About Us

Management Team

	Stephen F. Mase Founder, President Edcheckup founder, Steve Mase is also the founder and president of Dexma, a company that develops products for the financial services industry. The first company he founded built the first stand-alone PC-based financial information/trading workstation; this product was eventually sold to Knight Ridder, which marketed it under the name "Knight Ridder Money Center." His next company developed a large client/server system that evolved into one of the premier trading systems of the mid-1990s; a portion of this company was sold to Cargill, the world's largest commodity and grain trading entity. Steve spent his early career as director of Operations Research and vice president of Information Systems for a large national paper products company. Steve has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's from the University of Minnesota.
	Susan A. Gray Vice President of Business Development Susan Gray is the Vice President for Business Development for Edcheckup. In that capacity she has been responsible for the oversight and development of Edcheckup, EIR, TestXL and other programs and initiatives. Susan is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Temple University School of Law and previously served as the Co-Director of the School Partners Program for Youth Trust. She is an active community volunteer with the Minneapolis Public Schools, League of Women Voters, and Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
	Stan Deno Content Author Dr. Deno is, perhaps, best known for his research and development activities related to monitoring student progress in basic skills. This work has resulted in the development of procedures - typically referred to as Curriculum-based Measurement (CBM) - that have been widely disseminated through publication in both technical and professional journals. More than 100 articles and 2 edited books are currently available that demonstrate improvement in special educational programs resulting from the systematic application of CBM within the framework of ongoing progress evaluation by teachers.
	Doug Marston Content Author Dr. Marston is a special education administrator in the Minneapolis Public Schools and adjunct faculty in educational psychology, the University of Minnesota. Doug has published several articles on the use of curriculum-based measurement and the problem-solving model. His research interests include progress monitoring, reading instruction, and response-to-intervention special education eligibility models.
	Eric J. Zachman Chief Software Developer Eric has been developing software for the last 10 years. His prior programming experience was focused on applications for the property and casualty and life insurance industries. For the last five years Eric has been primarily focused on web application development. When Eric is not programming for Edcheckup he is working on his B.S. in Business Administration at Northwestern College in St. Paul and enjoying his beautiful wife, Georgia, and his twin infants, Nate and Gracia.
	Andrew N. Fuller Chief Financial Officer Andy has been with the Company for over four years. He is a Certified Public Account (CPA) and came from the local accounting firm of Boyum and Barenscheer PLLP. He is currently working on his MBA in finance at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Andy received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Cloud State University. Edcheckup's sister Company Dexma, Inc. also employs Andy in the capacity of finance director.