Mr Hart replaces David Crooke, a co-founder of Convio, who is leaving to create another entrepreneurial venture.

As part of this role, Mr Hart will continue to drive Convio’s Open Initiative, a combination of applications and integration tools and partnerships to meet the nonprofit sector’s growing need to tap the power of the new web.

With more than 20 years of industry experience, Mr Hart joined Convio in 2000 from Tivoli Systems.

Gene Austin, CEO of Convio, said: Dave has made a tremendous impact on our technology vision and creating the collaboration and openness that will drive the next generation of innovation for our clients.