Home asset cataloging software that gives home owners and renters peace of mind
while building revenues and boosting customer loyalty for insurance and mortgage firms.

James Swisher
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and
General Counsel
James Swisher heads up M&A, channel development, and intellectual property activities. He orchestrates legal and strategic relationship development, and oversees contract negotiations, intellectual property licensing, and patent assessment activities, and is a licensed Oregon attorney.

Swisher has extensive experience forming and operating technical and creative entities, primarily in software, film and music. This experience includes negotiating and executing sales, partnering and M&A deals. He provides strategic management consulting to foreign and domestic companies, specializing in building start–ups to manifest technical and creative strategies, securing investment and developing exit events for those businesses.

He served as Vice President of Corporate development and General Counsel at IamSecure Online, Inc., a secure identity technology company, General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development for Origin, Inc., a web-delivered health services intermediary and as General Counsel and Vice President of Business Development for Verve, Inc., an embedded business process automation vendor. Mr. Swisher sits on the boards of a variety of technical and creative companies.

Swisher is a film producer and has numerous production credits in film (“Lost on the Bohemian Road”, “Anoosh of the Airways”, “Film Geek”, “After...”, “Reconcile” and “Overdrawn!”) and television (“The Creative Life” and “Farm Matters”). He is the founder and owner of Resistor Records and Resistor Studios and a series of emerging software opportunities. He just finished producing on the independent film, “After...” His background in the music industry was invaluable in securing the platinum selling group, The Crystal Method for After...’s soundtrack. He also has a number of films in development and production with various agencies in Hollywood.

Mr. Swisher earned his Juris Doctorate from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. He has a Bachelor of Arts In Political Economy from The University of California at Berkeley and earned an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering while serving in the United States Air Force.

Japhet Berlin
President and Co-Founder
Japhet Berlin is a founder of the firm, and responsible for sales, professional services and alliance activities in North America, Asia and Europe. Berlin, who joined MyHomeAssets! in 2007, has most recently been responsible for growing revenue and market share in North America through both direct and indirect channels. He brings more than 25 years of enterprise technology, Program Management, International business brokering, sales leadership and a strong focus on customer/client satisfaction to his position. Mr. Berlin’s Functional Competencies consist of Budgeting, Change Management, Client Management, Project Management Methodology and Business Life Cycle, Software Development Lifecycle, Project Planning and Organization, Risk Management and Resource Management, Quality Assurance. Emphasis on Risk Management and Business Process work as well as experience in vendor management for web based technology implementations.

Before joining MyHomeAssets!, Berlin served for more than 3 years as President / President of NBCG Consulting Group of Portland Oregon. Prior to NBCG Berlin worked as the Principal Program and Project Manager in Engineering for Unicru, Inc, recently acquired by Kronos, Inc. He also served 4.5 years as Principal Program & Project Manager for Global Business IT Operations for Nike, Inc in Beaverton Oregon.

Mr. Berlin is a member of the HCI (Human Capital Institute) a think tank, education, and global professional association dedicated to the advancement of talent management practices for individuals and organizations. HCI serves as a catalyst for innovative thinking in integrated talent strategy, acquisition, development, engagement, management, and measurement. He is also a member of the PMI (Project Management Institute).

Both founders are strong supporters of giving back to the community, both on a personal and corporate level, through leadership and hands on work with non profits and fund raising. Berlin is also a member, and past Board Member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Berlin’s Philanthropic activities include raising dollars for The Human Dignity Coalition, The Raphael House of Portland Oregon, as well as the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Berlin is an adviser to several emerging businesses throughout Oregon, Arizona and California. Mr. Berlin is a founder and principal of 15 the Development Group, a business development, incubation, and think-tank firm. 

Kathy Nemeth
Vice President of National Accounts
Kathy Nemeth is a veteran of the software industry and heads up national account efforts for MyHomeAssets! Software. Kathy has held executive sales positions for leading technology firms, including Attachmate Corporation, Comstat DataComm / FastComm Communications, Dynamic Solutions International, Kovacs Software, and numerous other firms. Her experience includes international sales, channel development, and IT and programming.

Her current focus is on large accounts in various industries that include retail, insurance, and mortgage. She is based out of the Denver area.

Ms. Nemeth earned her Masters of Business Administration from University of Denver, Colorado. She helps conduct fundraising efforts for the Max Fund No Kill Animal Shelter and serves on the Board of Directors of the Green Mountain - Beech Park Association. She has also been involved with the Denver Health’s Reach Out and Read program and provides computer assistance to various other non profits.

Alan Carver
Vice President of Customer Services
Alan has a passion for customer service. He brings the love of clients and science of service to MyHomeAssets! Software. His primary focus is on building our electronic services components, including the online knowledgebase system, and an autoresponder email system. Carver has served as Vice President of Credify Corporation, as well as working with numerous national and international service organizations.