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Athenium has an experienced leadership team with expertise in software service and design, human performance improvement, and operational management in many industries.

Meet Our Management Team

Charles F. Dornbush

Charles F. Dornbush
President and CEO

Chuck is the visionary founder and executive manager of Athenium. Prior to launching Athenium, Chuck was the Executive VP Marketing for Fidelity Investments' 401(k) business. Chuck's other previous positions include:

  • Chief Financial Officer for Fidelity's mutual fund business
  • Vice President, Planning and Corporate Development for American Can Company
  • Strategy consultant for Boston Consulting Group, gaining insight into issues in business strategy and operations of a professional services firm
  • Software development at Control Data Corporation, Stanford Research Institute, and Ryan McFarland Corporation, concentrating on on-line collaboration and computer languages
  • Principal software designer at SRI, for the Augmentation Research Center, under Dr. Douglas Englebart
Chuck earned a BS degree with highest honors in Physics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is active in the Boston business community and is past president of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston. Chuck serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.

Joe Kislo

Joe Kislo
VP, Technology Development

Joe is the principal software architect and software technology executive at Athenium. Joe, an expert in creating large-scale software applications with high performance and high security requirements, leads the technical design of our current product offerings and the technical teams in software development, software quality assurance and data center operations.

Joe holds a BS degree in computer science with high honors from the University of Massachusetts.

Jim Shelhamer

Jim Shelhamer
VP, Client Services

Jim leads the client services efforts for Athenium. Jim has over two decades of experience in software development and professional services with a strong focus on learning and collaborative systems. Jim started his career with Digital Equipment Corporation as a software engineer. Subsequent positions have included work in consulting, training, and project management.

Jim graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Computer Science.