DataSynapse

Ivan directs the company?s marketing and product management functions. Ivan joined DataSynapse with 15 years of experience in marketing strategy and execution for a series of growth oriented infrastructure software companies. Prior to joining DataSynapse, Ivan held senior marketing and product management roles with IONA Technologies, where he directed the launch of IONA?s SOA infrastructure products. While at IONA, Ivan also built the company?s customer value program, where he consulted with leading Global-1000 IT organizations, to help them understand and realize the economic impact of SOA on enterprise computing. Prior to IONA, Ivan held senior marketing and product management roles with ground breaking middleware vendor Level 8 Systems, where he launched the company?s EAI and messaging infrastructure software products. Based in New York, Ivan is a noted industry-speaker and writer, and has lectured at leading technology conferences on topics as wide-ranging as grid computing, next generation datacenter strategies, EAI, SOA and other middleware trends. He holds a Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Binghamton University.

As Chief Marketing Officer at DataSynapse, Kelly works to leverage the company's existing successes and domain expertise to build a brand identity that positions DataSynapse as the de facto standard in the U.S. and European markets for distributed computing solutions. Prior to her role at DataSynapse, Kelly served as Vice President of Marketing at Prescient, one of the fastest-growing providers of supply chain planning solutions for consumer products companies. There she devised, managed and executed the company's go-to-market strategy and was responsible for the creation of an impressive lead-generation infrastructure to support Prescient's aggressive and fully integrated marketing programs, resulting in increased name recognition and generation of inbound sales leads. Earlier in her career Kelly was Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Optum, Inc. In that role, Kelly was responsible for managing all aspects of promoting the company's brand, products and services. Before joining Optum, Kelly held marketing positions at Metasys and InfoSystems, where she developed integrated marketing campaigns to support the sales organizations. Kelly holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Communications from the University of South Carolina.

Roger is responsible for leading DataSynapse's Finance and HR functions. He brings over 20 years experience, during which he gained in depth experience in many finance and business related areas, including mergers & acquisitions and strategic financial planning. He also has a strong record of building and managing highly effective and efficient finance and business operations. Roger joins DataSynapse from Concord Communications, a software company, where he was Vice-President of Finance. At Concord, he supported the M&A activity which resulted in three successful acquisitions, helped raise an $86M convertible bond debenture, successfully managed the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance effort. He supported the sales process of the company to Computer Associates, which resulted in a purchase price at 70% premium in 2005. Prior to Concord, Roger held senior finance positions at numerous high technology firms, including Scitex America, a manufacturer of hardware, software and equipment for the printing industry; Information Access Center, an IT outsourcing firm part of the Thomson Company. Roger started his finance career at a major Canadian bank, based in Montreal, Canada. Roger holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada and a MBA from the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada.

Jeff is responsible for sales and service delivery in North America and has a 15 plus year track record in enterprise software that spans business applications and state of the art infrastructure technology. Over the years Jeff and his teams have consistently delivered solid business results to the enterprise clients of both venture-backed start-ups and established companies. Prior to joining DataSynapse in 2005, Jeff held executive management positions at Pacific Edge Software (acquired by Serena), Primus Knowledge Solutions (acquired by ATG) as well as senior account management positions at Oracle Corporation. Jeff holds a BA degree from Lehigh University.

John brings over twenty years experience in software development and fifteen years management experience to his role as Senior Vice President, Engineering. As a technical leader at DataSynapse, he has directed key implementations in the company's GridServer product development and technical processes. John is responsible for technical product management, technical support, and internal IT. Prior to joining DataSynapse, he ran the global market data project at ILX Systems (Thompson Financial), extending ILX Systems's market data coverage to include exchanges and data providers in EMEA and Asia. John was instrumental in securing the first contract in this new market segment. His earlier work experience includes market data development at EF Hutton, data communications programming at Systems Strategies, and consulting in the educational and game programming areas. John has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Columbia College of Columbia University.

As Senior Vice President of Business Development at DataSynapse, Rick Moran and his team are responsible for managing new business opportunities in traditional and new markets, establishing global distribution channels and broadening strategic business and technology partner initiatives worldwide. Prior to his current position, Rick was Vice President of Sales for DataSynapse successfully launching several client engagements including: Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Genworth Financial and Nationwide among others. Rick joined DataSynapse from Redpoint Software, a leading enterprise risk management software company where he was founder and CEO. Previous to Redpoint, he served as Vice President and Head of Operations including finance, marketing and sales for Isis Distributed Systems. At Isis, Rick negotiated the sale of the company to Stratus Computer in 1993 and led the Isis subsidiary to 400 percent growth in the first year. Additionally, Rick ran his own consulting company for many years specializing in networked storage solutions.

James D. Maikranz has served as a non-executive director of IONA since July 2001. Mr. Maikranz was employed by J.D. Edwards & Company, a provider of collaborative software solutions, from October 1998 to March 2001, most recently as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to joining J.D. Edwards & Company, Mr. Maikranz was employed by SAP AG, a provider of e-business software solutions, from January 1992 to September 1998, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales. Mr. Maikranz has also served in senior executive positions for Computer Application Specialists, a software company specializing in the oil and gas industry, and Info Services, a company providing human resources based software applications. Mr. Maikranz was a founder and member of the board of directors of the Chaptec Solutions Company, a management consulting firm. Mr. Maikranz has been an advisory board member for i2 Technologies, Inc., a supply chain optimization company, and currently serves on the board of directors of Servigistics, Inc., a global service parts management solutions company, Taleo Corporation (formerly known as Recruitsoft, Inc.), a provider of on demand talent management solutions, and DataSynapse, Inc., a grid computing software application company.

Peter joined the RiskMetrics Group in January, 2000 where he is responsible for the financial, business development, and sales and marketing areas of the company. For the six years prior to his joining RiskMetrics, he was the co-founder and President of New Bond Trading, a Boston-based investment management firm. From 1979 to 1994, Peter worked at J.P. Morgan & Co., in a variety of new business development, capital commitment and risk management roles, primarily in the interest rate derivatives, fixed income trading, and debt capital markets areas. In 1987, he served on the Brady Commission to investigate the causes of the stock market crash. Peter graduated from Bowdoin College in 1979 with an A.B. degree in Economics.