The Workface® objective is to bridge traditional business processes that occur in the authentic world with virtual processes on the internet. Our mission is to digitally interface business people in a way that preserves the human condition.
We began work on 'workface' in September 2005, and officially founded the company in August 2006. What started as a simple idea for connecting two business people in meaningful business relationships on the web has blossomed into a company serving business users in all 50 U.S. states and another 15 countries around the globe.
We are the epitome of small business. The workface team is driven, we respond rapidly to opportunity and change, and we dream big. Our focus is on the needs of our customers...because they are our greatest innovators.
The Team
Lief Larson, President & Product Director
Lief has been a career entrepreneur, technologist and futurist.He has founded and grown several companies.In 2004 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Kiosk & Self-Service industry association and was inducted into their Hall of Fame.Mr. Larson was named #8 on Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 10 American Entrepreneurs Under 30" list and was a back-to-back semi-finalist for the Minnesota Cup in 2005 & 2006.
Jereme is a knowledgeable web developer with experience utilizing state of the art technologies to create web applications that automate workflow processes and foster collaboration. Jereme’s years of experience include utilizing PHP, C#, Ruby, MySQL, XHTML, Flash, Fireworks, and Linux as well as various other frameworks, operating systems, programming languages and development software. Jereme has both a BA and Masters degree in Computer Information Systems.
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Tanner Thompson, Marketing Director
While having a degree and over nine years of experience with marketing and sales, Tanner’s wide variety of interests have continued to push his expertise into new fields. Building a comprehensive skill-set that includes technical elements such as UI design, HTML, CSS programming while focusing on business drivers like business/marketing strategy and technological planning has continued to fuel innovation and crossover opportunities between business silos.
Kurt Menne, CSS / Design
Kurt is an experienced web designer with over a decade in custom web development, integration and testing. Formerly he was Creative Director for Machalek Communications, where he oversaw the entire creative department. Kurt focuses on search optimization and W3C/508 standards-driven tableless sites.
Scott is an experienced corporate executive, media professional, and entrepreneur.He was a financial co-founder and board member of AllOverMedia, Inc., a successful out-of-home advertising company.Formerly, Scott served as CEO of Novus Print Media and successfully orchestrated the sale of the business to Omnicom Group Inc., the largest global advertising, marketing, and communications company in the world.
Rick began advising and investing in early-stage and emerging companies as a venture capitalist in 1991. For nearly two decades, he has helped numerous companies develop into “investment grade” opportunities, attract funding and create shareholder value. Past investments and clients include: Ancor Communications (acquired by QLogic), Cartia (acquired by Aurigin), Computer Network Technology (acquired by McDATA), Jasc Software (acquired by Corel), and XIOtech (acquired by Seagate). In addition to being founder and General Partner at Sherpa Partners, he is a Board Member and past President of the Minnesota Venture Capital Association. His prior experience includes venture capital, investment banking and investment research at Norwest Venture Capital, Piper Jaffray and Needham & Co., respectively.
Brett is currently President and co-founder of SMART Group Consulting. He has nearly two decades experience in high-level sales skills and business acumen to the finance and banking industries, including a background with Fortune 500 Companies as a top producing loan originator, Branch, Area and Regional EVP Sales Manager as well as extensive experience in recruiting. Brett has managed $350-500 million in annual production volume.
Kelly is an accomplished investment professional and management executive. He has over 15 years of investment experience at the institutional and retail levels managing domestic and international offices, multiple investment teams, and the administration of mutual, pension and hedge fund assets. Kelly is a is current partner in a Minnesota-based business development group.
Jim is the President of Sabbath, Inc. and the CTO for Minnesota-based Iconoculture, Inc. Previously he served as both Vice President and CTO for West Group and Westlaw, where he was responsible for all software and technology development as well as managing a staff totaling over 1700 people, including 900 technical development staff and 800 professional and clerical database and production management staff. For more than 20 years Jim has play an integral part in managing successful technology teams.
Danny has developed large-scale enterprise applications in Flash and Flex for companies including Omniture, Target, and The Food Network. He is considered to be one of the world’s most leading authorities on Flash and Flex development. Danny is an Adobe Community Expert, Flex Developer Champion, has published over 40 articles on RIA, and wrote the books Advanced ActionScript 3.0 with Design Patterns and Flash ActionScrip: Training from the Source, both published by Adobe Press.
