Power On Software, Inc.

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As Chief Executive Officer of Now Software, John manages the development and design of all company products, including Now Up-to-Date & Contact, the #1 best-selling Personal Information Management for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. Sheila serves as the company’s chief financial officer.John and Sheila Wallace are 1985 graduates of The Ohio State University (B.S. Computer and Information Science). Prior to forming Now Software, John and Sheila founded the Inc. 500-winning Power On Software, Inc. Both of the Wallaces have long careers in the IT industry: John spent his early years developing large-scale software systems, including ground systems for the Hubble Space Telescope; Sheila spent most of her early career implementing optimizing compilers for VLIW processors. In the early '90s, John and Sheila were also among the first third-party developers to work on the NeXT Computer, precursor to today’s Mac OS X. John has a storied career in the Macintosh industry, developing such classics as WunderBar, TabMania, and DragonDrop for Ziff-Davis' ZDNet, SpeedCopy for Connectix' SpeedDoubler, and portions of the original Now Utilities product. At Power On, John developed the On Guard and ACTION WYSIWYG products. At Now Software, John and Sheila managed and participated in the development of the Now Up-to-Date & Contact 5 product.John and Sheila are the parents of three young daughters. John is an avid fencer and travels across the U.S. to compete in tournaments. John serves on the advisory board of a college in the Columbus, Ohio area, and is a member of Entrepreneurs Organization and IEEE professional society. The Wallaces are also classroom volunteers.

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