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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 VP’ operating in the Software space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Phil Komarny
VP and Innovation of Salesforce
Highly social, entrepreneurial, award winning senior executive with a 20+ year track record of delivering innovative, high value solutions by aligning existing problems with emerging technologies. Experienced as a c-level executive within higher education that has leveraged entrepreneurial instincts, a broad technical skillset, and a very strong reputation for developing and motivating teams at all levels to integrate new technologies that create value for the organization. Comfortable serving as the voice of the business and building a strong rapport with management, colleagues, vendors, stakeholders and technical specialists.
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About Hu-manity.co, Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Trey Ford
VP, Strategy and Trust of Salesforce
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About Salesforce: Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software on a subscription basis.
Rina Jariwala
VP of Sales and Operations and GM of Dallas of Fundbox
Rina Jariwalais the Vice President of Sales and Operations and GM of Dallas at Fundbox. She joined the company with over 19 years of leadership experience in the valuation and credit space, including roles at Countrywide Home Loans, Bank of America, and CoreLogic.
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About Fundbox: Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses.
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.
Azim Nagree
EVP Operations and M&A of Scorpion
Azim Nagree is EVP Operations and M&A at Scorpion. Azim’s passion is making great companies part of the Scorpion family. For the past 15 years, Azim has held executive roles in various SaaS startups – helping them grow, scale, and ultimately exit. He has also worked at blue-chip companies like Dell and Bain & Co. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, with dual undergraduate degrees in Law and Economics from Bond University in Australia.
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About Nagree Consulting, Scorpion: Scorpion exists to better local small businesses and the communities they serve.
Michael Weinstein
VP of Business Development of Susquehanna Growth Equity
Michael joined Susquehanna Growth Equity in 2019 and is responsible for helping Susquehanna find the best companies out there to partner with. He has a passion for high growth, SaaS companies and relishes the opportunity to speak with CEO/founders about their businesses. Prior to joining Susquehanna, Michael spent 7 years at PE owned, SaaS companies creating and subsequently running sales teams. Throughout his career Michael has worked with both inside and outside sales teams. His most recent position was scaling an inside sales team down in Austin, TX where he took that team from 3 to 30 people in 2 years. The most common question after that is normally, “Why would you move from Austin to Philadelphia?” to which he tells people that Philadelphia is “home”! Michael graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. in Information Sciences & Technology and a minor in Business. We Are!
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About Susquehanna Growth Equity: Susquehanna Growth Equity invests in growth stage technology companies in the software, information services, and internet.
Richard Furby
VP, Services, Support and IT of Forterro
Richard Furby is the vice president of services and support for Forterro. In this role, he oversees the strategic planning and execution of all professional services and support operations for the Forterro product portfolio worldwide. Prior to joining Forterro, Richard started and headed the enterprise business for Smartsheet.com, a Seattle-based software startup providing enterprise collaboration and project management solutions for companies of all sizes. Prior to that, Richard served in a number of executive roles at Consona Corporation, a U.S.-based software application company that housed 13 ERP and CRM products, serving a wide range of vertical industries and a broad span of company sizes worldwide. Richard holds a BSc in Computer Science from Southampton Solent University.
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About Forterro: Forterro is a federation of ERP product companies serving mid-market companies with local software around the globe.
Barrow Hamilton
VP, Product of Chargify
Barrow is passionate about creating products which most help customers get done what they want to get done. Prior to joining Chargify, Barrow lead product development at AllClear ID, creating products to protect consumer identities and solutions to increase identity protection capabilities for the company’s clients. In his career he has also lead teams focused on developing customer solutions at Accenture, AT&T, and Rackspace, Barrow enjoys time with his family, music, sports, and learning about new ideas for solving things with software.
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About Chargify: Chargify is a subscription billing software service that offers a recurring billing and subscription management space.
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.
Lakshmi Mandyam
VP Product Management Edge/IoT of VMware
Lakshmi Mandyam serves as vice president of product management at VMware.
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About VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Mav Turner
VP, Product Management of SolarWinds
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About SolarWinds, SolarWinds: SolarWinds develops a technology that manages IT infrastructures.
Tim Brown
VP Security Architecture of SolarWinds
Tim Brown, VP of Security for SolarWinds® MSP, has over 20 years of experience developing and implementing security technology, including identity and access management, vulnerability assessment, security compliance, threat research, vulnerability management, encryption, managed security services, and cloud security. Tim’s experience has made him an in-demand expert on cybersecurity, and has taken him from meeting with members of Congress and the Senate to the Situation Room in the White House. Additionally, Tim has been central in driving advancements in identity frameworks, has worked with the US government on security initiatives, and holds 18 patents on security-related topics.
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About Nopsec, Nopsec, SolarWinds: SolarWinds develops a technology that manages IT infrastructures.
Trevor Matheson
VP, Intuit QuickBooks Training of Intuit
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About Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Marc Ostryniec
SVP Sales of BigCommerce
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About BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a SaaS provider for merchants running online businesses.
Albert Lilly
VP of Marketing of Sibros
Albert Lilly is a Vice President of Marketing at Sibros.
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About Sibros: Sibros offers automotive cloud solutions including OTA software updates, data logging, fleet management, and vehicle analytics.
Alex Schwarm
VP/Head of Data Science of Dun & Bradstreet
Alex Schwarm is the VP and head of data science at Dun & Bradstreet.
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About Dun & Bradstreet: Dun & Bradstreet grows the most valuable relationships in business by uncovering truth and meaning from data.
Mohamed Madkour
VP Marketing and Head of Global Wireless Branding of Huawei Technologies
Mohamed Madkour is VP Wireless Marketing and Solution Sales Dept. In his role, he manages the company’s global wireless branding and demand generation function. He also serves as an advisor for Huawei’s wireless solutions strategy. He first joined Huawei USA in 2007 with the responsibility of managing the wireless marketing team. In 2013, he became the CTO, MBB solutions of North Latin America Region. In 2014, he moved to Shenzhen to take on his current global responsibility. Beside Huawei, Mohamed has held a number of senior positions in telecom industry as well as academia during his 20 years of experience including Ericsson, Artel Inc. and Alexandria University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
George Reed
SVP, Solutions and Marketing of Huawei Technologies
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About Huawei Technologies: Huawei Technologies provides infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies.
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.
Scott Aylor
CVP Global Operations Strategy of AMD
Scott Aylor is the Corporate Vice President and General Manager for Enterprise Solutions at AMD. Scott is responsible for driving strategy and execution across AMD’s Server and Embedded segments. Scott originally joined AMD to run its Embedded Solutions division in 2013 and has been responsible for driving design win and share growth in embedded vertical markets. Prior to AMD Scott was at Freescale Semiconductor for 17 years with strong domain knowledge and experience in the industrial, automotive, networking and general embedded markets. Scott came to AMD with deep technical insight, customer relationships, and a track record of successfully growing embedded businesses. He held many leadership positions with Freescale including Vice President of Product Development for the Digital Networking Group; General Manager, Wireless Access Division; and Director of Engineering, Microcontroller Solutions Group. Scott holds a MBA in Management from St. Edwards University and a MS & BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Scott is based in Austin.
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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.
Forrest Norrod
SVP & GM, Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group 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.
Archana Deskus
CIO & SVP of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Archana (Archie) Deskus is Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Baker Hughes Incorporated. She previously served as Vice President and CIO for Ingersoll-Rand and has more than two decades of experience in the aerospace, industrials and consumer products industries. Throughout her career, she has been credited with building and developing high-performing teams and partnering with business leaders to successfully implement large-scale transformational projects. Deskus worked at United Technologies for 19 years with positions of increasing responsibility, including Executive Director, Infrastructure and E-Business at Pratt & Whitney; and Vice President and CIO at Carrier North America. She worked as Senior Vice President and CIO for Timex Corporation. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration/management information systems from Boston University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel: 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.
McLeod Glass
VP & General Manager, SimpliVity and Composable Software 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.
David Larson
VP and GM Data Center Networking of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Dave Larson, Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for directing the Corero technology strategy as the company continues to invest in its next phase of growth, providing next generation DDoS attack and cyber threat defense solutions. Larson brings over 20 years of experience in the network security, data communication and data center infrastructure industries. Most recently, Larson served as Chief Technology Officer for HP Networking and Vice President of the HP Networking Advanced Technology Group. Larson was instrumental in establishing HP’s leadership in SDN, including driving the creation of the OpenDaylight open-source SDN controller initiative as one of the founding executive sponsors of that consortium.
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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.
Tom Lattin
VP & GM, Mass Market Platforms, Options and Software 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.
Gerald Kleyn
VP and General Manager, Moonshot, Edge and IoT Systems 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.
Scott Farrand
VP Platform Software 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.
Tom Bradicich
VP & Fellow, Global Head of Edge and IoT CoE & Labs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tom Bradicich is GM and VP at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), leading the global business unit dense scalable servers and IoT Systems, with P&L, worldwide product development, and customer experience ownership. He directs the HPE Discovery Labs and IoT Innovation Labs in the US, Europe, and Asia, for partner and customer collaborations. Tom and his teams are noted for beating sales quotas, and developing and launching innovative and first-of-a-kind products. Prior to his current role, Tom was an HP Vice President, Server Engineering, responsible for global R&D and delivery of HP’s workload optimized, converged server product line. Tom and his staff directed several worldwide engineering teams, releasing over 20 products and integrated solutions stacks. They pioneered the first Intel Xeon™ server with on-chip graphics, and the first 64 bit enterprise ARM server. Tom holds several U.S. patents in PC, server, and converged systems design, the BSEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees, serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the College of Engineering, University of Florida. He is a sought after guest lecturer on Leadership, Business Innovation, and Technology Trends and Directions, and served on the adjunct faculty at several universities, teaching courses in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineer and Management of Information Systems.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Tom Bradicich
VP & Fellow, Global Head of Edge and IoT CoE & Labs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Tom Bradicich is GM and VP at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), leading the global business unit dense scalable servers and IoT Systems, with P&L, worldwide product development, and customer experience ownership. He directs the HPE Discovery Labs and IoT Innovation Labs in the US, Europe, and Asia, for partner and customer collaborations. Tom and his teams are noted for beating sales quotas, and developing and launching innovative and first-of-a-kind products. Prior to his current role, Tom was an HP Vice President, Server Engineering, responsible for global R&D and delivery of HP’s workload optimized, converged server product line. Tom and his staff directed several worldwide engineering teams, releasing over 20 products and integrated solutions stacks. They pioneered the first Intel Xeon™ server with on-chip graphics, and the first 64 bit enterprise ARM server. Tom holds several U.S. patents in PC, server, and converged systems design, the BSEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees, serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the College of Engineering, University of Florida. He is a sought after guest lecturer on Leadership, Business Innovation, and Technology Trends and Directions, and served on the adjunct faculty at several universities, teaching courses in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineer and Management of Information Systems.
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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.
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.
Mark Morgan
SVP North America Sales of Blue Yonder
As Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Mark Morgan is responsible for leading global sales. Morgan has been with JDA for nearly 20 years, and has most recently served as senior vice president of sales for JDA’s North American operations. Prior to that, he served as regional vice president of sales for the company’s EMEA operations and as vice president leading the JDA’s North American manufacturing sales organization. Morgan served in a variety of presales, sales and consulting roles at i2 Technologies from 1999 until the company’s acquisition by JDA in 2010. Prior to joining i2, he worked in consulting at Manugistics (eventually acquired by JDA) and had multiple roles within supply chain at Ford Motor Company. Morgan holds a bachelor of science degree in logistics management from Michigan State University and an MBA in finance from University of Detroit Mercy.
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About Blue Yonder: Blue Yonder is a digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment platform.
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.
Daniel Nelson
VP and Products & Solutions of SUSE
Daniel Nelson is one of the original founders of Datical, and serves as the CEO. Prior to Datical, Daniel was Founder and VP of Products at Phurnace Software, a maker of cutting-edge application deployment and configuration software for large enterprises. Phurnace was acquired by BMC Software in December of 2009. After the acquisition, Daniel served BMC as Director of Product Management, focused on Business Automation. Daniel has spent the past 16 years in the software business, and has both a BA and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2010, Daniel was honored with the Rising Star Award from the McCombs School of Business.
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About SUSE: SUSE provides reliable and interoperable Linux and cloud infrastructure solutions that give enterprises greater control and flexibility.
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.
Matt McBride
VP, Global Head of Design of SoftServe
Matt McBride is the Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy and Innovation at SoftServe
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About SoftServe, 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.
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.
Oren Schauble
VP of Marketing of Hangar Technology
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About Hangar Technology, Unrivaled Brands: Hangar is a software technology company enabling robotics across industry.
Rey Madolora
VP of Finance and Business Intelligence of Hangar Technology
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About 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.
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.
Simon Ayat
VP & CFO of Schlumberger
Simon Ayat is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Schlumberger Limited. Prior to assuming his current role, Ayat served as the company’s vice president treasurer and previously held the position of vice president controller and business processes. Ayat’s career with Schlumberger, which began in 1982, spans a variety of management positions from Paris, Houston and Dallas to the Middle East and Far East regions. His assignments have included serving as Oilfield Services group controller; vice president finance for non-oilfield activities; GeoMarket manager, Indonesia; Sedco Forex regional vice president, Asia; group controller for Wireline; and region controller for Wireline in the Far East and for Sedco Forex in North and South America. He began his career as controller for the Forex Neptune drilling division. Ayat graduated from the University of San Francisco where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance and accounting.
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About Schlumberger: Schlumberger is a supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions.
Saritha Katikaneni
Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Zenoti
Saritha Katikaneni is a Co-Founder and the Vice President of Marketing at Zenoti.
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About Zenoti: Zenoti is a provider of cloud-based software for the spa and salon industries.
Dustin Gellman
SVP Innovation of RealPage
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About RealPage: RealPage is a provider of cloud-based software for managing multi-family real estate.
Cindy Sewell
VP, Corporate Administration of HYLA Mobile
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About HYLA Mobile: HYLA Mobile is a provider of mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions it enables information access for new users.
Chintan Shah
VP, Data Science & Business Intelligence of HYLA Mobile
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About HYLA Mobile: HYLA Mobile is a provider of mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions it enables information access for new users.
Richard Jones
SVP, Finance & Accounting of HYLA Mobile
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About HYLA Mobile: HYLA Mobile is a provider of mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions it enables information access for new users.
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.
Bejoy Pankajakshan
EVP & CSO of Mavenir
As SVP, Technology and Strategy of Mavenir, Bejoy is responsible for the development and communication of Mavenir technology and product strategy. Bejoy is also responsible for orchestrating across R&D, Sales and new business for strategic alignment on the entire Mavenir portfolio. Previously he led the Product Line Management and Solution Architecture teams at Mitel Mobile. Bejoy has extensive mobile and telecommunications experience with leadership positions in Technology Development, Network Strategy, Network Engineering and Design. Bejoy had led multiple industry first innovations including spearheading the world’s 1st launch of VoLTE service by MetroPCS in August 2012 and the 1st North American RCS launch in October 2012. Bejoy is backed by solid credentials including MS, MBA, CCIE and 22 granted patents. Prior to joining Mavenir, he held positions at MetroPCS and Sprint.
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About Mavenir: Mavenir is an end-to-end network software provider, redefining network transformation and economics for CSPs.
John Baker
SVP Business Development of Mavenir
John Baker is Senior Vice President Business Development for Mavenir Communications. Prior to joining Mavenir, John held senior positions with leading wireless companies including GM Mobility Infrastructure, Spirent Communications, VP& GM Network Solutions, CommScope, VP & GM Base Stations at Nokia and VP of Technology and Chief Technology Officer at Pacific Bell Mobile Services. John also contributed significantly in the development of the GSM standards. He graduated with an honors degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK.
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About Mavenir: Mavenir is an end-to-end network software provider, redefining network transformation and economics for CSPs.
Guillaume Le Mener
SVP, GM Enterprise Solutions of Mavenir
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About Mavenir, Mavenir, 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.
Jason Shepherd
VP, Ecosystem of ZEDEDA
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About ZEDEDA: ZEDEDA is a provider of distributed edge orchestration and virtualization software.
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.
Jason Story
Co-Founder and VP of Business Development of ReturnSafe
Jason Story currently works as Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at ReturnSafe. He previously worked at Interlock Partners as Founding Partner.
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About ReturnSafe: The first end to end platform for managing infectious disease.
Rachel Hocevar
VP, Customer Success and Professional Services of Dialpad
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About Dialpad: Dialpad is an AI-powered cloud communications platform that turns conversations into opportunities and helps teams make smart calls.
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.
Todd Komanetsky
VP of Partnerships Strategy of RapidDeploy
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About RapidDeploy: RapidDeploy is a cloud-native Public Safety technology provider with industry-leading Mapping and Analytics solutions
Mike Lunt
VP of Engineering 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.
Marcus MacNeill
VP of Product Management 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.
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.
Richard Nikula
VP Product Development and Support of Nastel Technologies
As Vice President, Product Development and Support for Nastel, Richard directs Nastel’s development organization and manages all aspects of software development, delivery, implementation and support. His areas of specialization include helping customers understand, reduce and manage the complexities introduced by Service Oriented Architectures and virtualization. Richard brings 25 years of software development and implementation experience to Nastel, the majority of which has come from working on leading edge technologies at major software vendors. A recognized expert in mainframe, distributed computing, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), and WebSphere, he was contributed to industry standards, delivered articles and presentations at many levels.
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About Nastel Technologies: Nastel Technologies provides middleware-centric application performance and business transaction management software solutions.
Tony Hotten
EVP, Product Services of Motionsoft
Tony Hotten serves as the Executive Vice President of Product Services at Motionsoft.
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About Motionsoft: Motionsoft provides fitness, gym, and recreation club management and marketing software solutions.
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.
Nick Pellegrino
EVP GM Parcel & Fulfillment Services of Newgistics
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About Newgistics: Newgistics is a provider of e-commerce services for retailers and brands.
Patrick Allard
SVP Sales and Business Development of Newgistics
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About Newgistics: Newgistics is a provider of e-commerce services for retailers and brands.
Andy Zambito
VP, Sales of Pinpoint.com
Andy Zambito serves as a vice president of worldwide sales at Pinpoint, Pinpoint uses data science to advance the way people and teams deliver software. Andy joined Pinpoint from Vera, where he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and build a GTM strategy and team growing the revenue 10x in 2 years. Before that he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Appcelerator (acquired by Axway) and previously held strategic leadership and sales roles at Good Technology (acquired by Blackberry), OpenPages (acquired by IBM), and CallidusCloud (IPO). Andy lives in Austin, TX and loves travel, scuba, and nonprofit efforts focused on marine preservation and animal rescue. Andy received his MBA in Finance from Temple University.
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About Pinpoint.com: A collaborative workspace that is free from distraction so you can create, share, and work together no matter where you are.
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.
Christopher Desrochers
VP, Product of Arcade
Chris Desrochers is the VP of Product Marketing at Arcade.
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About Arcade: Arcade is a software company engaging people working in distributed workplaces.
Blake Richman
VP Finance of Vertalo
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About Hercules Capital, NovaBlock Capital, Vertalo: Vertalo is a SaaS solution connecting and enabling the digital asset economy.
Adam Brenner
Senior VP of Global Sales of Zyme Solutions
Adam is responsible for driving sales growth within Zyme’s impressive installed base, and working with prospective new customers to help them recognize the powerful top line and bottom line impacts of Zyme’s rich CDM portfolio. He has over two decades of experience in sales, finance, marketing, global operations, eBusiness, and cloud solutions. Prior to joining Zyme, Adam worked at Oracle from 2012 to 2014, when he served as a Group Vice President of HCM driving the growth in Oracle’s Cloud HCM solutions as well as the significant Oracle HCM installed base of Peoplesoft, eBusiness Suite and JD Edwards. He rejoined Oracle in 2012 as part of Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo. Over his eight years with Taleo, Adam was Group Vice President for Taleo’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations leading the sales, customer success, field marketing and services teams in the region. In addition, Adam led all regions of North America during his tenure at Taleo. Adam was the Managing Director responsible for the startup and success of Ariba in Latin America. He held a similar position as Applications Director for Belgium and Luxembourg in his first stint with Oracle in the 1990’s. Adam’s experience also includes leadership positions in Management Consulting at KPMG and as a Senior Auditor at Touche Ross, now part of Deloitte. He earned a BBA in Accounting from the University of Tennessee with honors, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Elastic Path Software, Zyme Solutions: Zyme Solutions provides channel data integrity and intelligence solutions to the high-tech and consumer electronics industry.
Chad Darbyshire
EVP of Marketing & Communications of Chaotic Moon Studios
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About Chaotic Moon Studios: We transform business for the world’s biggest brands by designing, developing and delivering digital experiences of consequence.
Ivan Cook
EVP of Design of Chaotic Moon Studios
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About Chaotic Moon Studios: We transform business for the world’s biggest brands by designing, developing and delivering digital experiences of consequence.
Michael Hall
VP of Client Services of Chaotic Moon Studios
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About Chaotic Moon Studios: We transform business for the world’s biggest brands by designing, developing and delivering digital experiences of consequence.
Justin Haber
VP, Client Services 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.
Bill Schieffelin
VP Of Strategic Alliances of Servient
Bill directs Servient’s strategic alliances initiatives, overseeing all aspects of its partnership programs. Bill is a seasoned legal services executive with significant successes coordinating and consulting on eDiscovery and legal project management for national law firms and corporations. Prior to joining Servient, Bill worked for Counsel on Call where he served as vice president of business development. He also held positions with SPi Global Solutions as a senior vice president and was a senior director for Thomson Reuters.
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About Servient, Verbotics AI: Servient is a full enterprise eDiscovery solution.
Rohit Kelkar
VP Of Research And Development of Servient
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About Servient, Servient: Servient is a full enterprise eDiscovery solution.
