is currently researching the use of innovative visualization and analytics to accelerate the interactions of product communities. Mr. Scott holds a B.S. in Applied Physics and Computer Science from Ball State University.
Powerway Management Team
Howard Clark
Vice President of Strategic Alliances
As Powerway’s leader in cultivating strategic alliances, Howard Clark expands relationships and finds natural business synergies for the benefit of business partners and customers alike.
Howard Clark has a proven twenty-five year record of success in building business relationships between technically-oriented businesses. IBM, Manugistics, Synquest, GTI, and FreightQuote.com are among the organizations that have benefitted from Howard’s expertise. Most recently, as head of Partner recruitment at Sage Software, Mr. Clark helped hundreds of partners join the Sage partner network resulting in millions of dollars of shared revenue between channels and tremendous extended value for Sage Software clients.
Carrie Kriech
Executive Director of Sales Operations
Carrie Kriech oversees the activities of Powerway’s Sales Operations, in the US and in Mexico. In this role, she coordinates the daily activities of the inside sales team, sales support of partner channels, and customer service.
Prior to joining Powerway in 2000, Ms. Kriech served in sales positions at Blackbaud, Inc. and Master Software Corporation. She graduated from the University of Indianapolis with an Associate Degree.
Eric Hannon
Executive Director of Professional Services
Earlier in his career, Mr. Hannon worked in industrial engineering, software design and development, technical support, and information technology management. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida.
Dave Dickson
Executive Director of Standards
David Dickson manages customer relationships within the automotive environment. He is an accomplished e-business, program manager, engineer, and quality management professional with more than 15 years of diverse automotive experience. He has held management positions at Ford, Chrysler, Hurd Lock, Lear, and Covisint.
Mr. Dickson graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science Engineering and Oakland University with a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Janet Case
Executive Director of Human Resources
Janet Case is responsible for all aspects of the Company’s Global Human Resource activities including the US, Europe and Mexico. During her tenure with Powerway, she has served as Human Resources Coordinator and Director of Employee Relations.
Prior to joining Powerway in 1994, Ms. Case held a district human resource management role with a retail drug chain. Ms. Case is a graduate of Florida Southern College with a bachelor’s degree in Personnel Management and minor in History.