Brian Saunders

Brian Saunders, CEO of BigTime Software, has spent a decade consulting with small and mid-sized professional services firms and building the highest-rated time and billing�system on the Intuit Marketplace. Before helping found BigTime, Saunders was the CEO of DaVinci Software, one of Chicago�s premier software consulting firms�during the 1990s. DaVinci was on the Crain�s list of "Top Software Firms" and employed 70 consultants the year that Saunders sold the company. Clients included Kraft Foods, Ameritech, Nicor Gas, and Comdisco, as well as several prominent Chicago-area startup firms. Saunders sat on the advisory boards�of several of those startup firms, was a frequent speaker on navigating the technology revolution, and was the entrepreneur-in-residence at DePaul University�s Kellstadt Graduate�School of Business for the final two years of his tenure at DaVinci. Saunders� experience with startup ventures, as well as his years of experience in managing and consulting with�professional services firms, gives him a unique perspective on the changes unfolding in the services arena today.