executive team

Wayne Tynes, President

Wayne is Avitiva's President and Co-Founder. Wayne recruits new talent and mentors senior management; develops and communicates Avitiva’s company vision; and works with sales and marketing to oversee customer satisfaction. To increase the depth and breadth of Avitiva's solution offerings, Wayne works closely with a variety of partner organizations.

Wayne’s fifteen years of experience in knowledge-management solutions followed a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Florida State University. Among his other credentials, Wayne is a Certified Novell Administrator; Certified Lotus Professional; and Certified Microsoft Product Specialist.        

Prior to co-founding Avitiva, Wayne built and managed the portal practice for Wadeware, a boutique consulting firm in Bellevue, Washington. Prior to that, Wayne managed public relations, demos and collateral development for SharePoint Portal Server™ as a product manager for Microsoft.

Before Microsoft, Wayne spent four years with IBM as Product Sales Manager, where he was responsible for the sale of solutions based on the Domino Internet application. Wayne also spent two years as a systems engineer for PC Docs (now Hummingbird) designing and implementing pilots for large government and commercial environments, and the largest law firms in the country.

For Avitiva, Wayne brings focus and drive to team organization. Through his planning, Avitiva and its clients maintain relationships based on innovation, clear process and a passion for technology that makes a major difference for clients’ businesses and changes the way people do work. He is co-author of Wiley Publishing’s Microsoft^© SharePoint^© Server 2007 Bible.

Wayne relies on Avitiva for intellectually rewarding challenges and the opportunity to work with likeminded associates. On his own time, Wayne’s interests extend to hang gliding, scuba diving, snowboarding, golf, and investing.