Jim Pflaging - President and Chief Executive Officer
Jim has 25 years of technology leadership experience and a strong track record of developing and growing software and security companies. Since joining SenSage in early 2004, the company has averaged over 50% annual growth and developed strategic partnerships with industry leaders including Cerner, EMC, HP, Hitachi, McAfee, and SAP. Jim's perspectives on best practices in data management and security are sought out by customers and he is a featured speaker at industry groups. Prior to SenSage, Jim's CEO experience includes Bonsai Networks, a provider of Wi-Fi systems management solutions that was subsequently acquired, Intraspect Software, a provider of collaboration and content management software which was acquired by Vignette, and Pacific Bell Network Integration, a managed security and network services provider. Jim holds a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia. |
Charles Ryan - Chief Financial Officer
Charlie has over 22 years of world-class financial expertise and is responsible for all aspects of financial operations including strategy, HR, legal and investor relations. He came to SenSage from Hewlett Packard where he was VP of Strategy and Corporate Development, responsible for all strategy and corporate development for HP’s Services business. While at HP, he was responsible for the $14 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Prior to HP, Charlie ran Corporate Development for VeriSign and completed numerous acquisitions in the security and content management space, including the $130 million acquisition of GeoTrust. As Chief Financial Officer of IFILM, a digital media company, Charlie helped raise over $45 million of private equity and completed six acquisitions accounting for a majority of the company’s revenue. Prior to that, Charlie spent over 10 years as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Charlie Holds an MBA from UCLA and a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia. |
Joe Gottlieb - Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Joe is responsible for developing and implementing SenSage's marketing and alliance strategies, and with over 20 years experience in the information technology industry is widely acknowledged as a thought leader in enterprise security. Joe joined SenSage from McAfee where he was Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Technology Alliances, responsible for developing and implementing corporate strategy throughout the company, and creating the Security Innovation Alliance, McAfee's technology partnering program. Prior to McAfee, he served as Director of Strategy and Business Development at Nokia Enterprise Solutions for the Security & Mobile Connectivity Business Unit. Previously, Joe was with META Group as EVP of Marketing, Sales and Online Services and before that as VP and Service Director of the Open Computing and Server Strategies service where he led a team of analysts providing market research and consulting services. He began his career as a network consultant for Ernst & Young, and holds a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. |
Rick Schultz - Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Rick is responsible for all customer relationships, channels, and sales activities. He has more than 25 years experience in direct and channel sales—10 of those as a VP of Sales for growth companies. Prior to SenSage, he was at Fox Technologies, compliance controls software provider. At Postini, he built the enterprise sales team and was responsible for expanding growth in all channels. At Digital Island, he led the sales organization from early stages to an IPO, $100M+ in revenue and acquisition by Cable & Wireless. Earlier, Pacific Bell Network Integration, a managed security and network services provider, he built the entire field organization and grew the customer base to hundreds. Rick holds a B.S. from DePaul University and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. |
Rao Yendluri - Vice President of Engineering
Rao has more than 25 years of leadership experience in all aspects of relational database development and data warehousing. Prior to SenSage, Rao was the VP of Engineering at ANTs Software a public company that offers a high-performance SQL database management system. Previously, Rao founded and was president of iNuCom (acquired by Ascential Software before being acquired by IBM), a software development firm specializing in data warehousing components. Prior to iNuCom, Rao held many leadership positions including vice president of engineering for Solid Information Technology, director of development at Prism Solutions, Inc. and director of development at Centura Software Corporation (now GUPTA Technologies, LLC). Rao was also at Tandem Computers for 10 years and was instrumental in forming the SQL Access Group, which developed the X/Open CLI API, an industry standard for database programmatic interface. Rao has achieved a Masters in Computer Science. |
Bruno Kurtic - Vice President of Product Management
Bruno is responsible for product management and product strategy. He has over 15 years of experience in enterprise software. Bruno joined SenSage from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he developed and implemented growth strategies for large high-tech clients. Prior to BCG he spent six years at webMethods in the Silicon Valley where he was a Product Group Director for two major product lines. Having joined the company prior to the IPO he started the West Coast Product Development organization and played significant roles in business development and M&A activities. Bruno was also with Andersen Consulting's Center for Strategic Technology in Palo Alto and founded a software company that developed handwriting and voice recognition software. Bruno holds an undergraduate degree in Quantitative Methods and Computer Science from University of Saint Thomas and an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
Eric Karlson - Chief Architect
Eric is one of SenSage's founding employees and is responsible for identifying and developing technology that will advance SenSage's position as a market leader. He has 16 years experience working in technology startup companies, building the core technologies that have been the heart of their value propositions and has served in an executive managerial capacity to help guide corporate objectives. Eric has a broad technological knowledge base with a great deal of experience in building scalable, distributed processing systems and is one of the patent holders for SenSage's columnar database. Prior to SenSage, Eric was recruited out of the UC Berkeley graduate program, where he was completing a PhD in artificial intelligence by E-Fax Communications where he served as VP of Technical Development and also served on the Board. Eric has a B.S. with distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University. |
Dan Barahona - Vice President of Business Development
Dan is responsible for identifying and managing business development and alliances. Over the past six years at SenSage, he has emerged as an industry expert on issues involving information security, privacy, and regulatory compliance. He has deep operational experience in engineering, logistics, business development, as well as experience in mergers and acquisitions in the semiconductor, logistics, data management software and the security industries. Dan began his career at General Motors as a design engineer, and held management positions in Allied Signal's semiconductor organization, GetToday (which he founded), and AppStream. Dan has a B.S. degree in Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Master of Engineering degree from Cornell University, and an MBA from the University of Michigan. |
Danny Banks - V.P. of Solutions Engineering and Emerging Markets
Danny applies his talents and capabilities to spearhead the resolution of event data management challenges faced by SenSage's customer base and partners. With over 14 years of technical sales experience at companies such as Sybase, OnDisplay, and Vignette where he was Chief Technologist of the Content & Wireless group, Since joining SenSage in March of 2003, Danny has overseen the acquisition of hundreds of SenSage customers and has assisted with the penetration of new markets through SenSage partnerships. Danny holds a BS degree in Physics from the University of California at Davis. |
Chris Berry - Vice President of Services and Support
Chris Berry is an early employee of SenSage and is responsible for the Professional Services and Technical Support at SenSage. Chris has 15 years of experience providing Technical Support, and 9 years in Support management. Prior to joining SenSage, he was a Product Support Engineer at Sybase. As the first Manager of Web Search and Enterprise Search Technical Support at Inktomi, he grew the support organization to a 15 person team serving 2500 customers, and served as Director of Technical Support for Enterprise Search/Ultraseek at both Inktomi and Verity. Chris has a B.A. in Science from San Francisco State University. |
Charlie McAlister - Director Europe, Middle East and Africa
Charlie McAlister is a 25 year veteran of the IT Industry and has experience ranging from Platform providers through Enterprise Application Vendors and Internet Tools and Solution developers. Charlie is responsible for both direct and channel sales and support across SenSage's push into EMEA and is developing business activities both with End Users and in conjunction with Channel partners. Prior to SenSage McAlister spend several years at EMC as Business Development Manager for the EMC Centera business unit in EMEA and has held senior Sales and Alliances roles at companies such as Sequent, SAP and SCC. |
