Team

Nate Winstanley – President and Founder

Name  Karolina Valterova

Title  Vice President

Career  School Technology Specialist before joining LSW in 1999. Karolina also has teaching experience.

Education  Ed.M, Educational Technology, Harvard Graduate School of Education; BA, Instructional Design, Bennington College.

Favorite Quote  Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. —Douglas Adams

Favorite Junk Food  Snickers

Little Known Fact  I’m REALLY not a former commie.

Name  Mike Ward

Title  Director of Business Services

Career  Before joining Lenox Softworks in 1999, Mike worked as a mechanical design engineer with General Dynamics Defense Systems in Pittsfield Massachusetts.  Mike's roles at Lenox Softworks have included Software Engineer, Project Manager, and Director of Business Services.

Education  BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; BS, Computer Science, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams

Favorite Quote  Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. —Edmund Burke

Favorite  Junk Food  chocolate

Little Known Fact  I am related to Gregory Peck.

Name  Holly Terry

Title  Production Manager & Design Director

Career  Formerly with Funnybone Interactive, a Davidson Associates Division. Holly has loyally labored at LSW for over 10 years.

Education  BA, Illustration, Ringling School of Art and Design

Favorite Quote  Hindsight is 20/20.

Favorite Junk Food  Brownies

Little Known Fact  I wrestled a 6’2” black belt in the conference room—and won! Thanks, Scott.

Name  Alan Shepherd

Title  Director of Technology

Career  Worked as a software engineer/system administrator at General Dynamics before coming to LSW. Has worked at LSW since the last century.

Education  BS, Computer Science, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Favorite Quote  The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.

Favorite Junk Food  Skybars

Little Known Fact  I produce backyard wrestling DVDs and used to be the drummer for a death metal band.

Name  Patrick Consolati

Title  CFO/Software Product Manager

Career  Patrick has been with LSW and Winstanley Associates since 1998.

Education  BS, Accounting with a minor in Finance, Roger Williams University

Favorite Quote  It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. —Babe Ruth

Favorite  Junk Food  Doritos

Little Known Fact  In my family, I’m the normal one.

Name  Brian Healey

Title  Developer

Career  Before joining LSW in 2005, Brian interned at Radio Voodoo and was a Web Developer at Village Ventures.

Education  Silicon Village Web Academy

Favorite Quote  I got an idea, an idea so smart my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about. —Peter Griffin

Favorite Junk Food  Atomic fireball

Little Known Fact  I have 20/15 vision.

Name  Gigi Yablonsky

Title  Educational Content Producer

Career  Coordinated Continuing Education Programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, followed by many years of teaching middle-school. Gigi is a proofreader for LSW’s sister company, Winstanley Associates.

Education  BFA, Art, Mt. St. Joseph College

Favorite Quote  To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. —Farmers’ Almanac

Favorite Junk Food  A cup of coffee is always at hand.

Little Known Fact  I paint portraits.

Name  Gene Hyatt

Title  Web Programmer

Career  11 years working as a  web developer and programmer

Education  Berkshire Community College and Wentworth Institute of Technology

Favorite Quote  I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.  Winston Churchill

Favorite Junk Food  Cheese Curls

Little Known Fact  I am older than I look.

Name Ed Olimpo

Title  Product Development

Career  Prior to joining LSW, Ed’s experience includes working for Arthur Andersen/Andersen consulting (NY), DMR Consulting (NJ) and Enterpulse (ATL) in product development, user interface design and marketing/graphic design.

Education  BS, Marketing/Management, Siena College; AAS, Graphic design, Junior College of Albany

Favorite Quote Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George Halas

Favorite Junk Food  Pepperidge Farms

Little Known Fact I played on a JCC basketball team that won a National Championship

Name  Carrol Patin

Title  Project Manager

Career  Faculty coordinator of continuing medical education conferences for New Orleans International

Education  B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Favorite Quote Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure. Calvin and Hobbes

Favorite Junk Food  Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls

Little Known Fact  I won a State Championship racing my track bike on the velodrome in Baton Rouge, LA

Name  Elaine Morel

Title  Marketing Products Manager

Career  Elaine joined LSW in 2008. Previously, she worked at GE Plastics for 9 years in several roles including Database Administrator and Project Leader. Elaine was also on the IT team at Kaybee Toys.

Education  BA, Fine Art / Music Minor from Framingham State College,. ITIL Certification. Other technical training in Oracle and Microsoft database management.

Favorite Quote Hey, you never know!

Favorite Junk Food  Chocolate

Little Known Fact I was a florist in Boston where Gov. Michael Dukakis and actress, Liv Ullmann were customers.

Ron Thompson – Partner and Consultant