Bryan Haardt

Bio

Bryan Haardt has more than 15 years of combined information technology, management, and consulting experience. Mr. Haardt is currently a principal of Transēvo, a digital services consultancy. Previously, Mr. Haardt was the CTO of DFJ Mercury portfolio company Podcast Ready, Inc., an RSS management software and services provider. Prior to Podcast Ready, Mr. Haardt was the founder and President of 10X Labs, Inc. in Houston, Texas. 10X Labs was the first U.S. company to be admitted into the Intel Incubation Program and counted Compaq amongst its investors. 10X Labs provided custom software solutions for Fortune 1000 companies including Ford Motor Company and American Express. In addition to 10X’s extensive enterprise customer list, 10X Labs also invested in and partnered with a number of start-ups. One such investment in the Healthcare sector generated a six hundred percent return when the company was sold to a large Healthcare conglomerate. Additionally, Mr. Haardt oversaw the development and execution of several 10X Labs subsidiaries including SiteForge, a Jupiter Research recognized best of breed content management software solution. Mr. Haardt graduated Cum Laude from the University of Houston where he was a distinguished student and member of the Honors College studying artificial intelligence and neural-networks. Mr. Haardt was a founding member and sat on the board of the Greater Houston Partnership’s Emerging Business Council where he was active in promoting new business growth. Mr. Haardt served as the CTO for the Houston Technology Center and provided technology consulting and deal evaluation for a number of technology-focused venture capital firms. Mr. Haardt is a frequent speaker at technology conferences and user groups; and has appeared in a number of prominent technical and professional publications.