The Team

George Henne - President.

The front man for NS BASIC Corporation. There are a great bunch of guys at NS Basic: his job is to listen to the users and help define what needs to be done next for both package apps and custom development for clients. George has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Passions are his kids, cycling and reading.

Marcus Darden - Senior Development Guru.

Graduate of MIT and University of Michigan. Professor and head of Computer Science Program at Olivet College. Marcus has been a key part of all of NS Basic's projects since 1997. He's also the sax player for Global Village.

James Kruth - Senior Developer.

Degree in Computer Science and Math from Olivet College. James is responsible for most of the hard programming on NS Basic/App Studio.

Tomo Arakawa - Designer.

Tomo brings his background as an architect, graphic designer and web developer together to create great looking, people friendly designs. Originally recruited as a translater for NS Basic in the late 90's, Tomo now has a degree in Architecture from the University of Toronto.

Dan Pronovost - Senior Developer, iOS projects.

Honours Bachelors of Mathematics from University of Waterloo. Dan relishes challenging projects and can be counted on to get them done on schedule. When Dan is not coding and the lakes are not frozen, you can find him out in the wilds of Ontario in his canoe.

Duncan Noble - Senior Developer, Android/BlackBerry projects.

Bachelor of Mathematics (Computer Science and Business) from University of Waterloo. He specializes in Android, BlackBerry and whatever else needs to be done. When he is not striving to create bulletproof code, he chases after his kids and dreams of playing hockey, hiking, camping and canoeing.

John Wells - Senior Developer, Web Technologies.

Degree in Information Systems from University of Phoenix. Expert in all web technologies and programming languages. John specializes in the server and translation sections. In his spare time, he reads and plays guitar (something he wishes he could do better!)

Jeff Ardern - QA.

Jeff is in Finance at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and does the careful checking of data conversions. He's also an excellent golf and tennis player.