Minimalist is a software-development, Web-development, and cloud-computing organization managed by Kurt Koller and Hilary Lantz. Kurt has been working as a software developer for close to 20 years. He founded Minimalist in February of 1997. Hilary has been involved in the management of software projects since the mid-1980's. Before joining Minimalist, she worked as a freelance consultant for such clients as Conde Nast, Pfizer, and John Wiley & Sons Publishers.