Company Information | Key Players of TeamWerk

JACK WERK is President of Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc., Founding Publisher of the respected journal OWNER-BREEDER, and a partner in CompuSire, the popular pedigree software.  During the 1970's, Jack owned and operated one of the largest real estate brokerages in the San Francisco Bay Area.  A long-time racing enthusiast, he left the real estate business to pursue his interest in the study of Thoroughbred pedigree.  That interest grew into what is now Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, what many people in racing regard as the most influential pedigree consulting company in North America.  Jack is a frequent speaker at Thoroughbred conferences worldwide and is highly committed to the principle of service to the industry.

ROGER LYONS is Vice President Development with Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc. and managing partner of CompuSire.  Roger grew up in Kansas where he attended Witchita State University, earning his BA in 1969 and his MA in English in 1973.   After developing a number of successful information products during the 1980s, he began developing software products for Thoroughbred breeders.  This culminated in CompuSire, the most widely distributed pedigree software product in the world.  After serving WTC as an information resources consultant for one year, he joined the staff full-time in 1993 as a member of the consulting team and as director of product development.  Mr. Lyons has now moved the CompuSire office to Kentucky.

CAROL MURPHY, a native of Northern California, has served Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc., as its Office Manager for the past ten years.  Carol is the busiest member of the WTC staff and its prime organizing principle.  She coordinates the production and distribution operations of the organization and generally directs traffic into and out of the office.  She keeps track of the status of all of the work pending and is the person to be relied upon to keep everything on schedule.

VINCENT P. D'ANGELO joined the Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc. staff in 1998 as a Research Assistant and serves as a member of the WTC consulting staff.  Over the last ten years, Vincent has been an avid student of Thoroughbred pedigrees.  A fan of the sport since his childhood days, Vincent received his BA in 1995 from the University of Delaware, and his JD in 1998 from Widener University School of Law.  During his stay at law school he served as the features editor of the student newspaper, and in 1995, Vincent authored an article about law school and racing that was published by the Daily Racing Form. 

STEPHEN CHIEN is Senior Systems Administrator for WTC.  Stephen is responsible for keeping the company network running.  He first joined WTC in 1993 and was the developer of WTC's auction information line (1-800-GO2WERK).   His latest project has been the WTC AuctiON-LINE, to deliver WTC's information products through the World Wide Web.  Stephen graduated with Distinction and Honors from Stanford University with a bachelor's in Public Policy and a minor in Computer Science in 1999. He is currently at Yale Law School.