Doug Kaufman, PhD
CEO and Founder
Doug is the CEO and founder of clearTXT. Prior to founding clearTXT, Doug provided management, strategic, and research services to both the educational and corporate sectors. Doug also spent two years developing e-Learning products at Blackboard, Inc. in Washington, DC. While in the role of Director of Product Development, he developed the requirements and specifications for the features and functionality of Blackboard's flagship e-Education software, and was the co-creator of the Blackboard Web Properties.
Before joining Blackboard, Doug created an online educational company dedicated to helping psychology students learn about and enjoy psychology. This company has been a viable online educational entity since 1998, and still thrives today.
Doug earned a PhD in Experimental Social Psychology, with an emphasis on Group Dynamics, from Virginia Commonwealth University, has been an instructor of Psychology, a presenter at various academic and scientific conferences, conducted numerous scientific investigations, and published a variety of papers in peer-reviewed academic and scientific journals. Doug received several academic awards including scholarship from and entrance to Phi Kappa Phi.
The only thing Doug is more passionate about than clearTXT is his family. When not in the office, he’s usually walking by the lake with his daughter, running around town with his wife, or cooking up something in the kitchen. And just for extra fun, Doug is co-authoring an Industrial and Organizational Psychology textbook. To contact Doug regarding clearTXT or just to say hello, you can send an email to dkaufman at cleartxt dot com.
Chris Aiello
Director of Sales
Chris comes to clearTXT with more than 20 years of sales and executive management experience. Chris has worked with several e-learning companies at every stage, from startups to large corporations with thousands of employees. At each level, Chris was not only a top producing sales person, but also an outstanding manager that built high-performing teams.
Some of Chris's work in the e-learning market includes his role as VP of Sales at RegEd, which creates on-line education programs for the financial services industry. At RegEd, Chris increased new sales by 100%, revenue by 30% and grew the sales pipeline by 80%. Prior to that, Chris was a co-founder and head of sales for Silverchair Learning Systems, which develops web-based regulatory compliance learning systems to senior care providers. Not only did Chris help found the company, but also created and grew the sales pipeline from $0 to more than $10 million in 14 months. Chris was also a senior sales executive at both HealthStream and Synquest Technologies, where he sold millions of dollars worth of enterprise e-learning software to clients such as the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Navy Bureau of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Health System.
At clearTXT, Chris is responsible for sales processes, planning, and implementation, as well as new client relations and building the clearTXT sales pipeline.
Brandon Crafts
Director of Product Development
As Director of Product Development, Brandon is responsible for developing and implementing the clearTXT technology and product strategy. Brandon comes to clearTXT with more than 7 years of extensive computing and programming experience. His vast experience spans a wide spectrum of areas, including enterprise system software, consumer desktop software products, web-based software, and mobile software.
Brandon posses a unique combination of technical expertise, business savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion, that make him an invaluable member of clearTXT.
Anthony DiMarco
Director of Technology
Anthony DiMarco has more than 10 years of professional experience in software development. He started at a small ISP in Biddeford, Maine, and has since come to RTP by way of Atlanta. Anthony has worked for many companies, including AT&T, Cingular, Nextel, Verizon, mm02; and has designed and engineered software ranging from eCommerce sites to CRM systems to secure online banking.
Anthony's primary experience is with enterprise Java systems and Oracle databases, but enjoys hacking in Perl. He has worked extensively with enterprise application servers such as BEA Weblogic and JBoss; message-oriented middlewares including Oracle ActiveQueue, TIBCO Smartsockets, and ActiveMQ; on a variety of platforms such as Linux, Solaris, and Windows.
Anthony was a lead developer on Motricity's flagship Fuel platform, which provides mobile data and services to carriers such as Cingular, whose Fuel implementation handles more than $1 million in sales daily.