Mitchell C. Merrifield
Chief Executive Officer

Mitchell C. Merrifield serves as chief executive officer of BuilderFusion, Inc., an innovator in technology solutions for residential home builders. As CEO, Mr. Merrifield is responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction, in addition to overseeing all engineering, support, product management, marketing, sales and business operations. Under Mr. Merrifield’s leadership, BuilderFusion has substantially grown its customer base, attracted the interest of numerous investment firms and continued to enhance and improve its flagship product, BuilderFusion, which allows home builders associations (HBAs) and building industry associations (BIAs) to simply and easily leverage the Internet to automate day-to-day administration, strengthen relationships with association members and drive down operating costs.

Prior to BuilderFusion, Mr. Merrifield served in key product management roles for Novell, a Fortune 1000 software company specializing in identity management and Linux-based solutions. Among other responsibilities, Mr. Merrifield was the driving force behind Novell’s first foray into the emerging Web services market, and he also worked to define the future direction of the eDirectory product, which remains the strategic and architectural foundation for the majority of Novell’s offerings.

Before joining Novell, Mr. Merrifield was with global technology certification firm Nivo International (now CertiPort), where he served as chief technology officer and was instrumental in orchestrating a three-year exclusive contract with Microsoft to deliver the Microsoft Office User Specialist program worldwide. Mr. Merrifield also served in product development positions with WordPerfect Corporation, GTE Communications Systems and IBM.

Mr. Merrifield holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Craig Weston
President and Founder

In October 2000, Craig Weston founded BuilderFusion, Inc., an innovative company committed to a singular vision: helping builders associations leverage the Internet to automate day-to-day administration, strengthen relationships with association members and drive down operating costs. As company president, Mr. Weston has drawn on a unique blend of hands-on construction experience and an entrepreneurial drive to direct BuilderFusion from initial start-up to a recognized solution provider serving dozens of home builders associations and building industry associations around the nation.

In addition to defining the BuilderFusion business model and strategic direction, Mr. Weston has been instrumental in garnering BuilderFusion’s first round of successful venture funding and in the launch and subsequent revisions of the company’s flagship product, BuilderFusion. A gifted presenter, he has met with building industry audiences around the country, helping them recognize the potential of the Internet in the building process.

Prior to his work with BuilderFusion, Mr. Weston co-founded two other construction-related software ventures: ConstructionSoft Inc. specialized in software designed to help residential contractors and remodelers create fast and accurate estimates; and Estimate.com, in similar fashion, took the construction estimate process to the Web. Both ventures met with marked success, and Estimate.com was later sold to Timberline Inc., a provider of software and services for the construction and real estate markets.

Before founding ConstructionSoft, Mr. Weston served as a construction project manager for Novell, a Fortune 1000 software company, and worked as a residential home builder.

Mr. Weston holds a bachelor’s degree in construction and facilities management from Brigham Young University.