Chief Financial Officer

Ben Berry

Ben’s background is in international banking, project management, business development; and the management, policy and governance of non-profit organizations. He has extensive experience in the management of people, projects, and relationships. He has held positions of leadership with NationsBank, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, and The Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security, where he served as Program Manager and Executive Director.

In addition to his work with Extanto, Ben is a consultant to non-profit organizations and emerging companies. He has served as Treasurer on the board of directors of the Heart of Now personal growth workshops. Ben is a graduate of Presbyterian College where he majored in Middle Eastern Politics and European History. He has completed Project Leadership studies at the Cornell University College of Engineering, and is currently obtaining his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Chief Operations Officer

Kyle Schweighauser

Kyle is an experienced Product Manager, Project Manager, and Business Unit Manager. With a technical grounding in Linux system administration and XML data integration, Kyle
established and led teams that built online learning systems like Virtual Biology Labs, Sociology Now, and History Unbound for Thompson Learning (now Cengage Learning).
At RightMedia (now Yahoo) he worked on payment services for mass market publishers, linking ad networks and the people who used them.

Kyle’s technical skills run the gamut from Java programming to PHP, to Perl, to advanced server setup and administration. As a Project Manager he’s worked in Scrum framework, Critical Chain, Service-Oriented Project Management, and Agile Programming methodologies. As a team leader and Project Manager Kyle specializes in helping disparate organizations work together, and in motivating people toward a common goal. Clear communication and realistic technical planning are his strong suit.

Kyle has worked for Lunar Logic, Google, Right Media and Yahoo!