Company

Our vision is to advance the way teachers manage classroom information, and to engage parents and students in the education process, by making it easy to share classroom information online. We strive to build the best software that simplifies everyday tasks, provides improved access to necessary information, and works with existing technologies.

Teachers use award winning ThinkWave Educator gradebook software to easily collect and calculate daily results. Parents and students stay involved with Grades Online. ThinkWave Administrator makes it easy to manage attendance and grades schoolwide.

History

ThinkWave Inc. was established in 1997, and incorporated in 1998. ThinkWave was the first to launch online access to grades and attendance on the Internet for parents and students with one-click publishing for teachers.

Investors and advisors

Matthew Hamilton

Chairman of the Board

Prior to founding ThinkWave, Mr. Hamilton was employed at MySoftware Company, a market leader in the consumer software manufacture industry, as a senior project manager and software developer where he managed the entire process of development, from initial design and specification, through release and distribution, for Financial Internet applications. Mr. Hamilton also served five years as a submarine officer in the United States Navy. Mr. Hamilton received a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of California at San Diego, and an MBA with academic honors from the Stanford University School of Business.

Pierre M. Omidyar

Investor

As founder & Chairman of eBay, Mr. Omidyar is an accomplished entrepreneur and a pioneer in internet commerce. Mr. Omidyar has also co-founded Ink Development, which became eShops, one of the earlier pioneers of online shopping and that eventually was bought by Microsoft. Mr. Omidyar has developed consumer applications for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Computers. He has also been involved with developer relations at General Magic, Inc. Mr. Omidyar hold a BS in Computer Science form Tufts University.

Barry Waitte

Investor, Board Member

Barry Waitte, of San Francisco and Yountville, California, is currently CEO and board member of Vintrust. Waitte is a former AOL and Apple Computer executive who went on to help fund and chair the enterprise software company FrontBridge Technologies, which was later acquired by Microsoft. Waitte has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with senior manager roles at AOL, Medior and Apple Computer. Waitte co-founded the Waitte Foundation and sits on the boards of private companies Structural Integrity Associates and ThinkWave. He is the Managing Partner of Waitte Ventures, an angel venture firm focused on Internet infrastructure and enterprise companies.

A native Northern Californian, Waitte developed his love of the wine country during visits to Napa Valley as a child with his parents, and he always dreamed of having a vineyard and making wine. He owns Tamber Bey Vineyards, a boutique Napa Valley winery he founded in 1999. Mr. Waitte holds a BS in Accounting from Cal Poly and an MBA from UC Berkeley.