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Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Even Brande, President and CEO
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Even Brande, was born and raised in Oslo, Norway as the youngest of four children. After graduating from High School in Oslo he completed his required service in the Norwegian Army. Following a life-long dream inspired by his older brother, he came to the United States in 1988 where he enrolled at the University of Wyoming. In 1991 he graduated from the UW College of Business with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After graduation, Even was hired as a management trainee for Tandy Corporation. In 1992 he returned to UW and in 1993 received his MBA. Upon graduation Even was hired as a Customer Services Executive for Aspen Tree Software, a national leader in computerized employee selection. In 1995 he was promoted to become Marketing Director at Aspen Tree and was instrumental in securing several significant clients including Sitel Corporation, Northwest Airlines, and AOL. In 1997 he founded Handel Information Technologies, Inc., a market leader in enterprise software for human services agencies. As the President and CEO of Handel, Even is involved with sales and marketing, finances, and most importantly, overseeing the strategic planning for the company. Even is also a 2006 Graduate of Leadership Wyoming. Even serves on several boards including the Governor’s Information Technology Policy Council and the Leadership Wyoming Alumni Board. In his spare time you may find him out running, hiking, fly-fishing, cross-country skiing, or playing guitar with his band. He also loves spending time at his ranch on the Wyoming/Colorado border where he thrives on fixing fences, logging, and spending time with his family. Even lives in Laramie, WY with his wife Anne and their three children, Emily, Laura, and Nicholas.
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Terje Vangbo, Chief Operating Officer
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 Terje Vangbo grew up in Oslo, Norway. He and his two-year-older brother Svein participated in many sports, in particular soccer and cross-country skiing. After finishing high school, Terje fulfilled a mandatory commitment to the military service in the Norwegian Army where he was a member of the ski troupe of His Majesty the King’s Guard in Oslo. Terje’s skiing abilities brought him to the U.S. and to a skiing scholarship at the University of Wyoming. While there he was elected to the All American Ski Team and was named UW student athlete of the year. Terje earned his bachelor’s degree in general business as well as a master’s in business administration from UW.
After finishing his studies in 1978, he returned to his native Norway where he married, raised a son and daughter and pursued his career in the computer and software industries. Early in his career Terje worked for IBM, Price Waterhouse and ABB, and in 1991 he joined the Swedish enterprise resource planning (ERP) company, Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS), where he held a series of high-level management positions and served as chairman of the board for five years. Over a 15-year period IFS grew from a small, privately held ERP vendor in Scandinavia with less than 100 employees to a global ERP vendor with more than 3,000 employees that is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Terje created and advanced the Norwegian part of IFS from zero to 300 employees over a seven-year period. In addition to his other roles in IFS, Terje was e member of the IFS Corporate Executive Team, and from 1996 he was responsible for developing a presence for IFS in North America. In 1999 Terje married his college sweetheart Sandra, moved to the U.S. and served as president of IFS North America. Under Terje’s leadership IFS North America’s revenue grew from about $15 million to about $85 million over a three-year period. While serving as president of IFS North America, Terje helped secure a number of large customers for IFS including GE Aircraft Engines, Lockheed Martin, National Semiconductor, Goodrich Aerospace, Rockwell Automation, General Dynamics, L3 Communications and Sikorsky.
Terje joined the Handel team in October 2010 as Chief Operations Officer, and his main focus will be on preparing Handel for further growth.
When not working at Handel, Terje can be found enjoying outdoor activities like bicycling, cross-country skiing or hunting for antiques with his wife Sandra.
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Joe Nevshemal, Vice-President of Business Development
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 A native of Ames, Iowa, Joe attended the University of Iowa and graduated with a B.S. in Business and Environmental Management in 1999. After working at different opportunities for a few years out of college, gaining valuable on the job business experience, Joe returned to the education scene to pursue his J.D. at the Law School at Drake University. While attending Drake, he assisted the Drake Legal Clinic in the development of their own in-house case management software called Darrow Attorney, a Microsoft Access based system. Joe left law school to pursue an opportunity to open his own business and pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. Starting his own bar and digital gaming center, Joe was looking to tap into the growing digital entertainment industry and centers popping up around the country. After a year in business, Joe sold his interest in the business to his partner and took a short break to refresh and look for a new challenge to tackle .
Joe joined the Handel team as a Deployment and Customer Support Specialist in November of 2006. As Handel looked to expand and begin preparations for it, Joe's experience in business and law allowed him to assist Handel as the Director of Customer Success to restructure the company for further, quick growth. As Handel's continue to grow, Joe has shifted to become the Vice President of Business Development, and continues to manage Sales, Marketing, Partner program, and Solutions departments. When not working at Handel, Joe enjoys spending time fly fishing, running, and sharing all the wonderful outdoor activities Laramie has to offer with the love of his life Cassandra, who he married in September 2008.
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