Ella stands for Electronic Learning Assistant - a new kind of software that uses adaptive learning technology to help with a variety of productivity tasks that face today's computer users.
Open Field Software is committed to developing products that use the same simple, intelligent and highly personalized functionality as Ella for Spam Control.
Upcoming Ella based products will include personalized classification of any type of data including email, web services, rss news feeds, search results and any type of corporate data.
Imagine... your own agent based personal assistant, classifying information in the way you like to consume it and sharing it just with the people that you want. Productivity gains will skyrocket.

Open Field Software designs and markets a class of personal software applications that leverage, enhance and expand productivity from within email. The Open Field Software advanced adaptive learning engine creates a sophisticated digital profile of personal preferences to assist knowledge workers in organizing information throughout all networking environments.
Open Field Software was founded in 2002 and is privately-held and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.
Open Field Software
1347 Pacific Avenue, Suite 205
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831.466.3000
© 2003-2008, Open Field Software
Bob Cagle
Chairman and CEO
Previously a founder and CEO of Thuridion, Bob helped to start Open Field Software with a set of product ideas drafted over two years with some of the best product minds available. The majority of these prototypes were based on using advanced technology do work on behalf of the user. In late 2001, the idea of Ella was created and the company launched on the first day of 2002.
Dean Pfutzenreuter
VP Product Development
Previously a Director of Project Management at Thuridion, Dean helped to start Open Field Software by translating the myriad ideas into tangible and demonstrable products. A world class software product designer and developer Dean has delivered over 65 commercial application projects, many of which are still in use today.