About Us
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Near-Time users range from corporations to departments, class rooms to schools, government agencies to NGO’s, friends and families in over 40 nations of the world. The Near-Time team is committed to delivering the best collaborative systems available. Leveraging a standards driven architecture, our approach delivers a best of class platform for group interaction, driven by content integration and services interoperability. Near-Time brings together members of any organization, using any system, running any browser. Whether your collaborative needs are private or public or both, for internal or external collaboration, Near-Time creates the most interactive platform available. Near-Time’s integrated approach brings teams together with the Web and empowers group discovery. By leveraging Web standards, Near-Time is built for interoperability with existing collaborative services, including email and desktop applications. We thank you for considering Near-Time. If there is anything we can do to improve our solutions and services for your needs please let us know. We are committed to your success. PrincipalsReid Conrad
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Reid has over 18 years of experience in the software industry. Prior to co-founding Near-Time, Reid co-founded Commerciality, a strategic consulting firm for middle stage software companies. Previously, Reid co-founded Extensibility, a leading provider of XML solutions, and served as its President and CEO which was acquired by TIBCO Software, Inc. in September 2000. Extensibility was named one of the top 100 emerging companies by Computerworld in 2000. Prior to Extensibility, he founded the Enterprise Solutions division at Tiger Direct, acquired by Global Direct in 1995. Reid served as the Executive Vice President of Qualitas, growing the memory management vendor's customer base 7 fold over a 3 year period. Reid serves on several boards and is the Chairman of of the Council of Entrepreneurial Development, the largest independent entrepreneurial development organization in the US. Reid holds a BA from the University of the South and an MBA from the American University.
Lee Buck is the co-founder and Chief Technology Office of Near-Time. Lee has served as an advisor, investor and board member of various local and regional technology companies. Previously, Lee was the co-founder and CTO of Extensibility, Inc. a leading provider of XML tools, acquired by TIBCO Software, Inc. in September 2000. After the acquisition Lee served as TIBCO's VP & Chief Scientist, XML Technologies. Lee is a recognized authority on XML and schema and has helped shape a number of Internet standards by serving on committees such as the W3C's XML Schema Working Group. Prior to Extensibility, Lee founded Software Designs Unlimited, a commercial software developer serving clients such as National Geographic Society, Simon & Schuster and Charles Schwab. Lee is a contributing author to the XML Handbook as well as an award winning author of an AppleScript Rapid Application Development tool.