C Tycho Howle

Tycho Howle founded nuBridges, Inc. in the spring of 2001 and currently serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Tycho is a pioneer in the eBusiness arena having founded Harbinger Computer Services in March 1983. Tycho grew Harbinger to become a world-class e-Commerce firm with more than 1,000 employees, 40,000 active customers, and annual revenues exceeding $155 million. Tycho served as both Chairman and CEO for most of his 17-year tenure with Harbinger, and led the company through its many phases of growth including an initial public offering in 1995.

He was instrumental in the creation of Harbinger EDI Services and Harbinger Net Services, a joint venture with Bellsouth. Prior to founding Harbinger, Tycho worked with McKinsey & Company, Hewlett-Packard and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Tycho has received numerous awards for his contribution to e-business such as being named one of the "25 Unsung Heroes on the Internet" by Inter@active Week in 1998, selection as the 1997 Entrepreneur of the Year in Emerging Technologies for the Southeastern US, selection as Georgia's Businessman of the Year by the Georgia Security Dealer's Association in 1999, and was the 2002 inductee into the Georgia Technology Hall of Fame.

Tycho has served as a Director for a number of public and private companies.

Tycho is also a very active participant in community activities serving or having served on several non-profit boards including SciTrek(the Atlanta Science Museum), the Atlanta Symphony, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, the Atlanta Alzheimer's Association, the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, the Clemson University Foundation, the Clemson University Research Foundation, and the Atlanta Rotary. Tycho is also a member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and serves on its Board of Advisors. Finally, Tycho recently joined the Carter Center Board of Councilors, a leadership advisory group that promotes understanding of and support for the Carter Center in advancing peace and health around the world.

In the mid-'90s, Tycho and his family formed the C. Tycho and Marie Howle Charitable Foundation, which has made more than 140 grants to support education, healthcare, the homeless, and the arts. These grants were made principally to organizations based in the Southeast.

Tycho has a B.S. in Physics (minor-Computer Science) and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from Clemson University. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Source: http://www.nubridges.com/

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