Brian Bell
Vice President, Strategy & Co-Founder
With the commercial success of SchoolDude.com in the education market, Brian and the founding management team launched a sister company in 2006 called FacilityDude. The goal of FacilityDude was to deliver industry-leading, on-demand software for facility, business, and maintenance operations in non-education markets. FacilityDude.com went live on January 1, 2007, and has achieved great success in helping facility managers, service personnel, and building owners manage more with less, increase operational efficiencies, and deliver tremendous gains in client/tenant satisfaction. Through direct and indirect distribution channels, along with key strategic partnerships, FacilityDude.com has rapidly become a disruptive player in a market traditionally served by legacy, client-server maintenance management solutions. Brian is the company’s Vice President for Strategy, responsible for assessing the market environment, managing the strategic product roadmap, developing product partnerships and contributing to the direction of other areas of the company's activities to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
Background Information
Brian began his career by founding a web development company that provided innovative, intuitive user experiences to a wide range of markets. For 10 years, Brian led a team of designers and developers, creating custom web-based applications for SMBs, private and higher education, life sciences, medical devices, non-profits, and several federal government agencies. In 2003, Brian co-founded GroupLynx, LLC, a leader in the education market, focused on providing web-based emergency documentation and facility mapping systems. Late in 2004, Brian joined forces with the co-founder of Applied Computer Technologies (ACT, later known as Strategic Resource Solutions or SRS) to start CommLogix, Inc., an official solutions provider for SchoolDude.com. CommLogix technology enables the integration of Building Management Systems (BMS) with SchoolDude.com’s facility and maintenance management software applications.
Education
Brian is a graduate of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, where he received a B.A. in Communication. During the pursuit of his degree at Wake Forest, Brian developed a passion for researching computer-mediated conversation (CMC) and the effects of Internet technology on interpersonal and business relationships. He continues to develop his skills through executive education coursework at MIT Sloan School of Management and other leading programs. Brian is Pragmatic Marketing Certified™.
Personal Information
Brian is married to Dr. Jennifer Bell and resides in Apex, NC with their son Benjamin. He enjoys listening to music of all genres, traveling, and spending time with family. Brian also has a keen interest in new technologies (primarily Internet-related), automobiles, politics, and collegiate athletics.
