Accountant James Topham (Vancouver), open source advocate Zak Greant (Vancouver), and Internet business consultant Harry Max (Mountainview) have joined the SharableThings Inc. team.

James Topham was the KPMG Vancouver technology partner and now serves on the board of directors of high tech companies.

Zak Greant has worked at MySQL (employee #37), Mozilla, The Open Source Foundation, and Sxip. He is a cofounder of LexPublica, which occupies much of his time.

As co-founder of Virtual Vineyards, Inc., Harry Max designed the interaction concepts behind the first secure Internet shopping cart. He was Web Communications Architect at Dreamworks Animation and has written a book about Skype. He has worked for Silicon Graphics, Apple, HP, and other well-known companies. His working life in Silicon Valley is outlined at http://www.linkedin.com/in/harrymax.

None of the new team members leaves his day job, and exactly what it means to be on the SharableThings team is still under discussion, but SharableThings is delighted to be assembling this terrific pool of talent.

We are on the lookout for a marketing wizard. (If you are a wizard and happen to read this blog, please send your resume to support@sharablethings.com.)