Peter Ward wanted a better way to organize his family. A tech guy at heart, Pete wanted to fulfill the promise that technology can improve your life. Initially, his idea was a stand alone application. But after discussions with  friend Patrick Alphonso they brainstormed an idea that would combine family organization and household management with social networking and the ubiquitious Internet.

The idea of Family Resource Management (FRM) was conceived. A hybrid of the highly successful Customer Resource Management (CRM) model, FRM builds upon the same needs and applies them to the family.

Fircle (a mix of family and circle) was financed and developed by Peter and Patrick. In development for 14 months, Fircle also served as the basis for Patrick's master's thesis.

Peter Ward is a veteran video game programmer with over 23 years of video game experience. In that time, he has developed games for systems from the Apple II & Commodore-64, to the  XBox. His first published game was Black Magic for the Apple II, and has developed over 20 published games.

Peter programmed and designed: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi for the Super Nintendo. All three receiving an unprecedented perfect 5 rating by Game Pro Magazine. His games made the cover of Nintendo Power Magazine four times. He was the co-lead with Patrick on NHL Breakaway '98 the 1997 Game Spot Sports Game of the Year. He programmed the home versions of Mortal Kombat. And most recently, Van Helsing for XBox.

Born in Montreal, Peter is a graduate of Dawson College and McGill University.  Peter enjoys staying fit by regularly running, biking and playing racquetball. Peter became a widower after his wife’s battle with breast cancer ended. Peter currently enjoys the outdoors and lives with his two daughters.

Patrick Alphonso is a husband and father of two. Patrick is an award-winning video game programmer and designer and has done work on numerous games including: Dragon BallZ: Taiketsu (Game Boy Advance), Centipede 3-D (PlayStation), NHL Breakaway '98 (PlayStation) -- winner of GameSpot's Sports Game of the Year Award, WWF Warzone (PlayStation), the home versions of Mortal Kombat, and SeaQuest DSV (Sega Genesis). And has done consulting and engineering work on XBox and Game Cube.

Patrick is the founder and President of Swamiware LLC, a leading game and technology company he built out of his basement. Patrick consulted for numerous dot coms, where he launched market leader Limostation.com. He was also Chief Architect for other numerous high-profile web sites. And held the position of Chief Technology Officer of Software Designs Inc.

Patrick is the author of The Game Fanatic's Guide to PC Cheats published by Avon Books New York. Patrick is an inventor and United States patent holder. He served as an editor for The Internet Encylopedia (John Wiley & Sons). He frequently guest lectures at the University of Michigan on game development. And holds a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is currently completing his master's degree part-time. Patrick is on the board of directors of the University of Michigan’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Society. He is a member of IEEE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, and the Indus Entrepreneurs.

The Duo have worked with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, Atari, Bandai, Capcom, Hasbro, JVC, LucasArts, Midway, Nascar, National Hockey League, Nintendo, Red Storm, TOEI Animation, Universal Studios, and World Wrestling Entertainment.