Founding Team
Terry Rochford, President
Terry is an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in education, engineering, business and database software applications. Prior to founding Enventra, Terry was co-founder and senior vice president of Mathsoft Engineering and Education, Inc. (now part of Parametric Technology Corporation), where he developed the award-winning StudyWorks product line for secondary school math and science education and built the company's flagship product, Mathcad, into an industry leader for technical calculation. Before Mathsoft, Terry led spreadsheet product development at Computer Associates and Access Technology, and served in a variety of senior technical and operational roles at GE Information Systems and Mitrol, Inc. Terry holds a S.B. from MIT.
Peter Garst, Chief Scientist
Peter has over 15 years of experience in the field of handwriting recognition and is the creator of Enventra's proprietary handwriting recognition platform. Before joining Enventra as co-founder, Peter developed earlier versions of the platform as principal scientist at Mathsoft Engineering and Education and at Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC). Earlier in his career, Peter was a senior researcher at Imperial College (London), Cygnet Systems, and HP Labs focusing on computer architectures, languages, and image and speech compression. Peter holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and an M.S. in computer science from the University of Wisconsin.