Founder, Chairman at Topplers
Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- Founder, Chairman at Topplers
- Board Member at Adeptive Software
- Member Industry Advisory Board at University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science
- Director at Loon Lake Investments
- Past
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- Chief Technology Officer at Me.dium, Inc.
- Chief Technology Officer at Gold Systems, Inc.
- Managing Partner at Kalos Strategy Group
- CEO/President at XOR Inc.
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
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Herb Morreale’s Summary
Whether a founder, CEO, CTO, investor, consultant, or board member, my goal is to help organizations achieve significant growth. I'm drawn to working with teams and organizations with a strong "social glue" - where the culture offers every employee an opportunity to learn & grow, take pride in their work, live a balanced life, have fun, and be compensated fairly.
Herb Morreale’s Specialties:
Technology Entrepreneur/Executive. Web2.0, Software/Systems/Network Engineering, Product Development, Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Development, Professional Services, Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship
Herb Morreale’s Experience
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Founder, Chairman
Topplers
(Philanthropy industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
Topplers is a charitable organization. Our mission is to impact the world by inspiring, educating and motivating people to “Set Big Things In Motion.”
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Board Member
Adeptive Software
(Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Adeptive's leading product, ResWare™, is a real estate process flow software package that can be customized to manage any work flow process in the industry. Since starting the company in 2003 with a handful of other investors, the company is today one of the fastest growing software companies in its market. Adeptive’s customers use ResWare™ to processes over $4 billion in residential real estate transitions annually.
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Member Industry Advisory Board
University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science
(Higher Education industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)
The Department of Computer Science was founded in 1970, and has been part of the College of Engineering and Applied Science since 1980. The Department offers the BS, MS, ME, and PhD degrees in Computer Science, as well as a Computer Science Minor. It prides itself on achieving excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Director
Loon Lake Investments
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
December 1999 — Present (10 years )
In l999, I began making angel investments in local technology companies. These actives grew into Loon Lake Investments LLC. Loon Lake has now invested over $650,000 through its network of angel investors, and syndicated investments for both technology companies and real estate projects. I remain active with Loon Lake Investments through advisory positions with investees.
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Chief Technology Officer
Me.dium, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 5 months)
When I joined Me.dium, there was a founding management team and one engineer with a prototype. In just over a year we built a team of 30+ engineers, set up a Agile development process for rapid releases, hired a product management team, created the PM methodologies from ground up, released several versions of the Me.dium sidebar, integrated our widgets with Facebook, built a compelling web presence, rolled out a highly distributed real-time matching engine, and created an extensive IP portfolio. I'm probably forgetting a few things. We accomplished an amazing amount of work in very short period of time!
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Chief Technology Officer
Gold Systems, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 8 months)
In 2004, I joined Gold Systems, Inc. as Chief Technology Officer. Founded in 1991, Gold Systems develops speech recognition applications for Global 1000 clients. The company has won several industry awards and is nationally recognized as a leader in voice automated self-service. As CTO, I was responsible new product development, strategic partnerships, corporate marketing, and overall technology vision. Prior to leaving Gold Systems I led the company’s efforts to expand into VOIP unified communications via its partnership with Microsoft.
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Managing Partner
Kalos Strategy Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 7 months)
In 2001, I started Kalos Strategy Group, a consulting firm that worked with senior management of high-growth organizations. Kalos developed a propriety methodology that links strategy, leadership, and execution with key performance metrics. By 2003, Kalos was listed as one of Denver’s top consulting firms. Through its partnership with Gazelles International, Kalos twice hosted local events with Jim Collins, NY Times Best Selling Author of “Good to Great.” Before disbanding to explore new opportunities, the firm had grown to six partners and senior advisors whom had previously held top executive positions in high tech, telecommunications, manufacturing, education, and military.
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CEO/President
XOR Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Networking industry)
January 1991 — November 2000 (9 years 11 months)
I co-founded XOR Inc., serving as President/CEO from 1991-1999, then Chief Strategist until November 2000. We grew XOR into a full-service ebusiness outsourcing firm with approximately 500 employees, with seven offices throughout the U.S., and revenues in excess of $50 million. I was proud to lead the company as it became the sixth fastest growing technology company in Colorado (Ernst & Young Colorado Fast 50) and was included on Inc. Magazine's list of the country's 500 fastest growing private companies (#109).
Herb Morreale’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
B.S.C.S , Computer Science , 1986 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- President local chapter ACM
1991 recipient of the Steve Wozniak Scholarship
Continued involvement today with department as a guest speaker and industry advisor.
Additional Information
Herb Morreale’s Interests:
Family, friends, running, fishing, travel, sports, cooking.
