Bryan Haardt has more than 15 years of combined information technology, management, and consulting experience. Mr. Haardt is currently the EVP of Product Development for Prognosis Health. Previously Mr. Haardt was the founder and CTO of Cgate Health, Inc., a DFJ Mercury portfolio company. Mr. Haardt also served as the CTO of Podcast Ready, Inc., an RSS management software and services provider.  Prior to Podcast Ready, Mr. Haardt was the founder and President of 10X Labs, Inc. in Houston, Texas. 10X Labs was the first U.S. company to be admitted into the Intel Incubation Program and counted Compaq amongst its investors. 10X Labs provided custom software solutions for Fortune 1000 companies including Ford Motor Company and American Express. Mr. Haardt graduated Cum Laude from the University of Houston where he was a distinguished student and member of the Honors College studying artificial intelligence and neural-networks.

Mr. Haardt was a founding member and sat on the board of the Greater Houston Partnership’s Emerging Business Council where he was active in promoting new business growth. Mr. Haardt served as the CTO for the Houston Technology Center and provided technology consulting and deal evaluation for a number of technology-focused venture capital firms including Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he currently serves as a Venture Advisor. Mr. Haardt is a frequent speaker at technology conferences and user groups; and has appeared in a number of prominent technical and professional publications. Mr. Haardt is currently an adjunct professor at Rice Universities Jones Graduate School of Business, an advisory board member of the Rice Alliance I.T. and Web Venture forum, and a judge for the Rice business plan competition.

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