Biographies - Our Team
Fort Supply founders Ian, Malcolm, and Nephi Harvey
Ian, Malcolm, and Nephi Harvey, brothers and cofounders of Fort Supply Technologies
get ready to work cattle in a snowstorm at their family ranch, Fort Supply.
Malcolm Harvey
President, Cofounder, Director
Malcolm has extensive experience in new product engineering and market development, financial management, Deming, Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah in 1984, Malcolm spent seven years in semiconductor process and microelectronics engineering in San Jose, California. For the last 15 years Malcolm has been a Director, VP, General Manager and Product Line Manager for Bourns Inc and Scientific Technologies Inc, overseeing international operations and engineering teams developing and selling micro electronics in 18 countries to companies such as Sony, Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Synaptics, Alps, Darfon, Toshiba, Fujitsu, AT&T, Ford, GM, and Daimler-Chrysler. Malcolm has developed, presented and justified numerous business proposals and developed supplier and customer contracts at all levels of corporate management in multiple countries in Europe, North America and Asia.
Malcolm became president of Fort Supply Livestock Inc in June of 2006.
Malcolm and his wife Emly are the parents of six children.
Ian Harvey
Vice President Research, Cofounder, Director
Ian received his Bachelors of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Utah in Materials Science and Metallurgy, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. (Materials Science) at the Colorado School of Mines in 1990 while doing an internship at IBM-Boulder. Ian worked at VLSI Technology in San Jose for seven years in IC failure analysis, focused ion beam prototype repair, and advanced process development (plasma etch of dielectrics). Joining Bourns Inc. in 1997, Ian worked in thin film magnetic inductor development and in chip scale package development and reliability engineering. Ian joined the University of Utah in 2001 as a Research Associate Professor, teaching graduate courses in Microsystems Design and Characterization. Ian is now Associate Director of the Utah nano Science and Engineering Labs. Ian has jointly authored over sixteen publications and holds twenty-two U.S. patents. Ian has extensive international program management experience (Ireland).
Ian and his wife Kris are the parents of four children.
Nephi Harvey
Chief Technology Office, Cofounder, Director, Secretary
Nephi received his BS Metallurgical Engineering degree from the University of Utah in 1995 with emphasis on computer modeling of comminution (ore crushing) systems. Nephi worked at VLSI Technology (Semi-conductor) in San Jose for 2 years as a process engineer until the plant was closed. Nephi joined Bourns Inc. in 1997 and worked in the Automotive Components divisions where he developed various automotive sensors and controls using a variety of technologies and characterization techniques. In 2000, Nephi joined a small startup company as the third full-time employee that later became Cyberkinetics Neural Technology Systems, Inc. (CYKN). While at CYKN, Nephi was responsible for developing and manufacturing human implantable neural recording arrays as well as defining the new processes and process equipment required to make a safe human implant. Nephi is named on two patents (pending) related to implantable device architecture as well as one patent related to animal ID. Nephi has extensive domestic and international travel experience including having lived in Hong Kong for two years where he learned to speak Cantonese.
Nephi and his wife Jane are the parents of two children.
Karl Nicholas
Director
Karl has over 25 years business experience in small and medium size companies with a focus on mobile computing and data collection solutions. Karl is currently the director of Business Development for Juniper Systems Inc, a manufacturer of ruggedized handheld computers, where he is responsible for identifying and developing new mobile computing market opportunities. Mr. Nicholas was a co-founder and Vice President – Technology of Corrpro Companies, Inc., a publicly traded corrosion engineering services company. He also served as President of Corrpro’s Rohrback Cosasco Systems business unit, which manufactured and supplied internal corrosion rate monitoring equipment. Karl received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and a MBA from the University of Southern California. He has two US patents and many publications.
He and wife Karen are the parents of five children.
Shane Christian
Director
Shane has 29 years experience in the cattle industry from sale barn employee to cattle buyer/broker. For the past 17 years Shane has been a cattle buyer and broker for private and corporation ranches brokering animals to feedlots and slaughter plants around the US. Shane has concentrated on purchasing cattle in the Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho along with reselling calves from these areas into Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska. Shane has earned a reputation of being a straight talker and honest representative of the cattlemen. Shane fills custom orders of animals for Carlson Brothers, Alvin Wheaton, Dan Lytle, and Five Rivers Ranches. Shane has also been an order buyer for Gibbon Packing and Armor Packing and currently fills orders for Packerland Packing. Shane is trusted to find the best animals for these organizations because of his eye for detail and keen knowledge of the industry from the cow/calf man all the way to the packer. For the past 16 years, Shane has also been a registered representative for Superior Livestock Auction selling cattle from producers to buyers in US and Canada. Shane and his three children live in Pavillion, Wyoming where is he also operates his privately held cattle brokering business.
