The People Behind Cyberitas

Cyberitas is proud that our customers get the opportunity to form lasting relationships with our team, and work with actual people-- not machines. We don't believe in the 'brick wall' between the customer and our technical team like most hosting and development companies. Take a moment to meet some of our team leaders now.

Bruce Covill Chief Executive Officer Bruce Covill is the founder of Cyberitas Enterprises LLC, a team of experienced eCommerce experts that has been developing and hosting large-scale Web sites since 1994. Bruce has spent a 30-year career in various forms of publishing, business and consulting, the past 20 specializing in e-commerce. Originally a writing journalist with the Times Journal Co. in Washington, D.C., Bruce was recruited in 1985 by Rupert Murdoch's News America Corp. to undertake new development projects. Over the next eight years, Bruce led the development of multimedia publishing products and the organizations to produce and sell them. As vice president of Murdoch Electronic Publishing and later executive vice president of Reed Travel Group, Bruce led the development of the "Jaguar/SabreVision" CD-ROM-based publishing products for use by travel agents. He also helped found and served as a director of The Hotel Industry Switch Co. (THISCO), a consortium of 15 of the largest lodging companies that changed the way hotel rooms are booked electronically, and today is known as Pegasus Systems Inc.. In 1992, Bruce left corporate life in New York City and moved his family to Phoenix, AZ. Since then, Bruce has been involved in a wide range of e-commerce activities, both as a consultant and as the head of Internet development companies. Bruce oversaw the development and launch of a five-component, multimedia-marketing program designed to recapture a newspaper's lost market share in real estate advertising. As president of Cyber Publishing Inc. and later Cyberitas Enterprises LLC, Bruce oversaw the development of TravelWeb.com, the first large scale Internet site containing consumer information about hotels. Bruce also led the development of the Internet's leading consumer real estate site, www.era.com, and sites for a number of other large organizations. A frequent speaker at various industry events, Bruce holds an undergraduate degree in journalism and an MBA degree with a specialization in information systems management. Bruce also is an avid tennis player, amateur historian and wine enthusiast. You can reach Bruce Covill via our contact form here.

Peter J. Chatterton F.C.A., C.J.C. Chief Financial Officer Peter is our CFO. He is a British National, holding a resident visa (green card) for the U.S. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (F.C.A.) and a Member of the Spanish Institute of Accountants (C.J.C.). Peter obtained his English qualification in 1961 and then embarked on a very varied career which took him to Peru (10 years), the United States (2 years), Italy (3 years) and Spain (8 years). During these years he worked with either Peat,Marwick,Mitchell & Co. (PMM) or Price, Waterhouse & Co., two of the then "Big Eight" accounting firms. With these firms, his specialization was auditing and, over the years, he has had considerable experience in auditing almost every conceivable type of business enterprise. He made partner with PMM in Peru in 1970 and was appointed Senior Partner for Spain and Portugal in 1978, with responsibility for the management of all aspects of the PMM practices in those countries. As the senior representative for Spain and Portugal, he served as a Member of the PMM Continental European Operations Committee, which oversaw all financial and operational matters for the thirteen countries in which PMM Europe practiced. He also served for several years on the PMM European Professional Practice Committee, which dealt with all professional standards and technical matters affecting the European Practice. He is fluent in Spanish. In 1984, at the age of 46, he retired from PMM and came to live in Scottsdale. Since then he has developed an accounting and tax practice, runs an investment company and looks after all our accounting, tax and financial matters. You can reach Peter Chatterton via our contact form here.

Scott Moore Chief Information Officer Scott Moore has more than 12 years of industry experience, and has been programming Internet connected applications prior to the advent of the World Wide Web. A secure programming specialist focused on realtime network aware applications, Scott was the Lead Developer of the i330 and i500 projects, which brought additional Internet connectivity and user configurability to the new breed of network connected smart phones. Scott also lead the development of the high-encryption 'Rocket Protocol' which was approved for use in financial transactions in a large-scale Federal-ACH connected Internet payment gateway. A frequent conference speaker and trainer, Scott speaks and trains for the FBI's Domestic Cyber-Terrorism Task Force, and has spoken at the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International technology conference among others. You can reach Scott Moore via our contact form here.

Tom Emerson Chief Technical Officer A systems engineer with eight years of Internet technology expertise, sixteen years of Broadcast Television systems experience with Arizona's premier Public Television station KAET-TV. Tom served as the Chief Engineer, Transmissions at KAET for several years until the itch to expand his horizons further into the emerging world of Internet Commerce led him to a position as the Director of Network Operations and Hosting Services at Evergreen Internet, Inc., one of the Phoenix area's oldest privately held ISP and eCommerce companies. Tom's broad experience with technology and people from both the Broadcast Television and Internet Commerce industries provide him with a unique technological and business perspective. You can reach Tom Emerson via our contact form here.

Linda Frankson Lead Designer Linda has over 15 years experience in graphic design; 10 years as a web designer. Her skill set includes designing and developing corporate Internet/Intranet sites; corporate identity and graphic design; user interface design; software documentation, marketing presentations, business plans, proposals and user manuals; technical illustrations for hardware and software specifications; training. You can reach Linda Frankson via our contact form here.