Richard Beedon, CEO

Richard Beedon is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over 30 years of technology experience. Over the past 14 years, Dick has created four companies resulting in over 160 new jobs and $120M in market capitalization. Dick’s first venture was University Netcasting, where he served as founder and CEO leading up to a successful merger and IPO in 2000. It is currently one of the leading sports web sites on the Internet with over eight million unique visitors per month. He then founded JustTalk (2000) and the MacBeedon Group (2002). Most recently, he architected the acquisition, turn-around, and sale of Entyre (2006). Dick started his career as a business development and sales executive at IBM, In addition to his expertise in sales and marketing and demonstrated success in growing companies, Dick brings an extensive network of human capital and demonstrated ability to raise funding. Dick is a graduate of the University of Michigan and resides in Ann Arbor.

Kevin Wittrup, COO

Kevin Wittrup is a results-driven leader with broad experience in product development, operations management, and a track record of turning ideas into product and profit with discipline and sense of urgency. Throughout an 11-year career in the automotive industry marked by rapid progression through assignments with increasing responsibility and impact at General Motors Corp, Kevin has lead all aspects of product development and systems integration for highly engineered product including responsibility for a $750M product line and $13M budget, the successful design, development, and launch of four major products, and most recently as the assistant chief engineer for the 2008 Chevy Malibu. Kevin holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a MBA from the University Of Michigan Ross School Of Business.

Claire Stevens, General Manager

Prior to joining ActivCore, Claire founded SystemEyes Professional Organizer to strategize and implement organizational processes that improve functionality, efficiency and communication for individuals and businesses. She was also an Event Planner with Katherine’s Catering of Ann Arbor. Claire holds a B.A. in Organizational Studies from the Residential College of the University of Michigan. Claire is a Flint, Michigan native and resides in Ann Arbor with her family.