Founded in 2009, Enterprise Hive is built on the award-winning WordFrame platform. The enterprise business social software platform utitilizes Microsoft's technology: Internet Information services, .NET 4.0 Framework and MS SQL server. Delivered as a service (SaaS), Enterprise Hive is a flexible and configurable business social software platform upon which to build your community or communities.
Headquartered in Irvington, Virginia, Enterprise Hive is led by software executive and entrepreneur, Vicki Tambellini. Well known in government and education communities, Ms. Tambellini has been serving education, government and other specialized industries since 1982. Our team is dedicated to your success.
Vicki Tambellini
President and CEO
Award-winning leader, author, blogger, consultant and social business software entrepreneur, Ms. Tambellini is known for her work building Enterprise Hive’s Social Knowledge Solutions.
She is the President and CEO of Enterprise Hive and The Tambellini Group.
In order to meet today's growing demand for collaboration and knowledge sharing, Enterprise Hive develops, markets and supports social knowledge websites. The Tambellini Group provides timely and objective analysis on education, learning and technology issues.
Ms. Tambellini received a BS in Marketing from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1982.
Paula K. Goldman
General Council
Ms. Goldman runs her own law practice specializing in the contracting needs of small technology companies and works with The Tambellini Group as a consultant for institutions of higher education negotiating large software acquisitions. Her expertise stems from over 15 years of assisting technology companies, both as inside and outside counsel.
Before starting her own practice, Ms. Goldman was General Counsel for Gelco Information Network, Inc., a company specializing in outsourced business services related to travel and expense management. Prior to that she was Senior Regional Counsel for PeopleSoft, Inc.'s Education and Government division, and General Counsel for Digicon Corporation. Ms. Goldman's in-house career was preceded by 5 years as an associate at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, where she worked with the litigation, administrative law, and government contract groups.
Ms. Goldman was selected as Employee of the Year at Gelco and the legal team she led at PeopleSoft received numerous awards for their productivity and dedication to excellence. She was a speaker at the 2006 Association of Corporate Counsel's annual conference.
Ms. Goldman received her Juris Doctor degree from The National Law Center at George Washington University in 1989. She also earned an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1986, and an A.B. from Cornell University in 1985.
Lauren Hart Piper
Vice President, Product Management and Marketing
Lauren Hart-Piper has over 20 years experience in technology sales and marketing for the education industry. Most recently, she has provided competitive intelligence, business planning analysis, product management and marketing communications services to organizations serving the education market such as CollegeAnywhere, Schoolwires,Synergy3, WebStudy and WHYY.
She previously was the Senior Director of Competitive Intelligence at Systems and Computer Technology (now Sungard Higher Education).
Ms. Hart-Piper has over a decade of product management expertise as she was the IA-Plus Finance and Human Resource product manager for SCT.
She began her career at Monroe Community College as the project leader for Information Associates's Financial Record System. She then joined Information Associates and held positions in professional services, sales and marketing.
Ms. Hart-Piper holds a B.S. from Roberts Wesleyan College and has studied competitive intelligence from Leonard Fuld and at Drexel University.
Julian Andronic
Sales Manager
Since the start of his career, Julian Andronic has worked with both small and large companies, focusing on their business development. Working as an operations manager and later as a business development manager, Mr. Andronic has delivered consistent business growth and a positive bottom line impact. His areas of expertise are customer growth, commercial business development, and new products and services.
Being involved with the technology field from and early age, managing various projects, working for an innovative technology company was a dream come true. Mr. Andronic hopes to translate the same level of success to his new team.
Julian Andronic holds a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Richmond, Robins School of Business.
Candace Eidson
Technology Support, Research Associate
Candace Eidson has worked in the higher ed software industry for the past 10 years in the area of marketing. At The Tambellini Group, she researches and gathers information on software and services provided to colleges and universities.
Prior to joining edu1world and bellaSavio, Ms. Eidson was the Events Manager for Jenzabar. She redesigned the annual user conference by listening to both the clients and corporate needs and bringing five merged companies together into one conference. The result was targeted educational sessions and a tight conference community of over 1300 customers.
Ms. Eidson was a Senior District Manager for Maidenform Outlets for eight years, prior to joining Jenzabar. Her expertise at Maidenform was turning underperforming stores into profitable stores through the development of management staff.
Tanya Athannassova
Community Support Manager
Tanya Athannassova has been involved in the software company management, customer support and communication for the last thirteen years.
Ms. Athannassova has worked in the Education sector: she taught English Language at K-12 state and private schools (10 years) and later at Plovdiv University (2 years) before turning to the private sector as owner and manager of a software development company.
In 1995 Ms. Athannassova co-founded ConsultCommerce, a Custom Software Development, Software Products and Services Company, with offices in Europe and US. She has been office manager and HR manager for the company until 2005, when she moved with her family to the States. She continued her services for the US office with the company's North American customers.
In 2005 Ms. Athannassova co-founded ITBrix. ITBrix is the investment and sales arm of ConsultCommerce. She is a Customer Support team member as well as a communications liaison between ITBrix customers and the ITBrix development and support teams.
Her greatest expertise and strength is her communication skills and the ability to listen, understand and convert into tasks and actions customers' requests/ issues that might arise from proprietary or off-the-shelf software products and their application.
Ms. Athannassova holds a Masters degree in British and American Studies.
Becky Rose
Community Manager
While attending college working toward a degree in Information Systems and Technology, Becky Rose was given the opportunity to administer an Admissions and Records Office Study. The completion of that project convinced Becky to pursue technology and customer service as a vocation after her graduation in 2002.
After graduation, Becky's honed her skills working at a law office, accounting firm, and later assisting with her husband's business.
The opportunity of working with The Tambellini Group allowed Becky to take her skills to a larger workforce and embrace expanding technology. Today she coordinates customer service, provides support to the website and oversees registrations. Her ability to identify a problem, research an answer and negotiate a resolution has made her an invaluable member of the team.
Becky resides in White Stone, Virginia, with her husband, son and daughter.
Alexandra Prillaman
Graphic Illustrator
Alexandra Prillaman is a graphic illustrator with a degree in Communications Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. She co-founded a business that designed and produced websites and created branding and marketing materials for politicians and non-profits. Ms. Prillaman also consulted with a regional marketing and advertising firm designing graphics, web design and illustration.
Carter Prillaman
Webmaster
Carter Prillaman began her career in newspaper advertising sales and design, rising to the position of publisher before making the decision to retire to focus on raising her family. Later, Ms. Prillaman formed a computer business focusing on both hardware and software support as well as tutoring.
Ms. Prillaman worked as a graphic/web production artist and webmaster for a regional marketing firm for six years before joining The Tambellini Group and Enterprise Hive. A graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Psychology, Ms. Prillaman in addition has received Adobe authorized training in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash, as well as extensive training in Joomla content management system.
Eileen Glennie
Office Manager
Eileen Glennie has over 25 years of experience in the field of administrative support. Specializing in start-up and privately owned companies, Ms. Glennie has worked in various fields such as government, construction, airline industry and international manufacturing/distribution. In this capacity, Ms. Glennie has gained considerable experience in bookkeeping, customer service management, and general office management.