Executive Leadership
The SchoolDude Executive Team has devoted their careers to meeting the unique needs of educational institutions. Our dedicated team is solely focused on working with educational operations professionals across the nation.
Kent Hudson – CEO and Founder
Kent was the Founder and CEO of Applied Computer Technologies (ACT), which dominated the CMMS education market from the mid-1980's until 1997. After ACT was acquired by CP&L, he became the CEO of Strategic Resource Solutions (SRS), which specialized in energy conservation and facility management and was the wholly-owned, non-regulated subsidiary of Carolina Power and Light, now Progress Energy, a Fortune 250 company. Kent went on to become the CEO and President of Indus International, which was the largest maintenance management and enterprise asset management software company in the world at that time. Along with Lee Prevost, Kent founded SchoolDude in 1999 and started the journey of providing educational administrators with powerful and innovative solutions for operations management.
Lee Prevost – President and Founder
Married to Scharme and father of Smith and Audrey, Lee is the co-founder of SchoolDude.com. He has worked in various positions, all with a common denominator: serving educational operations. Most recently, Lee worked for Applied Computer Technologies (ACT), which was founded by Kent Hudson, SchoolDude.com's CEO. With solutions such as the ACT1000, ACT dominated the maintenance management for education market from the mid 1980ss until the late 1990's. Prior to ACT, Lee worked for Honeywell Home and Building Controls. At Honeywell, he served as a control systems sales engineer, as well as a sales manager, providing energy and control solutions for education clients. Lee, along with Kent Hudson, saw the opportunity to revolutionize educational operations management by using the power of the Internet. Together, they founded SchoolDude.com in 1999.
Lynn Boswell – VP of Technology
Lynn brings 20 years of experience in delivering complex technology projects on time and under budget. Her expertise spans various markets including inventory management, purchasing, work order management, insurance, government, and non-profit organizations. Before joining SchoolDude, Lynn was Managing Director of Technology at Strategic Resource Solutions (SRS) where she was responsible for managing software upgrades and changes to the CMMS and building controls product line with a 22-member team of developers and project managers. Prior to SRS, she served as a senior project manager and developer on the ACT 1000 with Applied Computer Technologies (ACT) and worked as a software programmer with Mitsubishi International in warehouse inventory management. At SchoolDude, Lynn is responsible for managing, building, and supporting a dynamic team of project managers and developers who together create state-of-the-art, Internet-based software applications.
Scott Carpenter – VP of Sales
Scott Carpenter is one of the original members of the SchoolDude team and has enjoyed spending the past 17 years of his professional career helping educational institutions apply facility and IT management technology to solve operational problems. He was formerly the National Sales Director for ACT (Applied Computer Technologies), which dominated the CMMS education market with its ACT 1000 System from the mid-1980's through the late 1990's. At SchoolDude, Scott interacts with educational institutions across the nation to help them improve the learning environment with technology designed for the web, and built specifically for schools. In this role, he has been a featured speaker at numerous national and state conferences for educational business and facility professionals, including the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International and the National School Plant Management Association (NSPMA). Scott and his team are pleased to have helped thousands of clients in all 50 states, all the Canadian provinces, Australia and several other countries.
Joan Maddox – VP of Client Services
Joan Maddox has dedicated her 18-year professional career to providing educational clients with the highest level of service and support. Over the years, she has trained a countless number of facility professionals across the U.S. and in Australia. Joan was formerly the Manager of Client Services for ACT (Applied Computer Technologies), where she built a highly respected support organization and managed the service teams to deliver maintenance management solutions to hundreds of school districts. As SchoolDude's Vice President of Client Services, Joan manages the Client Service Center, including all technical support and product training. She also leads our Client Service team in their efforts to maintain SchoolDude's award-winning customer service and is constantly striving to improve our 97% client satisfaction rating.
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