Jeff Thacher President and CEO Jeff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Discrete Wireless, Inc. Prior to founding Discrete Wireless, Jeff was the Director of the Wireless Solutions Group at BellSouth Wireless Data (formerly RAM Mobile Data). Here, Jeff was responsible for the business case and customer deployment recommendations for all of BellSouth’s wireless data technologies, including GSM, TDMA, Mobitex and Cellemetry. Prior to that role, he served as a consultant at Convergence Corporation, which was acquired by Amazon.com and operated as Amazon Anywhere.
Jeff’s management positions also include Sales Director at Microsoft solution integrator Info Systems of NC, which was acquired by Sykes Enterprises, and marketing positions at Sensormatic Electronics, Chips and Technologies, Inc., and the S.C. Johnson Company.
Jeff holds a Bachelors degree in Business from the University of Georgia and a Masters in Business Administration from Georgia State University.
Craig Heyward Chief Financial Officer Craig is the Chief Financial Officer of Discrete Wireless, Inc. Prior to founding Discrete Wireless,
Craig was a Board Member and Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets at Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange Member firm headquartered in Birmingham, AL. He had management responsibilities for the company’s Investment Banking, Equity Syndicate, Institutional Sales and Equity Research departments.
Prior to Craig's employment at Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., he held Investment Banking positions at Capital Investment Partners, a private placement and financial advisory firm in Raleigh, NC, and Deutsche Bank Securities in New York City.
Prior to this, Craig was a Management Consultant with Boston-based Bain & Company and worked in their Milan, Italy office.
Craig received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia and his Master of International Business Studies (MIBS) from the University of South Carolina.
Wayne Johnson Vice President, Sales and Marketing Wayne is responsible for the development of direct and indirect distribution channels at Discrete Wireless. Wayne has extensive experience in developing sales and distribution channels as well as marketing Wireless Data solutions including Field Force Automation, GPS Fleet Management and Wireless Corporate e-Mail.
Before joining Discrete Wireless in August 2000, Wayne was a Strategic Sales Manager with BellSouth Wireless Data (formerly RAM Mobile Data). During Wayne’s 3 years at BellSouth Wireless Data, he developed key relationships with hardware and software providers in the wireless data industry as well as supported many Fortune 500 wireless solutions including, American Freightways, MCI, Hertz, and Accenture.
Wayne received his Bachelor of Business Science from Georgia Southern University.
Nick Legg Vice President, IT and Network Operations Nick joined Discrete Wireless in November 2004, and leads the Business Development efforts including applications development, systems architecture, network operations, quality assurance and customer support.
Nick brings eleven years of extensive information technology experience across government, financial, HR, hospitality and research verticals. Nick’s prior positions include Vice President of Technology for Navigauge Inc., a cutting edge media research company.
Nick also held positions as the Director of Product Engineering with Xperius Inc., Technical Architect with Rare Medium, Senior Systems Engineer with EDS/CDC and Senior Software Engineer with Equifax E-Banking.
