Kent C. D. Weiand

Director and President

E-mail: kentw@uscatalyst.com

Phone: 870.856.1000

Kent Weiand is a founder of Catalyst Development Corporation. Kent serves as a Director of Catalyst as well as leads the company in his role as President.

Kent has over nineteen years of experience in software development and encompasses the complete life cycle from product conception, design, user and business analysis, fully through beta release and ultimate customer and market acceptance. His expertise includes early PC and mainframe operating systems to current Windows and Internet based systems and services including leading edge visual rapid development tools.

Prior to Catalyst, Kent Weiand co-founded Ultima Software Corporation of Hardy, Arkansas. During his tenure as president, Ultima grew from a startup with a two-person operation into a multi-million dollar a year software development company culminating with an acquisition by Stewart Information Services Corporation (NYSE-STC), a technology driven, strategically competitive, global real estate information company with annual revenues in excess of two billion dollars.

Ultima Corporation is a leading developer of software for the title industry. Kent comprised a unique team of individuals whose commitment to quality products, quality support and overall concern for customer satisfaction resulted in Ultima being recognized and receiving the Discovery Award for software excellence for its title plant software, TitleSearch. At this same time, Ultima emerged as the nation's leading provider of title plant software servicing clients in over twenty-eight states.

Kent also held positions of Chief Operating Officer for a real estate developer and was the President of a receivable processing company. Kent is a native of the Hardy area attending Subiaco Academy and Arkansas College which is now Lyons College. Kent resides in Hardy, Arkansas with his wife, Terri, and their four children.

Kent has contributed his time to promoting technological entrepreneurship and education in Arkansas. He was a judge last year for the Governor's Award for Entrepreneurial Development Business plan competition, was a speaker at last years Mid-South College Computing Conference and serves on the Computer Science Advisory Council at UALR.