Ronald J. Whittier
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ronald Whittier brings over 30 years of experience to Convera. Prior to joining Convera, Mr. Whittier was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Corporation's Interactive Media Services Group, which focused on addressing the needs of high value content owners and distributing their content over the Internet. During his 30-year career with Intel, he was the General Manager of the Memory Products Division and the Director of Corporate Marketing.
 
Mr. Whittier also founded and managed the Intel Architecture Labs and the Content Group. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, both in Chemical Engineering.
 
Patrick C. Condo
President and CEO
Patrick Condo has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Convera Corporation since its inception in 2001, following five years as President and CEO of Excalibur Technologies (which merged with Intel’s Interactive Media Services Division to form Convera).
 
His prior experience includes senior executive positions with Digital Equipment Corporation, Harris Semiconductor and Northrop Aircraft. Mr. Condo holds a B.S.B.A. degree in Management and Finance from Suffolk University.
 
Matthew G. Jones
Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Jones brings over 20 years financial and strategic leadership experience to his position as Chief Financial Officer.
 
Mr. Jones previously served as CFO at Space Adventures, LTD, a leading provider of space flight training, tourism and related travel; CFO, Treasurer and Secretary for PC Data, Inc.; and CFO for The Netplex Group, Inc. He also held management positions with Telos Corporation and Price Waterhouse.
 
Mr. Jones is a CPA and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration/Accounting (Magna Cum Laude) from California State University.
 
David Nunnerley
Senior Vice President, Engineering and Operations
Since joining Convera in 1996, Mr. Nunnerley has been instrumental in developing the company's performance-driven search and categorization technology platform, RetrievalWare™, as well as the development of Screening Room® for managing video assets. In August 2005, he became responsible for Convera's Engineering and Datacenter Operations for the new Excalibur Web Search platform.

Prior to Convera, he held leadership positions at Videopress Software and Digital Equipment Corporation. At DEC, he served in various product management and engineering positions related to databases, operating systems, transaction processing, and multimedia for 15 years.
 
Mr. Nunnerley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Greenwich, London, England.
 
Kerim Tumay
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Kerim Tumay joined Convera in August 2000 and, in November 2008, he was promoted to lead the worldwide sales and marketing activities. Prior to that, Mr. Tumay served as Vice President of Product Management and Implementation, where he led the development of Convera’s Publisher Control Panel and delivery of online publishing solutions.
 
Prior to joining Convera, Mr. Tumay held senior sales, marketing, and  product management positions with CACI and ProModel Corp. where he contributed to the success of modeling and simulation solutions in hundreds of enterprises, including Boeing, DuPont, Ernst & Young, GE, IBM, Union Pacific, and the US government.

Mr. Tumay holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems from Arizona State University.