The Management Team

Gary Brach, Chief Executive Officer

Gary has served as CEO of AgencyPort since 2004. With over twenty years of software industry experience, he has spent the last fifteen bringing fast growing, early stage software companies to market leadership positions. Most recently, Gary was co-founder and President of Smart Storage, an archival storage software company now owned by EMC. Prior to that, he worked at Lotus Development Corp., Datext, Inc. and Data Resources/McGraw Hill in product management, marketing, business development and consulting capacities. Gary holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a Sc. B. from Brown University.

Steven A. Hauck, Co-Founder, President

Steve co-founded AgencyPort after nine years in financial services sales and marketing. Most recently, he was a director with The E*Trade Group and head of US Institutional Sales and Marketing. Steve also worked closely with E*Trade Corporate Finance and The E*Trade Venture Group. Prior to E*Trade, he was Director of US Institutional Sales and Marketing for TIR Securities, Inc., a global institutional brokerage boutique. Steve began his career with Shearson Lehman Brothers in 1992. He holds a bachelor's degree from Denison University.

Eric H. Harnden, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

As CTO, Eric is responsible for AgencyPort's Product Development Group, oversees Professional Services, and is actively involved in sales. Prior to launching AgencyPort, Eric was Manager of Electronic Commerce Development at John Hancock Financial Services (now part of Manulife), a leading life insurance company, where he led the development and implementation of multiple award winning transactional web systems. Previously, he held several senior consulting positions at Entex, now part of Siemens. Eric holds a bachelor's degree from Connecticut College.

Susan Yardley, Vice President, Operations

Susan brings over 25 years of insurance industry and software implementation experience to AgencyPort. As VP Professional Services, Susan is focused on customer delivery and all aspects of AgencyPortal and AgencyConnect implementations at our customer sites. Prior to AgencyPort, Susan worked in the IT department at Manulife, with her most recent position as AVP of Long Term Care Systems. Susan is a graduate of Northeastern University.

Curt Stevenson, Vice President, Delivery

Curt worked with AgencyPort as a consultant for several years before joining the leadership team full time in 2007. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and later served as a business-technology liaison at Fidelity Investments. In 1997, Curt founded Back Bay Technologies, a successful technology consulting firm in the Boston area that he sold in 2001. At Back Bay, Curt wore several hats including VP of Services and CFO while managing many large projects. He is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and FLMI. Curt earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Colby College.