
Technologist and Entrepreneur, CEO Permessa
Greater Boston Area

Technologist and Entrepreneur, CEO Permessa
Greater Boston Area
Serial entrepreneur with a passion for technology startups. Extensive experience in design and deployment of large scale, mission-critical enterprise class software solutions. Interested in early-stage technology company building and technology development.
Anything IT; product management/development of software solutions; early-stage company inception and operation; fund raising, business and financial planning; international business development and operations
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Permessa is the global leader in optimizing messaging infrastructure for business. Our solutions mitigate risk, increase performance and lower the costs associated with mission-critical email, instant messaging and collaboration platforms.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2002 — April 2007 (4 years 8 months)
DYS is the leading provider of application management solutions for messaging and collaboration applications. We make these applications efficient and easy to manage, resulting in substantial reductions in infrastructure and administration costs and improved quality of service.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MROI; Computer Software industry)
August 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Focused on integrating Collego's XML database technology into MRO Software's online commerce offering. Collego was acquired by MRO in August of 2001.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 1999 — September 2002 (3 years 6 months)
Co-founded a software startup developing next generation XML database solutions. Raised numerous rounds of funding and subsequently sold the company to MRO Software in 2001.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SEBL; Computer Software industry)
February 1997 — May 1999 (2 years 4 months)
Member of the management team at technology startup - InterActive WorkPlace - developing sales intelligence web portals. IW was Siebel's first acquisition. The companys technology became the platform for Siebels entrance into the web space.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1992 — February 1997 (5 years )
Established North-American presence of European CRM-CallCenter Software Company. Planned and executed global implementation schedule of highly customized and internationalized CRM software package in over 20 countries on four continents worldwide. Clients included DEC, IBM, HP.
Master , Computer Science , September 1986 — March 1991
Information Technology and Parallel Computing (Transputer, Occam 2)