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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based President operating in the Software space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Michael Fellers
Vice President of Sales, Global eCommerce of Pitney Bowes
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About Convey, Pitney Bowes, Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Terry Sukalski
Vice President, PEO Sales and Service of Paychex
Terry Sukalski joined Paychex in January 2013 as vice president of Core payroll sales for the central U.S. In this role, he is responsible for Core sales in the central U.S., which accounts for one-third of the Core sales organization. Sukalski comes to Paychex with more than 15 years in sales management roles with Ricoh Americas Corporation, most recently as vice president of U.S. field sales. In that position, Sukalski was responsible for the management and results of Ricoh’s direct sales organization in the United States – approximately 3,000 direct sales representatives with a sales plan of more than $2.4 billion. He was accountable for developing and executing a business plan to drive strategies, revenue growth, and profitability in direct channel sales. Sukalski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and marketing from Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Penn.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Chad Walters
Vice President of Engineering of Praetorian
Chad brings his enthusiasm and experience for creating, growing, mentoring, and leading engineering teams. He has held prior leadership roles at IBM, Lombardi Software, Amazon, and Marsh.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
Ryan Macia
Vice President, Finance of Praetorian
Finance professional with expertise developing scalable, data-driven financial operating models and reporting to support executive level planning and decision-making.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
Nitesh Bansal
Senior Vice President and Global Head Engineering Services of Infosys
Nitesh is passionate about bridging the physical-digital divide, advocating AI, machine learning and process automation to amplify business value. He has worked with numerous clients helping them understand ways to leverage Industry 4.0 and IoT technologies leading to digitization and improvements in manufacturing operations, and effectively use servitization for new revenue models. Nitesh is also responsible for leading the innovation charter for Infosys and has a core group of researchers who focus on technology trends and their intersection with business value. This group works on Horizon 3 and Horizon 2 technologies and has been responsible for launching services like Autonomous Technologies, Additive Manufacturing, Software Defined Networking and 5G, that have now become mainstream. One of the key focus areas for Nitesh has been to drive value through transformation of networks – going from significantly hardware based to software based systems. He is actively involved in helping both network providers and enterprises to identify and drive value through technology transformations. Nitesh is on the Executive Supplier Advisory Board (E-SAB) of Open Networking Foundation (ONF). He is a regular speaker at recognized business schools and also a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Tauber Institute of Global Operations as well as Ross School of Business at University of Michigan.
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Anant Adya
Senior Vice President and Head (Cloud, Infra and Security) of Infosys
Anant Adya is SVP and Head of Sales and Engagements for Cloud, Infrastructure and Security (CIS). CIS helps customers in their Digital Journey through combination of AI led solutions combined with capabilities from partner and startup ecosystem.
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Mark Gentry
President of Service Fusion
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About Service Fusion: Service Fusion provides a suite of management software applications to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, IT and many other service businesses.
Kevin Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer of SolarWinds
Kevin Thompson brings nearly 20 years of corporate finance, strategic planning and management experience to the NetSuite board. Thompson currently serves as president and chief executive officer at SolarWinds, a leading provider of Windows-based network management, network monitoring and network discovery software applications. Prior to SolarWinds, Thompson was senior vice president and chief financial officer at SAS, the largest privately held software company in the world. Before that, he was chief financial officer, treasurer, and an executive vice president of Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHT), the world’s leading provider of Linux and open source solutions to the enterprise. Earlier in his career, Thompson served as a partner in the Global Technology Industry Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he managed operations, debt and equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions for public and private technology companies.
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About Samanage, SolarWinds: SolarWinds develops a technology that manages IT infrastructures.
John Olajide
President & CEO of Axxess
John Olajide is the founder and CEO of Axxess, a technology solutions company that provides software to help home health care organizations run more efficiently and provide quality care. With customers in all 50 states nationwide, Axxess’ innovative technology helps organizations and professionals provide quality care to over a million patients in their homes. Prior to founding Axxess in 2007, John was an independent IT consultant for home health agencies nationwide, starting in the Dallas area. While doing this, he quickly identified the need for a one-stop resource to accomplish all aspects of operations. John’s entrepreneurial nature led him to found Axxess as a consulting company to meet this need. After consulting for hundreds of organizations nationwide, John recognized the opportunity to create a user-friendly and web-based software solution to improve business management and patient outcomes, which triggered Axxess’ entrance into the home health software business. Today, Axxess has grown into one of the leading home health software companies in the country. Headquartered in Dallas, Axxess has employees nationwide. John is passionate about improving the quality of health care services given to patients in their homes by empowering home health agencies and professionals through the use of technology and education. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce and is the current Chair of the Innovation and Capital Committee of the Chamber. John continues to advocate for quality healthcare delivery through improved education, innovation and collaboration across different healthcare settings. John attended the University of Texas at Dallas where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
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About Axxess: The fastest-growing home health technology company.
Liang Hua
Chief Supply Chain Officer & President of the Global Technical Service Dept of Huawei Technologies
Born in 1964,Liang Hua holds a doctorate degree from Wuhan University of Technology. Liang joined Huawei in 1995 and has served as President of Supply Chain, CFO of Huawei, President of the Business Process & IT Mgmt Dept, President of the Global Technical Service Dept, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Xiaolong Song
President of Huawei Digital Service Product Line of Huawei Technologies
– President of Digital Service Product Line, Carrier Software Business Unit. – Ex-vice president of Southern Pacific Region Carrier Software & Core Network Business Dept, SC (2008-2012) – Ex-vice COO of Nanjing Institute (2005-2008) – Ex-head of R&D of
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
Tom Hale
President of Momentive
Tom joined SurveyMonkey in July 2016 and oversees engineering, infrastructure, product, product marketing, user experience and growth, including international expansion. Before SurveyMonkey, he spent six years at HomeAway, first as Chief Product Officer, then as Chief Operating Officer, leading the company through IPO and acquisition by Expedia. Tom also served as Linden Lab’s Chief Product Officer where he redesigned the consumer experience of Second Life. Prior to that, he spent a decade at Macromedia and Adobe in various executive roles in general management, product management, and marketing. Tom sits on the board of Cars.com and holds an AB from Harvard University.
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About Momentive: SurveyMonkey is an agile experience management company delivering solutions that help leaders make important decisions.
Raghunath Nambiar
Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of AMD
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Pat Kelly
Vice President of AMD
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About AMD: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Ramki Krishna
Sr. Vice President & General Manager, Communications & Media BU of GlobalLogic
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About GlobalLogic: GlobalLogic is a product development services company that specializes in chip-to-cloud software engineering.
Ramki Krishna
Sr. Vice President & General Manager, Communications & Media BU of GlobalLogic
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About GlobalLogic: GlobalLogic is a product development services company that specializes in chip-to-cloud software engineering.
Steve Grobman
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of McAfee
Steve Grobman is the Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at McAfee.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Michael Boustridge
Chief Executive Officer and President of Ciklum
Mr. Boustridge is the president and chief executive officer of Ciber as well as a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining the company, he served as chief executive officer of Contact Solutions, a provider of voice and mobility customer self-service solutions and business intelligence offerings. Before that, he was president of BT Global Services, where his team served the needs of some 7,000 clients in more than 170 countries worldwide. He joined BT after an 11-year career with Electronic Data Systems, also known as HP Enterprise Services. There, he was vice president of sales and chief marketing officer. Mr. Boustridge started his career in New Zealand, where he worked for Hitachi and IBM. A well-known technology executive with deep expertise in the IT services and telecom industries, Mr. Boustridge served on Ciber’s Board of Directors for two years before being named CEO. He is also a board member for several other firms, including Riverbed Technology, a leader in application performance infrastructure and Cyan, a SaaS solution provider. Mr. Boustridge’s charitable efforts include serving as a board member for the Xprize Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on bringing about radical breakthroughs to benefit humanity through prize competitions that stimulate research.
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About Ciklum, Guidepost Growth Equity: Ciklum is an software development outsourcing company specializing in Client owned software development centers in Eastern Europe.
Kara Long
VicePresident, Worldwide Sales, Planning, and Programs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Throughout her 20+-year career, Kara Long has worked in several capacities toward one goal – connecting customers with the right opportunities for their growth. Starting with a firmly-held belief that solving customer problems is the singular key to good business, Kara’s outside-in approach couples with her proven business acumen to drive results for HPE and its customers. As Senior Director of Service Provider Growth Markets within HPE Servers, Kara leads a cross-functional team of engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, channel and services professionals with a simple mandate: deliver the right product at the right cost at the right time, every time. Kara and her team turn meaningful customer conversations into delivered infrastructure solutions that help clients win today and grow tomorrow. Previously, Kara led HPE’s Core Enterprise Server marketing group, managing all outbound marketing efforts for the world’s best-selling server platform. Prior to that, Kara served as an M&A Executive for Dell’s Software Security and Cloud Compute businesses and as Co-Lead of Services Strategy and Consumer Marketing, where she was recognized with the Vice President’s “Most Valuable Player” Award for her stewardship of Dell’s multi-billion dollar Services business.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Phillip Cutrone
Vice President & General Manager, Worldwide OEM, Hybrid IT, Data Center Infrastructure Group of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Phil Cutrone is the Vice President and General Manager for the Worldwide OEM business within HPE Hybrid IT.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Saadat Malik
Vice President, IoT and Intelligent Edge Services of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Chris Ogburn
Vice President, Global Marketing of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Don A. Oldenburg
Vice President of Customer Support and Information Technology of Forcepoint
Don Oldenburg is the vice president of global customer support for Forcepoint™. He joined the company in 2014 and is responsible for the overall strategy and delivery of a world-class customer support experience. Current operations include 24x7x365 live support carried out from six global support centers serving 153 countries. During Oldenburg’s tenure at Forcepoint, he has increased customer satisfaction to historic highs by improving process, procedures, employee talent and service offerings. Oldenburg has worked in the software and services industry for more than 20 years and has held leadership roles in support, consulting, training, software development and quality assurance. Prior to joining Forcepoint, he worked for Symantec, where he led global technical support for the company’s security product family. Oldenburg holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Southern Oregon University.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Darin Mason
Vice President of Information Technology of Forcepoint
Darin Mason is the Vice President of Information Technology at Websense. With more than 25 years of IT experience, Mason is responsible for overseeing internal IT business systems and infrastructure across the global operations at Websense. Mason is also an Adjunct Professor for National University, having served in this capacity for the past 10 years. Prior to joining Websense, Mason was CIO at GNLD, a global distributor of herbal supplements, where he lead efforts to roll out mobile and virtual payment systems for their operations globally, including Africa, Europe, Americas and Asia. Mason held similar CIO roles with Power Integrations and Genesis Microchip.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Hamid Ansari
President & Co-Founder of Prodea
Hamid Ansari is President and Co-Founder and brings more than 25 years of entrepreneurial experience building and deploying technology products and services worldwide. His expertise in strategic positioning, mergers and acquisitions has resulted in several successful business transactions with values ranging from tens of millions to more than a billion dollars. Prior to co-founding Prodea Systems, Hamid co-founded telecom technologies, inc., where he managed a professional services organization and oversaw the creation and worldwide deployment of four carrier-class products. Hamid served as the company’s President until its successful merger with Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS) in 2001. Hamid launched his career at MCI, where he was part of a small group of pioneers in the world of telecommunications divestitures. As part of the advanced engineering group, his contributions led to the development and implementation of new products and services and resulted in one of the most technically advanced telecommunications networks in the world. Later, Hamid headed the advanced data communications network division of an international consulting company in support of World Bank projects in Africa and the Middle East. Hamid has completed advanced credits towards a doctorate of communications. He earned a master’s degree in computer science and telecommunications from George Washington University.
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About Prodea: Prodea provides multi-service, multi-screen platforms for the residential Internet of Things, delivering digital services globally.
Kathy Lam
Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Prodea
Kathy Lam is responsible for Human Resources and brings 21 years of experience in all aspects of human resources to Prodea Systems. Prior to joining the company, Kathy served as the Director of Human Resources for Sonus Networks. She was responsible for a global organization in excess of 700 employees located in the US, EMEA and APAC. During her tenure at Sonus Networks, she managed the human resources activities for multiple acquisitions, including her prior organization, telecom technologies, inc. Prior to Sonus Networks/telecom technologies, Kathy was with the telecommunications division of Teradyne Inc. responsible for over 400 employees in an engineering and manufacturing environment. Kathy holds a master’s degree in human resources and industrial relations from Loyola University in Chicago, as well as a bachelors of science degree in education, minor in mathematics and computer science, from the University of Illinois, Champaign.
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About Prodea: Prodea provides multi-service, multi-screen platforms for the residential Internet of Things, delivering digital services globally.
Jason Buffington
Vice President, Solutions Strategy of Veeam Software
30 years of data protection/availability, BC/DR and systems management subject-matter expertise — including field-engagement, sales/marketing, and product management experience across multiple ISVs and channel partners, Microsoft, and as an industry analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Now at Veeam.
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About Veeam Software: Veeam is a single backup and data management platform for cloud, virtual, and physical software.
Desikan Madhavanur
Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer of Blue Yonder
As JDA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Desikan Madhavanur leads a team of engineers and product managers passionate about leveraging new innovative technologies to create an optimal customer experience. His team is investing in and developing JDA’s current market-leading planning, execution and retail solutions to harness the collective power of cloud, IoT, analytics and big data to bring new solutions to market that deliver real-time, actionable insights and customer value. Desikan honed his experience in modern application delivery, deployment, management, user adoption and profitable monetization at CA Technologies, where he served as Senior Vice President and Business Center head for Data Center Orchestration. Prior to CA, Desikan served as GVP of Engineering, Emerging Technologies and GM of Products & Strategy at E2Open. He has also held leadership positions at JP Morgan and i2 Technologies, where he spent four years as the lead product manager for collaborative supply and demand planning solutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Annamalai University in India, a master’s degree in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the University of Texas. If not designing products that will accelerate JDA’s vision of the Autonomous Supply Chain™, he would be an adventure tour guide, providing unique travel experiences such as balloon rides over Patagonia, hiking the Inca trail in Peru, or tracking tigers while riding elephants in India. In his downtime, he can often be found taking his kids from one activity to another and catching up on his reading.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
Vasyl Malchyk
Senior Vice President Legal Director of SoftServe
Vasyl is responsible for all legal and contractual risks at SoftServe. An expert in contract negotiation, regulatory and legal risk compliance, and litigation, he joined SoftServe in 2002 and holds a Law degree from Lviv National Ivan Franko University and Computer Science Degree from Lviv National Polytechnic University.
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About SoftServe: SoftServe is a digital authority that advises and provides at the cutting-edge of technology.
Andrew Warden
Senior Vice President and Global Marketing of SoftServe
Andrew is a seasoned, omni-channel marketing executive with a track record in building global marketing strategies and functions from the ground up. Prior to SoftServe, Andrew led teams to drive digital transformation at Cisco, Proffer, GfK, and Drexel University. While at Cisco, he served at board level and led the Emerging Markets Services marketing organization, contributing to the 30% CAGR that fueled business growth to more than $750M annually. Additionally, Andrew drove the development of the company’s first mobile sales enablement platform, putting marketing collateral and sales support in the hands of sellers as far back as 2009. Andrew holds a master of science from the London School of Economics and a bachelor of arts from Drexel University.
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About SEMrush, SoftServe: SoftServe is a digital authority that advises and provides at the cutting-edge of technology.
Steven Lowry
Executive Vice President and Client Success of SoftServe
Steve provides leadership in our delivery organizations and go-to-market teams to create a premium experience for our clients. He is responsible for growing our North American business as well as key industry verticals, including: Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance, and Media. Steve is passionate about innovation, design thinking, and leveraging new technologies to address client needs. Prior to joining SoftServe, Steve served as SVP and head of the Insurance Business Unit for Virtusa Corporation, a global consulting and technology firm. Steve has held leadership roles within the Healthcare and Insurance practices for Price Waterhouse, KPMG, and BearingPoint. He has worked with companies of all sizes as a consultant, trusted advisor, and IT and business leader. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Bucknell University.
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About SoftServe: SoftServe is a digital authority that advises and provides at the cutting-edge of technology.
Chris Ney
President & COO of Silverback Enterprise Group, Inc.
Chris Ney is Co-Founder, President and COO of Silverback Enterprise Group. Founded in 2010 and backed by Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm with $3.9 billion capital raised. Silverback acquires and builds industry-leading enterprise software companies. In the past 20 months, Silverback has completed five acquisitions and its subsidiary Upland Software is today the worlds largest cloud software company in the enterprise project, portfolio and work management market, with over 1,200 active enterprise customers and more than 300,000 active users in 50 countries.Creating operations platforms with strategic processes and a platform for rapid turnaround and integration of acquired entities. Prior to Silverback, Chris was CEO of a series of Trilogy/Versata portfolio software companies. He previously served as Chairman of the Board, CEO, and Founder of CoreTrac, a financial services CRM software company. Chris began his career in 1990 working for Wall Street firms Lehman Brothers and UBS.
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About Blackstone Group, Silverback Enterprise Group, Inc.: Silverback Enterprise Group acquires, optimizes and develops enterprise software companies.
Youri Bebic
Vice President Global Software business Development of Diebold Nixdorf
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About Diebold Nixdorf: Diebold Nixdorf is dedicated to driving connected commerce and consumer centric solutions.
John G.
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Accounts and Software of Rockwell Automation
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About Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation specializes in industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive.
Colin Guinn
President and Founder of Hangar Technology
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About Guinn Partners, Hangar Technology: Hangar is a software technology company enabling robotics across industry.
Cameron Jacox
Vice President, Growth of Lark
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About Lark: Lark is a digital health startup that provides virtual care through AI coaching, smart devices, and tele-monitoring.
Marcus Finley
Vice-President – Sales of Traxxall
Marcus’s career in aviation began in the aircraft brokerage industry as a Sales Director for Bruce Jenner Aviation. Marcus joined Avtrak in 2011 as Regional Sales Director for the Central US and Canada. Following CAMP’s purchase of Avtrak, Marcus served as sales manager for a part 145 repair station that specialized in the repair of structural components for airlines and military operators. Marcus received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from The University of Texas at Arlington. Marcus joined TRAXXALL as Director of Sales, Southwest, a territory he continues to serve, and was promoted to Vice-President of Sales in 2017.
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About Traxxall: Traxxall is an award-winning aircraft maintenance tracking.
Christopher Cheney
Executive Vice President of Operations of Inspirus
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About C.A. Short Company, Inspirus: Inspirus is a provider of employee engagement and communications tools.
Terri Moore
Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Culture of Inspirus
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About Inspirus: Inspirus is a provider of employee engagement and communications tools.
Khaled Al Mogharbel
President of Schlumberger
Khaled Al Mogharbel is president of the Drilling Group, a position he assumed in July 2013. Prior to his current role, he held various regional management positions including president for Schlumberger Middle East from August 2011 to June 2013; and previously, vice president and managing director for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Earlier in his Schlumberger career, Al Mogharbel held various management and engineering positions from 1997 to 2002 in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and UAE. In 2002, he was assigned wireline operations manager for China and Japan. Later in 2004, he was assigned general manager for Syria, Jordan and Lebanon; and in 2007 he was assigned global career planning manager based in Paris, France. He began his career with Schlumberger in 1993 in wireline operations in Saudi Arabia. Al Mogharbel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active member of SPE since 1993.
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About Schlumberger: Schlumberger is a supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions.
Sriram Vishwanath
President and Co-Founder of GenXComm
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About BrilliantMD, GenXComm, The University of Texas at Austin: GenXComm enables true full duplex for next generation communications infrastructure.
Michael Hansen
President and Chief Executive Officer of Alkami Technology
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About Alkami Technology: Alkami Technology provides cloud-based digital banking solutions for credit unions and banks.
Steve Winn
Founder, Chairman, President & CEO of RealPage
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President Steve Winn is a true visionary who has continually identified revolutionary business concepts and aggressively pursued their development. Before acquiring RealPage, Steve was president of Research Institute of America (RIA), the largest provider of information services to the accounting industry, with more than $300 million in annual revenue. He was also president and CEO of Computer Language Research, a publicly traded company that was a leader in tax compliance, tax research, and accounting software. Accounting Today recognized him as one of the 100 most influential people in the accounting industry. His foresight led to the development of the largest web-based application in the accounting industry, supporting more than 100,000 accountants in the United States. Similar technology is now being applied to develop RealPages on-demand systems for the multifamily industry. Steve is a member of the board of directors of the National Multi Housing Council and a member of the Real Estate Council. He has also served as a member of the Stanford University Sloan Board, the American Business Conference, St. Marks Board of Trustees, and the American Electronics Association. As a nationally recognized expert on multifamily issues, Steve has spoken at such events as the National Apartment Association Education Conference and Expo, Multi-Housing World, the Multifamily Trends Conference, the Real Estate Council Conference Group, the National Multi Housing Council Technology Conference, the U.S. Apartment Market Conference, and the Texas Apartment Market Conference. In January 2002, Steve was one of five people recognized by the National Apartment Association as a true leader in the multifamily industry. In January 2006, Multifamily Executive magazine named Steve as one of the 30 men and women who are shaping the multifamily industry.
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About RealPage: RealPage is a provider of cloud-based software for managing multi-family real estate.
Lael Alexander
Founder & President of Noitavonne
Lael Alexander Founder of Noitavonne™ ™ and inventor of the IP Loop Connectivity Protocol (802.11L) studied at Grambling State University prior to leaving school to join the Navy where he earned a commendation from the Admiral and The Navy Achievement Medal for his innovations in the development of a retention program for Naval human resources. After leaving the Navy he worked in the oil and gas sector where he continued to innovate new processes leading to the development of new roles designations in the refinery environment. After 14 years in oil and gas he formed PREMARC Turnkey Systems followed by Tide Wind Energy and Smart Grid Systems all of which ultimately led to the technological breakthroughs that gave birth to Noitavonne™ and a catalog of emerging devices. The visionary behind this products and services offered by Noitavonne, Lael A. Alexander, has a knack for building upon ideas to continually improve on what others might deem perfection. However, it is his experience in technology that spans decades and crosses multiple functional industry sectors ranging from healthcare to energy related segments that continue to prove up his concepts from a practitioners approach. The emergence of this technology and the devices in which it is currently being implemented has caused a seismic shift in the collective paradigm around how the world views mobility and impact how tablets, phones and personal computers as network devices will be used.
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About Noitavonne, Shenzhen Noitavonne Electronics and Appliance Corporation, Siecom International Holdings Limited: Noitavonne is a manufacturer and supplier of workstations, tablet computers, mobile phones, and smart watches.
Anne Anderson
Vice President, Experience and Change Leadership of HP
Anne is a Senior Director in the worldwide Partner and Foundational Services organization for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. A highly experienced, global customer experience leader, Anne is dedicated to bringing an outside-in perspective into business initiatives. Her proven track record of innovation in internet marketing, eCommerce, lead generation, SEO and digital content is now focused on enabling Hewlett Packard Enterprise partners through high-value online engagements and conversion engines.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Pardeep Kohli
President & CEO of Mavenir
Pardeep Kohli, President and CEO, Mavenir, is a Wireless Industry Veteran with 18 years of experience. As co-founder, President & CEO, Pardeep led Spatial Wireless, the Mobile Next Generation Networking market leader, to broad success across the US market. Following the acquisition by Alcatel, as Senior Vice President of the Mobile NGN business, he led the continued expansion and success of the Spatial Wireless product across the global market place. Pardeep has worked in multiple roles at NEC America, DSC, Alcatel and PacBell. While at PacBell, Pardeep participated in the technology selection and network implementation of the first large US GSM network.
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About Mavenir, Xura Secure Communications: Mavenir is an end-to-end network software provider, redefining network transformation and economics for CSPs.
B.G. Kumar
President Core Networks of Mavenir
As President of the Multimedia business unit, B.G. Kumar is responsible for leading GENBAND’s Multimedia solutions and R&D divisions worldwide, which encompasses the company’s Session Border Controller, Security Gateway and Application Server and software businesses. A recognized leader in the telecommunications industry, Kumar brings to GENBAND more than 20 years of experience across both leading start-up companies and large publicly traded companies. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Mavenir Systems, running worldwide Engineering and Operations teams across five countries, focusing on development of very high scale, high availability ATCA-based distributed platforms for delivering voice, video and messaging solutions for 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE operators. Prior to Mavenir, Kumar served as Vice President of Softswitch Solutions Engineering within Tekelec’s switching business unit after a company he help build (Vocal Data) was acquired. At Tekelec he led a global engineering team and was responsible for product development, strategy and architecture; and delivery planning and execution. Kumar began his career with Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies where he held several senior-level leadership positions and was charged with leading engineering teams that provided platforms for next-generation-networking technologies. He graduated with honors from the Florida Institute of Technology, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Computer Science. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Managerial Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin and the Leadership Development Program at Duke University.
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About Mavenir: Mavenir is an end-to-end network software provider, redefining network transformation and economics for CSPs.
Daniel Bounds
Vice President, Marketing of VAST Data
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About Value Pro Partners, VAST Data: VAST Data is a software company bringing an end to complex storage tiering and unlocking the ability to use flash across the enterprise.
Kurt Grimminger
Vice President, Supply Chain Operations of World Wide Technology
Kurt Grimminger joined WWT in 2000 and in his role as Vice President of Operations, oversees all global logistics, warehouse and material operations. He is responsible for day-to-day execution and oversight of all supply chain programs including customers such as Dell, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T Mobility and Boeing among others. Prior to joining WWT, Grimminger held management positions with Texas Instruments and Nortel Networks. His industry experience includes consumer products, data networking, telecommunications and defense systems and electronics spanning over 25 years of involvement in supply chain management, manufacturing and distribution operations both domestically and abroad. Grimminger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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About World Wide Technology: World Wide Technology is a systems integrator, provides information technology and supply chain solutions.
Steven Peters
President of 2020 Companies
Steve joined 2020 in 2006 with a strong background in product and channel marketing, and immediately began working to bolster the company’s success with many high profile clients across numerous channels. He has extensive experience leading and consulting for some of the world’s largest brands.
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About 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Ross Wissner
Executive Vice President of 2020 Companies
Since joining 2020 in 2008, Ross has lent his unique knowledge of brand strategy, retail field marketing, merchandising, and operations to help generate rapid gains in market share. He draws upon years of sales, operations, and distribution experience with an emphasis in CPG and Beverage Alcohol.
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About 2020 Companies, 2020 Companies: 2020 Companies is one of the premier outsourced sales and marketing agencies in the United States.
Patrick Emerson
Vice President of Worldwide Sales of Zenoss
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About Zenoss: Zenoss is the leader in Software-Defined IT Operations™, ensures the the world’s largest organization”s IT services & apps are always on.
Ginger Blankenship
Vice President, Human Resources of Zenoss
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About Zenoss: Zenoss is the leader in Software-Defined IT Operations™, ensures the the world’s largest organization”s IT services & apps are always on.
Ginger Blankenship
Vice President, Human Resources of Zenoss
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About Zenoss: Zenoss is the leader in Software-Defined IT Operations™, ensures the the world’s largest organization”s IT services & apps are always on.
Autumn Manning
President & COO of Cratejoy
Autumn Manning is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of YouEarnedIt.
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About Cratejoy, Kazoo, Motley Fool Ventures: Cratejoy is an online platform that enables users to build their own subscription business.
Kevin Moore
Vice President of SOC Telemed
Dr. Moore is a board certified psychiatrist and a retired Captain of the United States Navy Medical Corps. Before joining SOC, he served as Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan and was concurrently appointed Force Medical Offer for Commander, Naval Forces, Japan, where he was directly responsible for a staff of 1,000 officers, enlisted, civilian and host nation employees. His command spanned three countries, consisting of a core facility, four branch clinics and three health annexes and provided medical, operational and contingency support for 55,000 eligible beneficiaries while deploying in direct support of overseas continency operations and humanitarian assistance missions around the world. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (seven awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Combat Action Ribbon. He was also a recipient of the Braceland Award in Psychiatry in 2013. Dr. Moore graduated magna cum laude from Western Kentucky University with concurrent B.S. and B.A. degrees. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine via the Health Professions Scholarship Program, then completed his Categorical Internship and Psychiatry Residency at National Naval Medical Center. During his residency, he served as Chief Resident and was appointed a Clinical Fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is board certified in general and forensic psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has completed the oral and written exams for the American Psychiatric Association’s Certification in Psychiatric Administration and Management.
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About Moviecom.tv, SOC Telemed: SOC Telemed is a provider of specialty consultations to acute-care hospitals through telemedicine.
Brett Fisher
Vice President, Client Partner Organization – Western Region of Neudesic
Brett Fisher is Neudesic’s Vice President, Client Partner Organization – Western Region. His organization is responsible for ensuring that Neudesic’s clients obtain the greatest amount of business value for their technology investment. He has 25 years of software consulting experience and has held various roles throughout his career. Before Neudesic, Brett held the position of Vice President of Sales with Stonebridge and held various roles with Software Architects, including Managing Director, Houston and Director of Regional Sales. Brett has a proven track record of delivery, financial, sales and partnership excellence.
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About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft Gold Certified and Managed Partner with a proven track record of providing reliable, effective solutions based on
Shelley Gretlein
Vice President Global Marketing of National Instruments
Shelley Gretlein is responsible for inspiring, educating, and empowering engineers and scientists around the globe by promoting the significant differentiation of NI’s software-defined platform. Starting as an NI applications engineer provided her key insights into customer needs, challenges, and opportunities. Following that role, Gretlein spent nearly 15 years leading the development, product strategy, and product marketing of the NI software platform and more recently has taken on the executive role in global marketing to ensure the software-defined platform benefits are understood through brand management, strategic communications, and optimized marketing capabilities from user experience to content to design. Gretlein has been involved in industry consortia on robotics and industrial control, test leadership forums, embedded advisory boards, and Internet of Things technology. She has a passion for empowering future engineers and is active in Girlstart, FIRST Robotics, and other STEM-related groups. Gretlein is also an active board member for Austin Police Operation Blue Santa, which helps more than 25,000 families in the Austin community. She holds a dual bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering management with minors in French and mathematics from Missouri University of Science and Technology. She has also completed several executive education courses from L’Université de Lyon, the University of Texas, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Kellogg School of Management.
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About National Instruments: National Instruments Corporation manufactures and supplies measurement and automation products.
Tushon Robinson
Senior Vice President, Product and Innovation of Newgistics
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About Newgistics: Newgistics is a provider of e-commerce services for retailers and brands.
Tim Mattox
President & Chief Operating Officer of Upland Software
Tim Mattox oversees Upland’s sales, marketing, development, operations, human resources and product areas, helping the company grow more effectively and efficiently. He also leads our GM’s, who run Upland’s various lines of business. Before joining Upland in 2014, Tim was at Dell, Inc. for approximately 15 years, holding executive roles in strategy, operations and marketing. He ran worldwide enterprise product management including pricing, demand/supply and financial forecasting, and product launch operations. He also ran Dell’s corporate strategy, reporting to the CEO for two years as part of the executive leadership team. Prior to this role, Tim led B2B marketing for Dell’s Americas region corporate business group, helping Dell achieve #1 share position in commercial notebooks, desktops and workstations. He also led worldwide product marketing for all of Dell’s desktops, notebooks and workstations for both the corporate and consumer market. Prior to this role, Tim started and ran DellHost, Dell’s entry into the web hosting business. He joined Dell to start and run the strategy team for Dell’s enterprise systems group. Preceding Dell, Tim worked for Bain & Company and Oracle Corporation. He sits on the board of the National Center for Arts and Technology, an innovative educational nonprofit. Tim holds BS/MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
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About Upland Software: Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation.
Beryl Goldman
Founder and President of PCMS
Beryl Goldman, founder and president, has a career that spans 40 years in software development, outsourcing and consulting. His extensive industry background includes 30 years designing and implementing insurance software systems specifically for property and casualty management and administration, as well as holding positions of senior level management. Beryl received a B.A. and M.A. in Mathematics from Kharkov University in the Soviet Ukraine.
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About PCMS: PCMS is a leading provider of P&C software solutions and services.
Mark Goldman
Senior Vice President, Professional Services of PCMS
Mark Goldman has served as PCMS’ Senior Vice President of Professional Services since 2005. Mark oversees the data integration team and provides technical expertise on implementation engagements. He is also responsible for Business Intelligence initiatives and development. Prior to that, Mark served as senior business analyst, database and report developer for PCMS. He received a B.A in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
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About PCMS: PCMS is a leading provider of P&C software solutions and services.
Mark Goldman
Senior Vice President, Professional Services of PCMS
Mark Goldman has served as PCMS’ Senior Vice President of Professional Services since 2005. Mark oversees the data integration team and provides technical expertise on implementation engagements. He is also responsible for Business Intelligence initiatives and development. Prior to that, Mark served as senior business analyst, database and report developer for PCMS. He received a B.A in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
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About PCMS: PCMS is a leading provider of P&C software solutions and services.
Jeff Moyer
President and CEO of Luminoso
Jeff Moyer is the President, CEO, and Board member at Luminoso Technologies.
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About Luminoso: Luminoso is a new way for computers to understand language and turn text into actionable business intelligence.
Jake Gannon
President of Rhithm
Utility executive with the hustle and network to get the job done. Creative technology and media producer. Born leader who loves to make new friends. Individualizer, arranger, communicator and strategist who believes we are all connected. Currently solving the human excellence problem at Rhithm.
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About Rhithm: Rhithm is a wellness company currently serving K12 students, staff and administrators.
Kip Young
President & COO of DoctorLogic
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About DoctorLogic: DoctorLogic offers an EHR-integrated marketing service that helps doctors grow their practice.
Adam Tyra
Vice President of Solution Delivery of TalonX
Adam Tyra is Vice President and Head of Solution Delivery for TalonX. Adam was previously a leader in the cybersecurity practices of McKinsey & Company and EY. Before becoming a consultant, he worked as a software development team lead, architecting and implementing automated cybersecurity tools for the US defense and intelligence communities. Adam also served as a cybersecurity officer in the US Army. He holds a B.S. degree in computer science and an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. He also holds an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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About TalonX: TalonX is a software and services company helping organizations automate security and provide actionable insights.
Raye G. White
Executive Vice President of Fayez Sarofim & Co.
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About Fayez Sarofim & Co.: Fayez Sarofim & Co. are dedicated investment managers focused on long-term investing and portfolio management.
Jay Rampuria
Executive Vice President, Global Business & Corporate Development of Toluna
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About Pavilion, Toluna: Real-time insights at the speed of the on-demand economy. Global scale, innovative technology and research design.
Tyler Moyer
Vice President of Sales and Business Developemtn of ExtraHourz
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About CooMo Travel, ExtraHourz: We offer on-demand immediate staffing solutions to businesses to fill their staffing needs.
Michael Smith
Vice President and CAO of Tyler Technologies
Michael Smith has been the Chief Accounting Officer of Tyler Technologies, Inc. since March 2006 and served as its Vice President. Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Finance of Tyler Technologies Inc since June 2006. Mr. Smith held the roles of Director of Strategic Planning and Controller.
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About Tyler Technologies: Tyler Technologies is a software company providing integrated software and technology services to the public sector.
Zafar Shaikh
President and CEO of SoftNice
Zafar Shaikh serves as president and CEO of SoftNice.
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About Cambay Consulting, SoftNice: SoftNice provides deployment and delivery of IT solutions enabling enterprises in their digital transformation journey.
Matt Flake
President & CEO of Q2ebanking
Matt currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Q2 and is a member of the Board of Directors. He has been with Q2 since its founding in 2005. During his tenure at Q2, he’s been a significant contributor to the growth and strategic direction of the organization. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including sales and banking operations, Matt is intensely determined to help regional and community-focused financial institutions compete with the Mega and money center banks. He is a recipient of the esteemed EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the Central Texas region and was an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National finalist. Matt received his degree from Baylor University and is currently a member of the Dell Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees.
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About Q2ebanking: Q2ebanking designs virtual, mobile and voice banking applications for financial institutions.
Scott Abel
Founder, President & CEO of Umuse
Scott Abel is the co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. In January 2006, Scott Abel co-founded Spiceworks, the world’s network for IT. More than 4.0 million IT professionals use Spiceworks to connect with peers, research the latest products and services and connect with over 2,700 technology companies. Scott Abel is a serial entrepreneur with more than 30 years in the technology industry, including seven years working for Steve Jobs. He co-founded Motive, which achieved numerous company milestones, including generating over $100M per year in revenue, navigating a successful an IPO in 2004, and inking customer deals with 40 of the world’s top broadband providers. Before joining Motive, Scott was vice president of Worldwide Professional Services for NeXT Software (acquired by Apple), where he built NeXT’s consulting organization from the ground up. He grew the organization into a $14 million business in just over two years. Previously, Scott held various business and software development positions at Apollo Computer, Motorola, Tracor and Applied Research Labs. He is an InformationWeek Magazine “Top 15 Innovator and Influencer” and holds a BS degree in Physics from the University of Texas, Austin.
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About Umuse: Umuse is a stealth mode startup that try to bring order to the chaos that has become workplace communication.
Andy Ambrose
President & Co-Founder of Liveoak Technologies
Andy is the co-founder and CEO of Liveoak Technologies, a leading SaaS provider of remote on-boarding & identity verification tools that leverage human expertise & interaction in the digital customer experience. Andy has 20+ years experience as a financial services executive with a focus on sales, customer success, and technology within the insurance and wealth management industry. He has worked for notable firms such as Hartford Financial, John Hancock, and MassMutual throughout his career.
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About Liveoak Technologies: Liveoak is a computer software company that specializes in cloud-based platform.
Dean Mansfield
President & CEO of Systum
Dean Mansfield, President of Worldwide Field Operations, has spent more than 15 years in the software industry working in global sales and executive leadership roles. In his role, Dean leads Emailvision’s sales, partner and field marketing organization. From 2004-2009, Dean served as President of WW Sales and Distribution at NetSuite Inc. Under Dean’s leadership, revenues grew over twenty fold. Prior to NetSuite, Dean was the VP WW Sales Operations at Brocade Communications, VP of Asia Pacific at Plumtree Software, and SVP WW Sales at McAfee/Network Associates. Most recently, Dean was the President and CEO of Fonality Inc. Dean holds a degree in Law LLB Honors from the University of London.
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About Systum: Systum is a provider of a cloud-based, digital operating platform for small to medium-sized businesses.
Christopher Krieps
Group Vice President of Roper Technologies
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About Roper Technologies: Roper Technologies is a diversified company that designs, manufactures, and distributes radio frequency (RF) products and services.
Veena Sriram
Vice President of Happiest Minds Technologies
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About Happiest Minds Technologies: Happiest Minds provides IT services focused on cloud computing, social media, mobility solutions, BI, analytics, and unified communications.
Ron Rand
President & CEO of Rand Group
President & CEO at Rand Group
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About Rand Group: Business Management Software Solutions
Graham Bevington
Executive Vice President & Chief Sales Officer of Mitel Networks Corporation
As EVP and Chief Sales Officer, Graham Bevington leads worldwide sales for the Enterprise Division. He has executive responsibility for the sales and distribution of Mitel’s comprehensive portfolio of PBX/IP-PBX, contact center, and private cloud solutions. Graham’s mandate also includes overseeing Mitel’s extensive global network of channel partners and Mitel’s professional services teams. A pillar of Mitel’s senior sales management organization for more than 15 years, Graham has played a primary role in Mitel’s growth and success in EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and Central and Latin America, and in the integration of sales teams, channels, and offerings resulting from Mitel’s active M&A program. Under Graham’s sales leadership, the company has emerged as the market share leader in the PBX/IP-PBX market in Europe, taken the number three position in North America, and become the fourth largest vendor in the world. He began his telecom career as national sales manager for Shipton Communications in the UK.
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About Mitel Networks Corporation: Mitel Networks Corporation provides business communications and collaboration software and services.
Prakash Nallagatla
Co-Founder/Vice-President of mroads
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About mroads: mroads is a niche tech start-up powering Pañña – an intuitive video interview platform built to find the right talent in the shortest time.
Derrik Deyhimi
Founder, CEO & President of Iconixx Software
Derrik Deyhimi currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Iconixx Software. Mr. Deyhimi has been in the compensation industry, helping companies incent their workforce to perform, since 1997. Mr. Deyhimi has built multiple successful and profitable technology software and services companies throughout his career. Mr. Deyhimi has led organizations as large as $100MM in revenues with over 600 employees worldwide. He has successfully stepped in and turned around financially troubled organizations and has successfully launched many start-ups. Formerly, Mr. Deyhimi led Iconixx Corporation as its Chairman and CEO. In this capacity, Deyhimi brought strong leadership and vision to the organization and more than 20 years’ experience profitably growing both software and services companies. Under his leadership Iconixx was awarded the FastTech 50 award in both 2005 and 2007.
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About Iconixx Software: Iconixx is a provider of sales compensation software designed for compensation management.
Christoph Inauen
Vice President Strategy MindSphere of Siemens Digital Industries Software
Christoph joined Siemens in 2017 from SAP, where he had an accomplished 5-year career. His roles at SAP included Vice President – IoT Strategic Partnerships and Vice President – Product Management for the SAP IoT Cloud Platform Services Suite. He started his career at SAP in 2012 as the Vice President, IoT Global Business Incubation. Previously, he had an international career with Nokia Networks for 14 years, working in Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Positions included Head of Network Solutions North America, as well as leadership positions in Product and System Marketing, and Network Architecture Design. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Product Manager for communication systems and system controllers in the machine industry and as an IT and Telecom engineer. Throughout his international career of 25 years, he has leveraged his passion for defining solutions and partnerships that address industry challenges and deliver a measurable business impact. Christoph lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with his wife, where they have raised two daughters. In his free time, you will see him riding his motorcycle in beautiful Texas, or skiing in the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico.
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About Siemens Digital Industries Software: Siemens Digital Industries is a world-leading provider of product lifecycle management and manufacturing operations management software.
Sunil Joseph
Global Vice President, Customer Success of Stack Overflow
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About Avanoo, Mastek, Medallia, Reflektive, Stack Overflow: Empowering the world to develop technology through collective knowledge.
Meredith Blanchar
Vice President, Customer Success and Support of SailPoint
Meredith Blanchar has been instrumental in leading Customer Success and Support practices. She firmly believes Customer Success is a mindset, not an organization. With the support of SailPoint’s customer-first culture, she has built a team of unrelenting customer advocates and programs that drive continual value to SailPoint’s ever-growing customer base. Meredith has an extensive leadership background in customer success and a unique understanding of the voice of the customer. Prior to SailPoint, she ran customer success at CallidusCloud, a global leader in sales performance management. She has also worked in various customer success positions at Journee Software and PCOrder.
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About SailPoint: SailPoint is an identity and access management provider that helps organizations deliver and manage user access from any device.
Meredith Blanchar
Vice President, Customer Success and Support of SailPoint
Meredith Blanchar has been instrumental in leading Customer Success and Support practices. She firmly believes Customer Success is a mindset, not an organization. With the support of SailPoint’s customer-first culture, she has built a team of unrelenting customer advocates and programs that drive continual value to SailPoint’s ever-growing customer base. Meredith has an extensive leadership background in customer success and a unique understanding of the voice of the customer. Prior to SailPoint, she ran customer success at CallidusCloud, a global leader in sales performance management. She has also worked in various customer success positions at Journee Software and PCOrder.
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About SailPoint: SailPoint is an identity and access management provider that helps organizations deliver and manage user access from any device.
Darren Woodson
Founder and President of CounterFind
Three-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Darren Woodson, joined ESPN as an NFL analyst in 2005. He appears on NFL Live and SportsCenter, as well as other ESPN platforms throughout the year. Woodson earned a reputation as one of the hardest hitters and most ferocious strong safeties in the NFL during his 13 seasons (1992-2004), all with the Dallas Cowboys. The quarterback of the team’s defense during its three championship runs in the 1990s (Super Bowls XXVII, XXVIII and XXX), Woodson registered career totals of 11 sacks, 23 interceptions and 1,350 tackles, the most in Cowboys franchise history at the time of his retirement in 2004. A native of Phoenix, Woodson was a second round pick in the 1992 NFL Draft (37th overall) from Arizona State University, where he was a converted linebacker. He earned a bachelor of science from ASU in Justice Studies. In addition to his analyst work for ESPN, Woodson is involved in a number of businesses, and he remains active in the Dallas community, most notably as a board member for the North Texas Chapter of the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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About CounterFind, ESPN, Esrp, Esrp, Guidehop, JustApps Technology: B2B SaaS Technology Platform helping brands & licensors identify and remove counterfeit merchandise online.
Robert Bixby
President & CEO of Gurobi Optimization
Dr. Bixby has over twenty years of experience in the optimization software business. Prior to his role as Gurobi CSO, Dr. Bixby held the Gurobi CEO role since co-founding Gurobi in 2008. Prior to Gurobi, Dr. Bixby co-founded CPLEX Optimization, Inc. in 1987. CPLEX was acquired by ILOG, Inc., in 1997, after which he served on the ILOG Board of Directors, was manager of the ILOG CPLEX Development Team, President of the ILOG Technical Advisory Board, and General Manager of ILOG’s Semiconductor Business Division. Dr. Robert Bixby has a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University. He has held academic positions at the University of Kentucky, Northwestern University, and Rice University. He is currently Noah Harding Professor Emeritus of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice, and Research Professor of Management in Rice’s Jones School of Management. Dr. Bixby has published over fifty journal articles, and is an acknowledged expert on the computational aspects of linear and integer programming. He has won several awards for his work in optimization, including the Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize of the Mathematical Programming Society, and the INFORMS Impact and Frederick W. Lanchester Prizes. In 1997 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to the theory and practice of optimization.
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About Gurobi Optimization: Gurobi is in the business of helping companies make better decisions through the use of prescriptive analytics.
Steven Kemps
Executive Vice President & General Counsel of S&P Global
Steve Kemps serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Quanta Services. In this role, he is the chief legal officer of the Company and has responsibility for managing all legal affairs and advising the business on regulatory, ethics and compliance matters. Prior to taking on his current position in September 2014, Kemps was General Counsel for Hess Retail Corporation from September 2013 to September 2014 until it was sold to Marathon Petroleum. He previously served in various executive management roles with Dean Foods Company, including Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from 2008 to 2013 and Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel from 2006 to 2008. Kemps held various legal positions with increasing responsibility at Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 1997 to 2006. From 1993 to 1997, he was an attorney with Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, and from 1991 to 1993, he served as a law clerk to Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the United States District Court, Minnesota. Kemps earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from University of Wisconsin School of Business in 1986 and a Juris Doctorate degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1991, and he holds a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificate.
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About Quanta Services, S&P Global: S&P Global is a market intelligence company that provides financial information and data analytics services.
Chris Dillie
Co-Founder, President & CEO of ESO
Chris was the co-founder of ESO and has been with the company since its 2004 inception, first as Vice President of Marketing and Sales and now as President and CEO, a position he has held since 2009. He brought 13 years of EMS experience and a solid business background to ESO, having served in roles ranging from EMS manager to founder of a real estate company that bought, sold and managed properties. Chris designed the first several versions of the ESO ePCR software, and his vision continues to be the driving force behind the development of new products to meet the changing demands of the healthcare market.
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About ESO: ESO is a computeer software company that develops a software intended to improve community health through the power of data.
Byron Webster
Vice President Of Products of Expert Knowledge Networks
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About Botany Buddy, Expert Knowledge Networks, Whisper Labs: The first comprehensive SaaS solution focused on connecting and engaging the various participants within an “innovation ecosystem.”
Larry Neal
Co-Founder & President of GoExpedi
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About GoExpedi, Rockhopper Industrial: GoExpedi is the only end-to-end digital supply chain and data analytics solutions designed specifically for heavy industry.
Rajul Mishra
Co-founder and President of LightArrow
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About LightArrow: Austin-based startup that builds next-gen mobile apps for business and productivity: Calendars, CRM, Big Data, Projects, Finance, and More.
Rick Holland
Vice President, Strategy of Digital Shadows
Rick has more than 15 years’ experience working in information security. Before joining Digital Shadows, he was a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, providing strategic guidance on security architecture, operations, and data privacy. Rick also served as an intelligence analyst in the US Army. He is currently the co-chair of the SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit and holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Texas, Dallas. Rick regularly speaks at leading security conferences across the globe and has been interviewed by industry and business media including BBC News, CNN, Dark Reading, Motherboard, NPR, The Register and Wall Street Journal.
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About Digital Shadows, Digital Shadows: Digital Shadows identifies unwanted exposure, protect against external threats, and minimize digital risk.
Lou Lutostanski
Vice President, Internet of Things of Avnet
Lou Lutostanski was named vice president, Internet of Things (IoT) for Avnet in March 2017. In this role, he works across the company to identify and create opportunities to leverage Avnet’s capabilities and expand the company’s reach and expertise to entrepreneurs, startups, leading technology OEMs and other IoT innovators, enabling them to bring IoT solutions to market, from idea to production. He reports to Pete Bartolotta, Chief Transformation Officer for Avnet. Lutostanski has 30 years of experience and industry knowledge. He joined Avnet in 1987 as a system sales manager. Throughout the next 13 years, he gained increasing responsibility as a field application engineer, sales manager, branch manager, and vice president, area director. Lou left Avnet in 2000 and spent 12 years at Motorola/Freescale where he served as the global vice president of sales covering Hewlett Packard and Motorola, and then as vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas. Since his return to Avnet in 2013, he has served as vice president of sales for the Americas and as vice president of demand creation for the Americas. Lutostanski graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and earned an MBA from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He resides in Austin, Texas.
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About Avnet, Avnet: Avnet is a global technology solutions compnay.
Lou Lutostanski
Vice President, Internet of Things of Avnet
Lou Lutostanski was named vice president, Internet of Things (IoT) for Avnet in March 2017. In this role, he works across the company to identify and create opportunities to leverage Avnet’s capabilities and expand the company’s reach and expertise to entrepreneurs, startups, leading technology OEMs and other IoT innovators, enabling them to bring IoT solutions to market, from idea to production. He reports to Pete Bartolotta, Chief Transformation Officer for Avnet. Lutostanski has 30 years of experience and industry knowledge. He joined Avnet in 1987 as a system sales manager. Throughout the next 13 years, he gained increasing responsibility as a field application engineer, sales manager, branch manager, and vice president, area director. Lou left Avnet in 2000 and spent 12 years at Motorola/Freescale where he served as the global vice president of sales covering Hewlett Packard and Motorola, and then as vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas. Since his return to Avnet in 2013, he has served as vice president of sales for the Americas and as vice president of demand creation for the Americas. Lutostanski graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and earned an MBA from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He resides in Austin, Texas.
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About Avnet, Avnet: Avnet is a global technology solutions compnay.
Jim Humrichouse
President of Pinnacle Group, Inc.
Jim Humrichouse is President at Pinnacle Group, Inc.
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About Pinnacle Group, Inc.: Providing Innovative IT Workforce Solutions For Nearly 20 Years
Freddy Vaca
President, Talent Solutions of Pinnacle Group, Inc.
Freddy Vaca is President, Talent Solutions at Pinnacle Group, Inc.
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About Pinnacle Group, Inc.: Providing Innovative IT Workforce Solutions For Nearly 20 Years
Michael Keiper
Sr. Vice President, MSP Operations of Pinnacle Group, Inc.
Michael Keiper is Sr. Vice President, MSP Operations at Pinnacle Group, Inc.
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About Pinnacle Group, Inc.: Providing Innovative IT Workforce Solutions For Nearly 20 Years
Kyle Pittenger
Sr. Vice President, Sales of Pinnacle Group, Inc.
Kyle Pittenger is Sr. Vice President, Sales at Pinnacle Group, Inc.
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About Pinnacle Group, Inc.: Providing Innovative IT Workforce Solutions For Nearly 20 Years
Sandy Mundy
Vice President -Partner Relations of Pinnacle Group, Inc.
Sandy Mundy is Vice President, Channels at Pinnacle Group, Inc.
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About Pinnacle Group, Inc., Pinnacle Group, Inc.: Providing Innovative IT Workforce Solutions For Nearly 20 Years
