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The Founding Partners of Excelisys, Inc.
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Christo (Christopher R. Lowe)
CEO/Founder, Director of Sales & Marketing
Email | AIM: christo1st
Toll Free 1–866–592–9235
Direct Local/Int’l – 17–574–273–5805 |
Christo began his career in technology back in 1986, when he was given his very first Macintosh
Computer to write a database solution for the Photo/Graphics department of Notre Dame University.
Since then, he has had the opportunity to work with various large and small companies as a consultant,
an employee, and a manager dealing with several computer platforms and a plethora of database and
networking technologies. Christo has a unique way of understanding the needs of companies, the
individuals, and departments within those companies. After working for several consulting firms
both small and large, he decided to start his own company, Excelisys, with a strong emphasis toward
customer service and quality. He continues to build a team of loyal
and devoted people who have the same common goals, passions, and insight into building intuitive
custom information management systems.
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Geoff Ryle
President & Co-Founder, Director of Human Resources
Direct (951) 693–4741
Cell (951) 377–2266 |
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Geoff Ryle brings a wealth of real world experience in a variety of
established and breaking technologies, combined with professional people
skills and a strong ability to communicate effectively. He has been working
with FileMaker Pro since its first introduction over 20 years ago, when he
developed his first customer tracking, sales and invoicing system. Since
then, he has developed and marketed several of his own FileMaker based
vertical market solutions, as well as having designed and maintained custom
LAN/WAN cross–platform solutions. Some of the clients Geoff has had the
pleasure of working with include FileMaker Inc., Walt Disney Imagineering,
Viacom, Universal Studios, Discovery Toys, Steinberg North America and Line
6. He is co–author of the FileMaker Business Tracker and the Excelisys
Business Tracker. A published author, he is also a contributing writer for
several trade magazines, including FileMaker Pro Advisor. A classically
trained pianist since age 5, in his spare time Geoff enjoys playing with his
band, AudioCast, or relaxing in his production studio. His original CD,
Oyster Brew, is available through his personal web site, GeoffRyle.com.
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Greg Furry
VP of Technology, Project Manager
Direct (574) 243–1681 |
Greg Furry brings a plethora of skills to Excelisys and its clients. Most recently as the director
of technology for a leading systems integrator, Greg assisted a wide variety of clients from small
businesses to Fortune 100 companies. He is a proven leader in advanced technologies and applications,
providing clients with open state-of-the-art solutions that incorporate both existing and emerging
technology. The father of three boys, Greg enjoys sailing, basketball and just about every sport or
outdoor activity. He brings to Excelisys his expertise in all things geeky and a strong desire to
find the perfect solution for his clients.
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Kurt Knippel
Vice-President, Director of Production
Direct/Cell (619) 866–6096 |
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Kurt began developing software in high school and continued in college learning Pascal, C++ and various
forms of BASIC. He started designing databases professionally in dBase III using Clipper to customize,
install, and train his company's sales departments on custom solutions including others he developed in
Access, Paradox, FoxPro and Lotus Notes. Kurt has worked for several successful consulting firms selling,
customizing and training sales, telemarketing and customer-service departments on Telemagic, both the DOS and
Windows versions. In 1994, using FileMaker Pro 2.1, he built a successful commercial sales force automation
product, that he continued to expand and update as new releases of FileMaker emerged over the years. Kurt
broadened his knowledge of RDBMS systems by installing/configuring, customizing and training users on sales
solutions with back-ends in Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server. He then went on to work as a successful independent
FileMaker developer as well as a senior/lead developer for three of the leading FileMaker development companies.
Kurt joined the Excelisys team after spending several years as an IT/Operations manager at an architectural firm,
where he was responsible for the development and administration of 5 FileMaker servers hosting more than 700
databases.
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