Our Team
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We established HighByte in August 2018 to solve the persistent data interoperability and security problems faced by industrial operations. Read on to learn more about the founding team.
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Meet the Founders
HighByte’s founding team includes Tony Paine, John Harrington, and Torey Penrod-Cambra who have worked together since 2012 and have more than 50 years of experience delivering software to the industrial automation market.
Tony Paine
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Tony Paine is the CEO of HighByte, focused on the company’s vision. He led the architecture and development of the company’s initial product offering, HighByte Intelligence Hub, and continues to be instrumental in its design.
Tony’s passion for integrating software and hardware began in early childhood when he developed an application that turned a rudimentary text editor into a word processor with generic print capabilities. He focused his education on this interest and earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Computer Software and Hardware Design from the University of Maine in 1996. Tony’s entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for knowledge brought him back to the University of Maine to earn a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Data Analytics in 2021. For the past 20 years, Tony immersed himself in industrial software development and strategy at Kepware, most recently serving as CEO. He led the company through a successful acquisition to PTC in 2016 prior to founding HighByte in 2018. Tony has contributed to a variety of technical working groups, helping to shape the direction of standards used within the automation industry. Connect with Tony on LinkedIn. |
John Harrington
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
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John Harrington is the Chief Business Officer of HighByte, focused on defining the company’s business and product strategy. His areas of responsibility include market research, customer use cases, product priorities, go-to-market, financial planning, and sales.
John is passionate about delivering technology that improves productivity and safety in manufacturing and industrial environments. He has spent his 25-year career both delivering software to manufacturers and working for manufacturers in operations roles. This experience has given him a unique perspective on how suppliers and end users each play an integral role in implementing new technology solutions. John has a Master of Business Administration from Babson College and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Connect with John on LinkedIn. |
Torey Penrod-Cambra
Co-Founder & Chief Communications Officer
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Torey Penrod-Cambra is the Chief Communications Officer of HighByte, focused on the company's messaging strategy, market presence, and ability to operationalize. Her areas of responsibility include marketing, public relations, analyst relations, investor relations, and people operations.
Torey is a marketing professional with nearly 15 years of experience creating compelling brand experiences that drive customer acquisition and expansion in highly technical environments. Torey’s career began with a focus on biotechnology and international pharmaceutical product launches, and then evolved into a fast-climbing career in B2B industrial software. She is passionate about securing equal STEM opportunities for women, and excited by the potential of the Internet of Things in industrial environments. Torey applies an analytical, data-driven approach to marketing that reflects her academic achievements in both chemistry and ethics. Torey received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and has completed post-graduate studies in Medical Ethics at the University of Pittsburgh. Connect with Torey on LinkedIn. |
Board of Directors
Joining HighByte co-founder and CEO Tony Paine on the Board of Directors is Betsy Peters and Corson Ellis.
Betsy PetersBoard Chair & DirectorPeters has worked as intrapreneur and entrepreneur for the past twenty-five years—building products, leading teams, raising funds, and managing growth. During her career, she has answered directly to various boards, constructed her own startup board, served as a publicly elected board official, and helped lead the strategic direction of Maine-based software startup CourseStorm as Board Chair for the past four years. Peters is currently the CEO of Cambium Enterprises, an innovation strategy firm, and an adjunct instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Connect with Betsy on LinkedIn. |
Corson EllisBoard DirectorEllis was previously Founder and Chairman of Kepware, an industrial software communications company that sold to PTC, a Boston-based enterprise software company, in January 2016. Ellis has served as Board Chair of Maine Venture Fund (MVF) and Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) and is currently a board member of Coastal Ventures, a Maine-based venture capital firm. Ellis also invests in and advises software startups, serves on several technical investment boards, and supports the Lewiston, Maine public school system in their effort to institute a K-12 software coding curriculum. Ellis was an investor in the HighByte pre-seed funding round and will now represent investors on the company’s Board of Directors. Connect with Corson on LinkedIn. |
