Company info: Team

Advanced-HR's management team is comprised of acknowledged industry experts.
Dee DiPietro, Founder & CEO
David Carroll , Chief Technology Officer
Jeffrey Morrison, Vice President of Sales & Business Development

Dee DiPietro
Founder and CEO
In founding Advanced-HR, Inc. in April 1997, Dee DiPietro leveraged her decade of expertise with high-tech startup's stock and pay issues. With more than 20 years' experience in business management, her accomplishments are extensive. She has: Developed and managed a highly successful human resources consulting practice for a small, fast-paced firm (subsequently acquired by a public personnel services company); served in senior human resources management positions in Life Sciences and Information Sciences industries; and held senior staff management positions in the managed health care industry.

Ms. DiPietro leads workshops in pre-IPO compensation and equity design for organizations that educate entrepreneurs and venture capitalists - enterprises such as the Software Development Forum, Stanford Business School and the National Venture Capital Association's VC Institute.

Prior to entering the business management field, Ms. DiPietro conducted medical research in immunology at the University of California, San Diego. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry.

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David Carroll
Chief Technology Officer
Drawing from more than ten years experience in Information Systems development and management, David Carroll created the design and architecture of Advanced-HR's first database in 1997. Since that time, he has turned his expertise to orchestrating Option Impact's evolution from a hard copy system to an online, real-time solution.

Mr. Carroll has served as I.S. consultant on projects spanning a wide range of industries, including: The development and co-architecting of an electronic bill presentment and payment system for VISA International; and the design, implementation and management of a system for back-end processing of a high-profile user reward campaign, for VISA International.

Mr. Carroll holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Design, with an emphasis on Information and Communication Systems.

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Jeffrey Morrison
Vice President, Sales and Business Development
A veteran of the Silicon Valley software and Internet services community, Jeffrey Morrison is using his expertise to build a field sales force and develop partnerships with Internet-based human resource service providers for Advanced-HR. With more than 20 years experience in the Internet ASP, application software, semiconductor, electronic distribution and consulting industries, he has been on the senior management teams at several Silicon Valley start-ups including Intacct Corporation, NewMoon.com, Avistar Systems and Siren Software. Prior to working with pre-IPO companies, Mr. Morrison held senior management and sales management positions in the semiconductor and electronic components industries with Future Electronics, National Semiconductor and Allen-Bradley Company.

Mr. Morrison holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Debra Engel
Board of Advisors
As a tenured expert in managing human capital, Debra Engel provides Advanced-HR with advisory assistance. Ms. Engel served 3Com as Senior Vice President for Corporate Services until 1998. Prior to joining 3Com in 1983 as Vice President of Human Resources, she held positions as Corporate Staffing Manager and as HR Manager for Hewlett Packard.

Ms. Engel is an advisor to a number of companies in Silicon Valley, serving on: The Board of Directors for Aspect Communications, Beyondwork, Memestreams, the Concours Group, and ON-SITE Dental Care; and the Advisory Boards for Icarian Corporation, Brassring, and Kadiri. She also serves the nonprofit community as: A board member for the Community Foundation of SiliconValley, the Career Action Center, and the Center for Innovation at Foothill College; Vice Chair for the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits; Executive Fellow for the Center of Technology and Innovation at Santa Clara University; Senior Fellow and executive committee member of the Board for the American Leadership Forum; and advisory board member for the Women of Silicon Valley project.

Ms. Engel holds a Maters of Science Degree in Industrial Relations from Iowa State University.

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Judy Heyboer
Board of Advisors
Judy Heyboer provides Advanced-HR with advisory assistance based on her 25 years of experience in both information technology and biotechnology companies.  Most recently, Ms. Heyboer served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Genentech and, while there, managed the introduction of the entire span of new program following the company's 1999 initial public offering.  She was a key figure in Genentech's recognition as one of America's "100 Best Places to Work" by Fortune Magazine.

Prior to joining Genentech, Ms. Heyboer spent almost two decades with Acuson Corporation, which she joined in start-up phase to create the Human Resources function, and Spectra Physics where she spent in-depth time in each HR function.

Ms. Heyboer holds a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University and Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Michigan.

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Mark C. White
Board of Advisors
Mark C. White co-founded the Silicon Valley-based legal firm of White & Lee in 1996, where he currently represents emerging growth companies and investment funds on all matters relating to the formation, financing, growth and liquidity of technology based enterprises. Mr. White started his legal career as an attorney in the Silicon Valley offices of Cooley Godward and also Fenwick & West. Prior to his legal career, Mr. White worked as the Managing Director of the International Trade division of the Harper Group, a Fortune 500 company and was the founder of Campamericana, an international travel operator based in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr. White has written several papers on emerging growth companies and spoken in seminars organized by the Software Development Forum, the Northern California Association of Harvard Business School, the International Angels Institute, the Asian Business Association, the EDA Consortium and other groups. Mr. White has also spoken on in Singapore, the Peoples Republic of China and Malaysia.

Mr. White holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, Graduate School of Business and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.

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