John Hile, Founder

Until recently, John Hile was responsible for Hilgraeve's product design and development. His current roles include sitting on the board of directors and serving as a technical consultant to Hilgraeve.  His keen design sense and thirst for knowledge make him an invaluable asset as Hilgraeve tackles the hard problems of connecting uncooperative systems. 

Hile was awarded a US patent in early 1996 for his work on Hilgraeve's breakthrough HyperACCESS product line and is co-inventor of three US patents awarded in 1994, 1996 and 1999.

Prior to Hilgraeve, Hile worked as a programmer/analyst for the Monroe Evening News, where he wrote a communications program enabling reporters to file news stories via modem from political conventions. Hilgraeve later acquired rights to this program, the seed from which Hilgraeve's commercial communications software grew. Hile graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Michigan in 1973.