Inside A Remote Work Billionaireâs New Plan To Turn His White Collar Workers Into Algorithms Share to Linkedin Joe Liemandt, founder of ESW Capital, and Andra Liemandt arrive to a state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama on March 14, 2012. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg © 2012 Bloomberg Finance LP I n March, the billionaire founder of Austin, Texasâ ESW Capital, Joe Liemandt, fired off a directive to managers of his army of 2,500 remote workers. The emailâs subject line read: âWhite Collar Specialization- Worksmart Work Unit.â With the world embra...