Talient - Leadership Team

Steve Schmadeke - Steve has eighteen years experience in object-oriented and distributed application development including designing, developing, and managing software projects as well as training personnel in object-oriented design. Steve has extensive cross-platform and native development experience in UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh and developed commercial software in Java and C++ since the first year each language was introduced. Prior to co-founding Talient, Steve worked in the Telecommunications industry, starting with a stint at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he introduced C++ into the department standard development process, and for a vendor providing online access to search and display text and images from remote document collections. Steve earned MSCS, BSCS and BSEE degrees from Washington University in Saint Louis.

Nick Lonsky - Over the last 17 years Nick has worked on numerous object-oriented, multi-threaded, multi-platform, distributed projects which has given him the opportunity to become proficient in Java, C++, C, etc. This has included the design, management and implementation of these projects. Part of Nick's focus has been the application and system performance of software solutions. He has thrived in time critical environments producing quality solutions. Most of Nick's career has been associated with the telecom industry. He has provided a wide range of solutions, some of which include an artificial intelligence outside plant map conversion project, a distributed transactional company database, and a customer facing cable modem provisioning system. Nick has also been involved in Web development which has included the challenges of e-commerce. Nick earned a C.S.A.B. accredited BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.

Kurt Hall - With almost twenty years of software development experience at leading companies both large (GTE, Fujitsu) and small (Clear Communications), Kurt has a broad range of experience in a wide variety of applications including billing, real-time alarm analysis, messaging, data base design and access, network programming, and system and network administration tools. Kurt is detail-oriented, creative, and enjoys creating innovative solutions to tough problems. Kurt earned a BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

	Leadership Team Steve Schmadeke - Steve has eighteen years experience in object-oriented and distributed application development including designing, developing, and managing software projects as well as training personnel in object-oriented design. Steve has extensive cross-platform and native development experience in UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh and developed commercial software in Java and C++ since the first year each language was introduced. Prior to co-founding Talient, Steve worked in the Telecommunications industry, starting with a stint at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he introduced C++ into the department standard development process, and for a vendor providing online access to search and display text and images from remote document collections. Steve earned MSCS, BSCS and BSEE degrees from Washington University in Saint Louis. Nick Lonsky - Over the last 17 years Nick has worked on numerous object-oriented, multi-threaded, multi-platform, distributed projects which has given him the opportunity to become proficient in Java, C++, C, etc. This has included the design, management and implementation of these projects. Part of Nick's focus has been the application and system performance of software solutions. He has thrived in time critical environments producing quality solutions. Most of Nick's career has been associated with the telecom industry. He has provided a wide range of solutions, some of which include an artificial intelligence outside plant map conversion project, a distributed transactional company database, and a customer facing cable modem provisioning system. Nick has also been involved in Web development which has included the challenges of e-commerce. Nick earned a C.S.A.B. accredited BS degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. Kurt Hall - With almost twenty years of software development experience at leading companies both large (GTE, Fujitsu) and small (Clear Communications), Kurt has a broad range of experience in a wide variety of applications including billing, real-time alarm analysis, messaging, data base design and access, network programming, and system and network administration tools. Kurt is detail-oriented, creative, and enjoys creating innovative solutions to tough problems. Kurt earned a BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.