Management
Kathryn Shimabukuro
President
Kathryn has has 20-years experience as an multi-disciplinary executive in various senior marketing, business development and sales positions. After becoming seasoned in Fortune 1000 companies, Kathryn focused her attention on entrepreneurial ventures.
Kathryn founded the Women’s Investment Network and has invested and participated in eleven succesful startup ventures. She became the Chair on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network and continues to volunteer at the organization today. She earned a Business degree from Washington State University and a finance degree from the College for Financial Planning.
Ken Westin
Founder & CTO
Ken is a creative technologist with 10-years experience in computer security, development, programming, design and marketing. He has developed and managed cutting edge applications and websites for companies including Tektronix, iovation, Centennial Software and both developer and instructor at Pacific University. As founder of GadgetTrak he developed GadgetTrak's original patent-pending solution for removable media theft recovery and leads product management and technology innovation.
Ken holds a B.A. from Lewis & Clark College, an M.S. in Internet Systems Development from the University of Portsmouth and has various certifications.
Advisory Board
Robert McCarthy
Bob McCarthy is Vice President and CFO of Tripwire, Inc., and is responsible for Finance, HR and Operations.
Prior to joining Tripwire in 1999, Bob had been CFO of several development-stage software companies in the Portland area, including Quantitative Technology Corporation, CAChe Scientific, which was acquired by Oxford Molecular Group, and Eagle Design Automation, which was acquired by Synopsys.
Bob received his BS from the University of San Francisco and his MBA from Golden Gate University.
Scott Campbell
Scott has been selling enterprise software solutions to Fortune 1000 clients since 1993. Currently at Jive Software, Inc., the industry leading provider of Enterprise Web 2.0 Social Computing solutions, Scott has run the global sales organization for four years. Prior to Jive, Scott spent 6 years at Tripwire, Inc., a provider of enterprise security and change governance solutions. While at Tripwire, he lead the Western Region Field Sales and Inside Sales organizations. From 1993 to 1998, Scott spent 5 years at Rogue Wave Software, a maker of C++ and Java development tools. Responsible for over 3/4 of the company's revenue, Scott successfully ran several departments within the sales organization and guided Rogue to a successful IPO in 1996.