About the Company

To families with school aged children, life is chaotic at best. The logistics of keeping up with the kids' school and extracurricular activities is a full time job. Juggling all the information is terribly difficult and time consuming: there are schedules to maintain, missing papers to locate, fees to pay, and forms to complete. Then all of this paperwork, including checks, is entrusted to the bottom of a student backpack and often lost forever. For the schools and community organizations the problem is the same, only multiplied by the number of families. Schools and organizations spend tremendous amounts of time, energy, and money trying to disseminate, coordinate, and manage all the information that families need to function. They are bogged down answering questions, solving "missing in action" paperwork, and collecting fees. ParentOrganizer has the solution to family paperwork, scheduling, and payment chaos. ParentOrganizer is the first online communications tool that personalizes and aggregates information, allowing the user to manage a myriad of forms and announcements while creating a viewable record. The system summarizes real-time form responses for the schools and organizations. The Company leverages the pervasiveness of email and integrates it with the archival nature of the Web to provide this simple, user-friendly tool to organize, track, and pay for activities. ParentOrganizer is committed to improving communication for parents.

"I like getting pertinent information that would otherwise straggle home. I like the information being in a certain, safe and organized place. I like being able to go back to something after I've given it some consideration. I like having forms so conveniently downloadable. I like being able to easily communicate information about an upcoming event to the group of parents that is concerned. It is a truly efficient and appreciated service that enhances the ability to get things done in a busy world." - ParentOrganizer User

Management Team

Kathryn Skinner, Chief Executive Officer and Founder. Founder of FilmPix, a Web based movie information service, which was sold to hollywood.com. Media analyst, Paul Kagan of Kagan & Associates, funded FilmPix. She has 20 years of marketing executive experience at top media companies, including Belo, TCI Cablevision, Viacom, and Times Mirror. She graduated with an Executive MBA from Pepperdine University and a BA from Ohio State University.

John Stewart, Technical Officer. 10-year background in Internet Application Development. Currently the Vice President of Product Development for an ecommerce application company. Previously, he was Director of Interactive Services for a leading marketing and development agency where he was responsible for starting up the company's Interactive Group.

Cliff Butler, Director of Ecommerce Development, has over 12 years of software and web development experience and has held key Director positions at International Thomson Publishing (NY), Bell & Howell Information and Learning (MI), Apex Online Learning (WA), NRSpace Software (WA), and CheckSpace (WA). He holds a Doctorate degree in Business Administration and currently both teaches and develops online graduate courses for Capella University (MN) and Kaplan College(FL) in the areas of marketing management, web development, e-business and information systems. He also teaches onsite graduate courses in strategic management and systems design for Central Michigan University.

Ann Taylor, Business Manager, currently is a financial consultant for small businesses. She has held financial management positions with King Broadcasting Company and The Providence Journal Company. She was a Senior Accountant for Deloitte & Touche receiving her CPA in 1985 with a BA Business Administration degree from Washington State University.