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Ahmed Hedayat,  
Chief Executive Officer
Ahmed oversees all major aspects of running the business at Curious Networks including recruiting key personnel, managing growth, and implementing overall business objectives. Prior to joining Curious Networks, Ahmed served as Vice President for eBusiness at Spherion Technology Group, a global leading IT services firm, developing and driving the organization's eBusiness strategy and business development. Ahmed also served as Vice President for Netscape's Professional Services organization, where he managed their consulting operation for the Western and Central United States, and served on the executive team. Before Netscape, Ahmed worked at Oracle Corporation where he developed the global Human Resource application consulting practice. Ahmed holds degrees in Finance and Economics from Miami University in Ohio.


Michael DelCiello,  
Vice President, Corporate Development
Michael is responsible for all strategic aspects of Curious Networks. His role includes defining the
direction of Curious Networks through strategic partnerships and working with the board of directors.
Prior to joining Curious Networks, Michael was Director of Business Development at Akamai Technologies where he helped to create Akamai's FreeFlow marketing messages as well as develop initial corporate relationships. Before Akamai, he worked with McKinsey and Company's Business Technology Office. Michael has an MBA from the MIT-Sloan School of Management and a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.


 

Nick Colletti,  
Vice President, Sales
As Vice President of Sales with Curious Networks, Nick is responsible for all demand generation and sales activities for Curious Networks' Continuum software to ISV's and enterprises. Daily responsibilities include lead generation and follow-up, presentations to senior-level executives, interaction with customer support and development teams, pipeline management, forecasting, product demonstrations, RFP response, deal design/structure, proposal assembly and contract negotiation. Nick has over twenty years experience with companies such as Xerox Corporation, ADP Dealer Services, Comdisco, and BlueMeteor in capacities including sales and sales management, marketing, strategic alliance management, business development and channel management. Nick has his B.A. degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.


 

Chuck Clark,  
Chief Technology Officer
Chuck focuses on the design and implementation of core aspects of the Continuum(tm) product line and explores leveraging key technologies to deliver client solutions. Specializing in object-oriented programming and lightweight development methodologies, Chuck previously worked at Lante Corporation in Chicago where he designed and implemented Java based, distributed object systems. Before Lante, he worked at UBS Warburg developing technologies for use in Collateralized Trading. Chuck received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana.


Maria Tomasello,  
Operations
Maria manages financial operations, Human Resources, Risk Management and other operational activities. Prior to joining Curious Networks, Maria was Assistant Director for Development at Illinois Institute of Technology in charge of Accounting, Human Resources and other operational aspects. Maria has a B.A. from Loyola University Chicago.