Jeff Murphy, Founder and CEO

Scoutware is Jeff’s brainchild.  He has taken Scoutware from a simple idea to the development of our first beta client, Northwestern men’s basketball in 2001, to today, where Scoutware has grown to 175 schools and over 750 individual sites.  Jeff originally started thinking about Scoutware as pitcher on the University of San Diego baseball team.  Jeff then went on to a career as internet and systems architect for IBM, UBS and Motorola.   While at IBM, Jeff worked with both Cathy Talman and Rex Hall, the three of whom would then go on to build and design every aspect of Scoutware’s infrastructure.  Jeff believes strongly that technology only works if it’s easy to use and it makes a difference.

Andy Clark, Executive Vice President, Partner

Andy has directed Scoutware’s sales and marketing efforts since our official launch in 2003.    Andy has over 20 years experience in college athletics and sports marketing.  Andy began his career as the Director of Ticket Sales in the DePaul Athletic Department, and later was the tournament director of a major holiday college basketball tournament at the Allstate Arena.  As a vice president at Edelman Worldwide and Cramer-Krasselt, he directed marketing programs for Nike, Miller Brewing, US Soccer, Virginia Slims Tennis, Health Net, Illinois Bureau of Tourism, The Sporting News and the International Basketball League.   Andy is currently an adjunct professor of Sports Marketing in the Graduate School of Business at Loyola University.  Andy holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University and an MBA from DePaul University.

Cathy Talman, Chief Information Officer

Cathy is responsible for the development, maintenance, security and evolution of all Scoutware architecture and systems.  Prior to Scoutware, Cathy was a senior systems architect at IBM, and lead architect for IBM's first two shared content hosting service platforms.  Among the notable clients on her systems included Pepsi, Heineken, NY Times, PGA, NHL, and the 1996 Winter Olympics.

Rex Hall, Director of Technology

Rex is the lead architect and developer for all Scoutware™ applications.   Rex has worked with Jeff Cathy since the very first version of Scoutware in 2000.  Rex's computer prowess spans multiple platforms and languages.  Rex began his career as a student working in the computer lab at the University of Kentucky.  Rex then spent six years at IBM as a software developer where he developed and released (among other projects) IBM HomePage Creator for e-business.  This project was IBM's first nationally advertised web-based service on the e-business line and was released in four languages to over 15,000 customers, spanning more than 30 countries.   Rex holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky.