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Ross Kudwitt - CEO, Nine Summer

Ross is an experienced technology team leader and entrepreneur. Until February 2007, Ross was the CIO of Timex Corporation and was hired to elevate the performance of their global IT organization. Ross is an engineer at heart and launched Nine Summer in 2007 with the mission of creating a world-class software product development team. Nine Summer's team of software professionals collaborate on software, e-business and mobile ventures providing services for software development, launch acceleration and CTO-level leadership. Ross has experience as the CIO and CTO for public and private companies ranging from start-ups to large enterprises, including: Advanta, Auctions.com, Comtex News Network, GFI Group, Netkey, The New York Public Library, Patron Technology, Timex Corporation, and TrivialPursuit.com.

For over 20 years, he has helped innumerable organizations develop and implement the right technologies, processes, and teams. His focus on operational excellence has helped improve shareholder value and customer satisfaction. Ross founded acclaimed startup WebCharity in his spare time, to help charities raise money and awareness by leveraging the Internet. Previously, Ross was the President of Applied Management Systems (AMS), a consulting firm specializing in custom back office applications. AMS designed and developed systems for enterprises such as: American Express, Met Life, Great Plains Software, Pitney Bowes, GE and Yale University.

Ross received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and was with IBM and Philips Medical Systems before founding AMS. At IBM Ross worked on computer hardware and operating system design with the technology that was part of the original IBM PC, and at Philips he worked on the first computerized x-ray generator. Ross is a board member of Patron Technology and a member of the CTO Club of New York and the Fairfield & Westchester Chapter of the Society for Information Management.