Mr. McCandless started his career in the late 1970’s. Since then he has been instrumental in the shaping of the vision of collaborative computing and technology assisted human interaction. In addition to his wide industry experience Bob has founded several companies including Alphalogix in 1996 to further refine his concepts of the next generation of enterprise wide communication tools.

In 1983 at the age of 19 he managed a group of 30 employees for a Southern California computer software firm and started developing better business communication software technologies. Bob joined the innovative executive team at Knowledge Adventure Software in the early 1990’s creating the first collaborative on-line interactive environment for children. Mr. McCandless left the firm and joined Lotus Development Corporation and returned to the business communication market. At Lotus he helped bring some of the first enterprise wide communication, collaboration and knowledge management tools to market. He was a regular speaker at the Lotus Annual Worldwide Sales Meeting before leaving IBM.

His ideas are implemented and published in the industry in variety of ways. Bob is on the Board of Advisors for e-Pro Magazine from Penton Media, is a valued contributor to industry publications and is a regular speaker at Colleges, Universities and Industry events. Bob’s empowering ways to share information, ideas and data help drive him to create software technology that allows its enterprise customers to leverage the power of effective corporate communication and collaboration.