Rudy Wolfs, ING DIRECT USA's Chief Customer Service Officer and Chief Information Officer, joined ING DIRECT USA in 2000. With his software development background, Rudy joined the team to develop and manage the ING DIRECT USA Technology platform. Previously, Rudy co-founded EveryWare Development Corporation in 1989, an Internet Application Server leader and publicly traded company, which grew to 120 employees and sold to Pervasive Software in 1999. In 1997, he also co-founded an email software solutions management company – Emailtopia Corporation, located in Toronto with 30 employees, which was later sold.