The Sharegate Team
Thank you for your interest in our company and the dynamic team behind Sharegate. 

Argus Ian Cunningham

Founder and CEO

Argus is a Texas native hailing from Austin. His education credentials include a Bachelor of Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a Master of Arts degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Upon completion of his education, he began a career in aviation primarily as an Aviator and Officer in the United States Navy.

As an avid individual investor, he enjoys research, corporate conference calls, financial analysis, socializing and learning from other shareholders. In early 2009, he refined the Sharegate concept, obtained the Sharegate domain name, authored three software patents and created Sharegate Inc. He continues to lead the incredibly talented Sharegate Team.

Maggie Spivey

Corporate Accounts Director

Maggie Spivey grew up in northern Minnesota and then headed east to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the U.S. Naval Academy. After serving in the active duty Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, she transitioned to the Reserves and completed a Masters of Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. She has worked as a consultant to General Dynamics Information Technology supporting various projects at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

With her background in project management, communications, and marketing, and her interest in stakeholder interactions, investor relations, and value creation for all shareholders, Maggie is excited to share the benefits of Sharegate with the corporate community.

Bob Eells

Web developer

Bob Eells grew up just outside of Atlanta, GA.  He attended Georgia State University before moving to Austin, TX to begin a career in web application development.  Over the past decade, Bob has worked on every phase of design, development, testing and deployment of dozens of web-based projects.  

When he's not building web applications, Bob can normally be found working with small electronics, assembly code, and his arduino.

Chris Alexander

Chief Information Officer

Chris Alexander is originally from Tucson, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in English Literature, followed by a M.A. in International Relations – Security Studies from St. Mary's University. Chris is a self-taught web designer, and has taught himself programming languages to include HTML/DHTML and CSS, Javascript, Perl, PHP, MySQL, and Unix. As an independent web designer and small business owner, Chris also concentrated heavily on web security, privacy, and e–commerce – areas where he now applies his efforts to the safety and security of physical and digital information on the Sharegate network.

Jackie Day

Institutional Accounts Director

Jackie Day was born in Massachusetts and raised in Naperville, Illinois until attending college at the University of New Hampshire where she completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Accounting and a minor in Computer & Information Technology. She began her career working in public accounting as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Her past roles provided insight into how powerful, new technologies can connect internal and external business partners and improve performance. She’s excited about the benefits Sharegate offers the investment community and enjoys learning and reading about how business, government and society interact. At Sharegate, Jackie’s work is focused on benefiting institutional investors.

Gillian Burgess

Affiliate Accounts Director

Gillian, a California native, earned her B.A. from Loyola University New Orleans, majoring in Communications. After graduation, she began work at YouthNoise, a nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people in community service and social change. Following this role, Gillian was appointed Lead Producer for the Play City campaign, multimillion-dollar partnership with Nike to promote social change through sports.

Continued work for web-based nonprofits, from outreach and web usability to campaign management and partnership development have provided Gillian with an extensive background in communications, education, and social media, a perfect skill set for her role at Sharegate.

Chris Alexander

Chief Information Officer

Chris Alexander is originally from Tucson, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in English Literature, followed by a M.A. in International Relations – Security Studies from St. Mary's University. As an undergraduate, Chris worked as the lead student network administrator for the UofA's Center for Computing and Information Technology.

After teaching himself the basics of HTML/DHTML and CSS, he went on to also learn Javascript, Perl, PHP, Unix, and MySQL. As an independent web designer and small business owner, Chris also concentrated heavily on web security, privacy, and e–commerce – areas where he now applies his efforts to the safety and security of physical and digital information on the Sharegate network

Jeremy Merrill

Lead software architect

Originally from Dallas, TX, Jeremy graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachlors in Business Administration. His experience designing, developing and launching Internet applications goes back to 1997, and has helped him gain expertise in content management, social media, and web 2.0 technologies.

As a consultant for Vignette Corp from 1998 to 2000 Jeremy implemented successful enterprise web applications for UBS Paine Webber and New York Life among others. In subsequent roles, Jeremy has served in various positions for companies including Motive, Inc. (now part of Alcatel-Lucent), Surgient (now part of Quest Software), and Pointserve. In his free time, Jeremy enjoys, hiking, rock climbing and photography.