John D. Rome

Founder, software architect, and technology inventor. After passing the Minnesota Bar decades ago, John sidestepped the practice of law in favor of staying with software development, his lifelong passion. Instead of writing wills and trying cases, he has developed large-scale computer programs to automate virtually every facet of the practice of law and several other industries. Along the way, he launched five innovative businesses, descendants of which endure today. A veteran entrepreneur, his professional happiness comes from creating high-tech jobs — not to mention entire industry segments. Fluent in Microsoft technologies, when not creating new uses for automation helpful to the non-tech world, John spends hobby time developing spherical trigonometric algorithms to further his interest in astronomy. On the personal side, he plays guitar, sings with Bethann at the Warrenton Presbyterian Church and spends as much time as possible with the families of the four children and 14 grandkids.