People

Full-time employees

Josh has been a professional software engineer for over 25 years. Prior to founding Finite Wisdom in 2000, he served as VP of Software Engineering at Xperts, a 120-person IT company in Richmond, Virginia. He has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Philosophy and a graduate degree in Computer Science.

You can reach Josh at j@wiz4.us or follow his blog on topics in software engineering.

Liesl provides all accounting and human resources support to the company.  Prior to joining Finite Wisdom in 2002, she worked as an actuary for Deloitte & Touche in New York City. She has an undergraduate degree in Actuarial Science.

You can reach Liesl at l@wiz4.us.

Steve has been a professional software developer for over 15 years. Prior to joining Finite Wisdom in 2006, he also worked at Xperts, as their Director of Software Engineering. He has an undergraduate degree in English.

You can reach Steve at s@wiz4.us.

Richard has been a professional software developer for over 30 years. Prior to joining Finite Wisdom in 2010, he dabbled in a variety of technological pursuits. He has an undergraduate degree in Accounting.

You can reach Richard at r@wiz4.us.

Bill has been a professional software developer for over 20 years. Prior to joining Finite Wisdom in 2013, he served as the IT Manager for a printing company. He has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science.

You can reach Bill at w@wiz4.us.

Suzanne Davenport, Project manager
2015 - present

Suzanne has been a project manager for over 25 years. She is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), has a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and holds an MBA.

You can reach Suzanne at sd@wiz4.us and follow her blog on topics in project management.

Leigh Silverstein, Software engineer
2019 - present

Leigh has years of experience working with all types of businesses big and small as both a web developer and designer. With a degree in computer science, two other engineering degrees and a Masters in Business Administration, Leigh has the ability to understand and learn how businesses work and then translate that into their online website needs.

You can reach Leigh at ls@wiz4.us.

Part-time employees

Phil Plante, Software engineer
2010 - present

Phil has been a professional software engineer for 20 years. Prior to joining Finite Wisdom in 2010, he worked for Camus in Williamburg, Virginia developing graphical user interfaces for industrial machinery. He has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering.

You can reach Phil at p@wiz4.us or follow his blog.

Ellen Reiser, Graphic designer
2010 - present

Ellen has been a database developer, IT support person and graphic designer for over 20 years. She is a 15+ year veteran FileMaker developer. She is also versed in HTML, XML, CSS and other web technologies. Her background is in graphic design. She has a BFA from The Savannah College of Art and Design in Illustration and Graphic Design. She did post graduate work at the University of Tennessee in Computer Enhanced Design.

Ellen specializes in process design, data integrity and manipulation and user interfaces. Her combined creative and technical skills offer a unique perspective on any project.

You can reach Ellen at e@wiz4.us.

Tom Hopkins, Software engineer
2010 - present

Tom has been producing professional software for 20 years. He began his career developing software for medical imaging systems using C++. His career includes building applications to test surgeons' abilities in low gravity environments for NASA and designing supply chain applications for the defense supply center. Recent work includes developing mobile applications and web-based software that integrates with Facebook, Klout, and Mashery.

Prior to earning degrees in both Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tom worked as a nuclear reactor operator in the United States Navy.  

You can reach Tom at t@wiz4.us.

John Mullaney, Software engineer
2014 - present

John Mullaney has been a software developer for over 30 years. He has developed educational software, mobile apps, web apps on various technology stacks, database software and other types of software. He has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science.

You can reach John at jm@wiz4.us.

Former employees

Matt Bugbee, Software engineer
2010 - 2011

Since his time at Finite Wisdom, Matt has worked for both CarMax and RTS Labs in Richmond, Virginia. As of 2015, Matt has relocated to Silicon Valley to join the gTech Ads Data & Tools team at Google as a Web Solutions Engineer. 

David Knuth, Software engineer
2003 - 2010

After leaving Finite Wisdom, David became the Director of Engineering at Intellibot Robotics, a manufacturer of robotic floor-cleaning products. In the spring of 2015, Intellibot was acquired by the commercial cleaning division of Sealed Air, the bubble wrap conglomerate.

Tim Dietrich, Software engineer
2001 - 2006

Since working as a web developer for Finite Wisdom, Tim has refocused his efforts as a certified developer for FileMaker, a database solution that is a subsidiary of Apple and geared toward small and medium-sized businesses. In 2014, Tim authored his first book, the FileMaker Pro 13 Absolute Beginner's Guide.