Management Team
Gerald Blackie - Chairman and CEO
With over 27 years of experience in the software industry, Gerald is chairman and CEO. Since joining Kaseya in 2003, he has been responsible for developing Kaseya's global sales and delivery framework, and responding to the company's rapid growth in the managed IT services market.
Prior to joining Kaseya, Gerald founded Captura Software, based in Seattle, WA. Captura was founded to develop the systems to process large amounts of expense transactions for large companies via a policy engine. The rules-based software market grew quickly and Captura was sold to Concur Technologies (NASDAQ:CNQR) in 2002.
Previous to his position with Captura, Gerald founded Platinum Software Corporation, which provided network-based multi-user accounting systems targeted at the SMB and industry leading ERP solutions. The company, now called Epicor (NASDAQ:EPIC), is a leading provider of integrated ERP, CRM and SCM solutions.
Gerald attended the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ and the University of Auckland, Auckland NZ from 1972 to 1977 majoring in marketing and business.
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Mark Sutherland - President
With over 20 years of software product development experience, Mark Sutherland guides Kaseya's product development and architecture team to produce simple solutions to complex IT problems. Sutherland applies his significant security experience to produce Kaseya's comprehensive IT management framework. The result is a highly secure solution that is easy to use, manage, deploy, and scale. Sutherland is highly customer focused and interacts extensively with customers to aggressively drive the future direction of Kaseya's products and services.
Prior to founding Kaseya, Sutherland was vice president of engineering and product development with Spyrus, an identity management solutions company. Sutherland built a team of 45 engineers, which produced many first-to-market products for the emerging data security industry, including; the first portable cryptographic token (PCMCIA format), the first MSP email security protocol implementation for Microsoft, and one of the first smart card based implementations of secure web access.
Prior to joining Spyrus, Sutherland directed development organizations for Elsin and TRW/ESL, (a leading defense electronics company). While with Elsin, he architected key technology products, which lead to the successful acquisition of the company by Tracor. Over the course of nine years with TRW, Sutherland held several positions, one of which was director of the business development group, where he was responsible for spread spectrum exploitation systems.
Sutherland attended the University of Illinois, earning a Masters of Science degree in electrical engineering.
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Paul Wong - Chief Technical Officer
With over 22 years of experience designing and developing systems and software products for the computer security and software industries, Paul is the CTO of Kaseya. His responsibilities with Kaseya include all aspects of the architecture of the Web-based remote PC management system, and the software design and implementation of the client/server components of the system.
Prior to Kaseya, Paul has served for seven years as a lead product architect and development manager for a variety of computer security applications at Spyrus. Previously, Paul spent six years with Tracor ELSIN as Senior Software Engineer and five years at TRW/ESL, where he was responsible for designing solutions, which infiltrate communications systems and compromise security. Most recently, his expertise has been used to architect security management solutions for Internet-based applications.
His engineering and product management expertise include embedded cryptographic processors, communication protocols, device drivers, software security toolkits, and communication signal acquisition and analysis systems.
Wong attended UCLA where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering.
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Tim McMullen - Chief Operating Officer
Tim brings over 25 years of experience in the software industry to the Kaseya executive team, including strategic software and technology management, business development, and overall operations. As COO, Tim is responsible for Kaseya's strategic direction, and oversees global product management and development resources.
Tim started his career as a system engineer at Sperry Univac in Chicago. In 1982, he founded Platinum Software Corporation, where he served as Chief Technical Officer until 1998. During that time, Tim also worked as a Director and Advisor at Omni Vista Software Corporation, Captura Software, and Alerio Software. He also held the position of executive Vice President of Business Development at MindArrow, Inc., in Mission Viejo, California. In addition, Tim served as Chief Operating Officer / interim Chief Executive Officer at Vicinity Corporation in Sunnyvale, California.
Tim received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Dayton.
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Bill Falk - EVP, Worldwide Sales
Bill brings a wealth of systems integration and enterprise application experience to Kaseya. He previously worked as vice president of sales at Captura Software. Prior to that, he served in the same position at Platinum Software (now Epicore Software).
Bill is credited for helping Kaseya expand its partner base by 200% since 2007 and also for being active in raising awareness of the MSP (managed service provider) model.
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Jim Alves - EVP, Strategy and Product Marketing
As EVP of strategy and product marketing for Kaseya, Jim manages all corporate and product marketing, which includes the definition and development of channel programs. Due to his past experience, Jim believes building a strong channel is key to a successful business.
With 24 years in the software, computer and consulting industry, Jim's experience has been vital in developing Kaseya's direct and channel based sales and marketing programs worldwide. His previous position at Platinum Software taught him that the channel needs constant care and feeding, otherwise it will move to the next thing.
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Coleman White - Chief Financial Officer
Coleman brings his past experience as a CPA, business owner, and professional service firm financial executive to the Kaseya team. He was an owner/member of a mid-size CPA firm, Dembo, Jones, Healy, Pennington & Marshall, PC for 16 years, handling tax, audit and consulting engagements for privately held business clients. He also served as Controller and Firm Administrator for a Washington DC Law Firm for seven years. He is a licensed CPA in Virginia and a member of the AICPA and Virginia Society of CPA's.
He attended the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, obtaining BS in Accounting and MBA degrees.
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Frank I. Hoppe - EVP and General Counsel
With over 13 years experience providing legal and business services to technology and service companies in outside and in-house positions, Frank I. Hoppe serves as Kaseya's Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Hoppe is responsible for all aspects of Kaseya's global legal endeavors.
Prior to Kaseya, Hoppe served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at West Corporation, a leading provider of outsourced communication solutions with headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, helping West to quintuple yearly revenues during his tenure to over $2 Billion. Hoppe previously served as Vice President of Corporate Development at uRoam, Inc. in Fremont, California, and worked as associate counsel at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, and the law firm Krieg, Keller, Sloan, Reilley and Roman. In addition to his J.D. from UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, Mr. Hoppe received his B.A., with distinction, as an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia.
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Martin Ashby - EVP, APAC
Martin Ashby has more than 20 years experience in the IT, outsourcing and finance industries and is currently Executive Vice President at Kaseya for the Asia and Pacific Region. Based at Kaseya's regional headquarters in Singapore, Martin pioneered Kaseya's expansion into the Asia and Pacific markets more than 5 years ago and is responsible for all new business generation, services and operations.
Prior to Kaseya, Martin worked in Europe for more than 7 years. Initially based in London, his time commenced as Director for European Operations, introducing a dynamic Australian software company, Invisic Software, into the European market with its ground breaking professional service automation software. Later, Martin served as Director of Operations for Exigen Group specializing in business process outsourcing to government and large multinational corporations in the finance and insurance sectors.
Prior to Europe Martin was based in Sydney, Australia. He helped pioneer the introduction of financial software specialist, Platinum Software (now trading as Epicor) into the Australiasian market. Martin also worked at top-tier Accounting firms, Touche Ross and Co, and KPMG holding specialist positions in their Audit, Business Advisory and Management Information Services divisions.
Martin holds a Bachelor of Economics degree majoring in Accounting and Computer Science from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
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Tim Dickinson - Managing Director, Australia/New Zealand
Tim Dickinson has more than 25 years experience in the IT, outsourcing and finance industries and is currently Regional Director at Kaseya for the Australia and New Zealand region. Based at Kaseya's local office in Sydney, Tim pioneered Kaseya's expansion into the Australia and New Zealand markets and is responsible for all new business generation, services and operations. The highest performing international region for the company in 2007 and a member of the Kaseya Presidents Club in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Prior to Kaseya, Tim resided in the United States and worked for leading American Technology companies SonicWALL (NASDAQ: SNWL) and LaserFiche DI Software. His time commenced as Director of Asia Pacific for Laserfiche, introducing a dynamic document imaging software product into the APAC region. Tim then moved to a regional management position at SonicWALL and built one of the largest MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) networks in the world for the organisation. His region was presented with SonicWALL's Award for ‘Outstanding Global Territory for 2005'.
Before moving into technology, Tim held positions in top-tier banking institutions in Australia, managing the accounts of several publically listed Australian companies and high net worth individuals. Tim received a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Flinders University of South Australia.
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Girish Krishnamurthy - Managing Director, India
Girish Krishnamurthy has over 23 years of experience in the industry of which he has spent 12 years in senior management positions. Over the years, he has launched several products, led successful forays into new geographies, and developed innovative business strategies including diversification and technology adaptation. Girish Krishnamurthy is among those recognized for their out-of-the-box thinking and unique implementation and has an outstanding track record in sensing an opportunity and effectively steering the company to establish itself in that space.
Girish currently is the Managing Director, Kaseya India, and also heads the India operation where he is responsible for guiding the company's establishment and growth in the sub continent.
Prior to Kaseya, Girish was Head of Operations for APAC at Talisma, where he played a pivotal role in steering the India operation. He significantly enhanced the company's contribution and strategic significance to the global organization by deploying several unique strategies.
Prior to his stint at Talisma, Girish was the Practice Head at KPMG Consulting where he was responsible for Managing the Retail & SAP Practices and setting up of Bearing Point in India.
Girish has held positions at leading corporations such as Sears Roebuck, 7-Eleven, McDonalds, Shell Oil, Southwest Airlines, BMC Software, Sabre, Ericsson, First USA, Sodexho Marriot and British American Tobacco where he has worked extensively in planning and implementation of strategies and deployment of new technologies. He was also the founder CTO of MDC Systems and grew the business in USA, India, and China.
Girish has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Madras. He holds MBA from the University of Texas, Dallas.
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Dave Spector - SVP, Global Marketing
As SVP of Global Marketing, Dave brings twenty years experience in generating demand for rapidly growing entrepreneurial companies. Dave's skill and creativity helped him start and build his two prior firms to more than $50M in revenue before being acquired by public companies.
From 1999 to 2004, Dave was a founding partner of vFinance, Inc., a public, financial services and investment banking firm with 30 offices and over two billion dollars under management worldwide.
From 1991 through 1999, Dave was a partner at Green Advertising, which was acquired in 1999 by London-based WPP Group, the largest marketing firm in the world.
Dave graduated with a BA from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He is a well-known speaker on advertising and marketing and a guest lecturer at Florida Atlantic University, Lynn University and The MIT Forum.
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Alan Davis - VP, Customer Support
Alan is dedicated to providing unsurpassable support to Kaseya clients. At Kaseya Connect 2009 User Conference, he announced a six-month goal to improve customer relations by implementing changes based on feedback and posting the results on Kaseya's Forum each month. Under his direction, Kaseya has implemented online surveys to gauge satisfaction and Alan has taken steps to implement a customer portal and Service Desk. As VP of Customer Support, Alan strives to enhance Kaseya's ability to better serve its global community. His vast knowledge of the department stems from four years' experience as director of global support, and five years in his current role.
Prior to joining Kaseya, Alan established and built a support department for Ideal Hardware, which was acquired by Bell Micro. He also successfully ran private companies for ten years.
Alan earned his master's in business administration from The Open University.
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