Ahoy Software, Iinc. was founded by a team of experience entrepreneurs with extensive backgrounds in the mobile and social media spaces. Our CEO, Rene Vishney, founded Award Software; the company’s BIOS is used in billions of machines worldwide.

We have 3 major areas of concentration:
• Small, mobile applications for smart phones. We sell apps through the App Store, with more continuously being submitted.
• Larger, proprietary joint ventures with other companies for mobile and related applications; and...
• Custom development projects for clients who want to extend their reach in the mobile space. We collaborate and develop new ideas for companies who want enhance current offerings or capture new markets.

If you’re looking for an opportunity and like a creative environment, contact us at inquiry@ahoysoftware.com. We’re always looking for innovators to join our staff.

Mr. Rene Vishney is the entrepreneur and founder of successful software companies in enterprise-wide manufacturing systems, enterprise resource management, B2B and B2C sites, and finance and insurance. Industries: retail, security, semiconductors, automobile, data compression and physical security. Senior sales and marketing executive with 25 years of experience includes the creation of sales and marketing organizations with an emphasis on effective management and leadership, hiring and training, strategic planning, and policy and procedure development.

As the founder, chairman and CEO of the globally recognized software company, AWARD Software Inc., Mr. Vishney was instrumental in developing the leading edge BIOS software in the PC industry, which runs on over 1 Billion personal computers today.

As a senior VP of Sales and Marketing for two prominent Internet companies, Mr. Vishney brought both companies from start up to market within one year preceding the dot.com era. Their pioneering products included a search engine of catalogs and a graphical e-mail capability. He has built marketing and sales teams from the ground up to encompass all marketing and sales functions.

As a CIO, Mr. Vishney trained staff, set up IT departments, developed and directed the implementation of global enterprise-wide IT systems covering a variety of functions including but not limited to Manufacturing, Finance, Sales, and Distribution.

Mr. Rene Vishney provides a strong leadership style with the ability to motivate, mentor, and support others in achieving the goals of companies and clients. He has built and maintained strong global alliances in North America, Europe, and Asia with a strong appreciation for diverse cultures. As a skilled negotiator, Mr. Vishney has closed $20M contracts during his career.

Mr. Vishney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Ohio State University and an Associate degree in Electrical Engineering from New York State University. Mr. Vishney speaks some French and is fluent in German.


Advisor: Andrew Armstrong
Serving as Advisor, Mr. Andrew Armstrong is a senior software developer and IT professional with over twenty-five years in high-technology with Charles Schwab,Cambridge Core Brokerage Services, After Dark, Berkley Systems. As a Senior Software Developer and IT Professional, he has broad platform experience from Windows and Macintosh desktops through n-tier distributed systems based on Windows Server and Linux. Mr. Armstrong also has extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having worked with Agile, RUP, and other processes. He is experienced in migrating processes and data from mainframe to Windows Server platform including interacting with batch processes.