Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Hampton Wall |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Bob Lutz |
CIO & Vice President |
| Ches Martin |
Vice President, Chief Information Officer |
| James Hagemeier |
CFO, COO & Executive Vice President |
| Tripp Shannon |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Vernon Warner |
Senior Vice President, Procurement Services Operations |
| Dan Block |
Vice President |
| Dan Rawlings |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
| David Furth |
Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Alliances |
| Del Putnam |
Vice President, Technology |
| Joe Infantino |
Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing |
| Kenneth J. Hamilton |
Vice President of Integrated Services |
| Kent Reese |
Vice President, Professional Services |
| Krista Sickles |
Vice President |
| Michael Precia |
Vice President of Sales and Account Management |
| Roy Owens |
Vice President, Global Sales Organization |
| Tom Ponich |
Vice President of North American Sales |
| Martial Gerardin |
Managing Director, Europe |
| Claudia Moore |
Marketing Director |
| Peter Lohri |
Director, Corporate Procurement and Supplier Diversity at Tiaa, Cref |
| Michael Bermudez |
Director |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
CIO & Vice President |
Current |
| TECO Energy, Inc. |
|
Former |
Ches Martin is the company's senior technologist with responsibility for all technical development and customer support functions. His inter-disciplinary team drives future technical advancements as well as continuous improvement of current technologies. Ches joined Perfect Commerce in January of 2006 as a part of the acquisition of Commerce One. Martin brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in enterprise applications and global business operations. Martin was President of Commerce One at the time of the acquisition and spent 7 years with Commerce One in its Professional Services division prior to assuming the responsibilities of President in August 2005. In Commerce One's Professional Services division, he was responsible for all facets of product delivery and customer satisfaction. During his tenure at Commerce One and Perfect, Martin has directed the successful implementation of approximately 100 customer projects ranging from single-site operations with fewer than 100 users to world-wide 24x365 operations with tens-of-thousands of users. Prior to joining Commerce One, Martin was a lead architect at Harbinger, Inc., a leading provider of EDI VAN services. As lead architect, he was instrumental in the successful implementation of numerous customers' eProcurement initiatives. Previously, Martin was a lead software analyst and architect at Clemson University responsible for implementing a variety of University Support systems.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Chief Information Officer |
Current |
| Commerce One, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Harbinger |
Architect |
Former |
| Clemson University |
|
Former |
| Clemson University |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
CFO, COO & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Synagro Technologies, Inc. |
corporate controller |
Former |
| Sam Houston State University |
Bachelor's Degree In Accounting |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Wachovia Bank |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Wachovia Bank |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Colgate University |
|
Former |
With a background in electro-mechanical engineering, Vern Warner has more than 16 years of experience in project management including a long tenure with Siemens VDO, where he lead a team of 50 engineering and technology associates involved in new product research and on-going continuous improvement initiatives. Vern holds 13 current and 3 pending U.S patents for technologies that range from electronic signal control, and test and measurement technologies, to spray development for fuel injection systems.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Procurement Services Operations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Purchase - Pro |
Vice President, Organizational Resources |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Microsoft Corporation |
|
Former |
| Gateway Computers |
|
Former |
| Syracuse University |
Degrees |
Former |
| Webster University |
Degrees |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| LogicalApps |
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Operations |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
Current |
As Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances, David is responsible for driving awareness of Perfect Commerce's brand in the market, establishing product direction, and coordinating alliance development with companies that expand the breadth of its offerings. David brings nearly 20 years of experience in procurement, information technology, and SRM-related applications to the company. Prior to joining Perfect Commerce, David was General Manager of North America for BasWare, a European-based invoice automation and purchasing software company. David has held senior management positions as Vice President, Strategic Alliance at RightWorks, an original player in the e-procurement space acquired by i2, as the Director/Practice Leader of the company's e-Sourcing Center of Excellence at Deloitte/DRT, and as the senior IT executive at Turner Construction Company, one of the world's largest general builders.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Alliances |
Current |
| Turner Construction Company |
Vice President |
Former |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Practice Leader |
Former |
| Turner Construction Company |
Director |
Former |
Array
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Technology |
Current |
| Christopher Newport University |
Degree In Computer Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing |
Current |
Array
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President of Integrated Services |
Current |
| Alfred University |
Master's Degree In Engineering |
Former |
As vice president of professional services, Kent Reese oversees Perfect Commerce's asset-based consulting services related to technology solution deployment, strategic sourcing and customer support. Prior to Perfect Commerce, Kent spent six years as a member of the IBM Procurement Services team, leading procurement transformations and e-Procurement implementations for many Fortune 100 companies. Before joining IBM, he worked in various leadership positions in Asea Brown Boveri AG (ABB), with the most recent post as the North America director of supply chain for ABB Power Generation, Inc. Prior to this, he served as global corporate supply manager at ABB's corporate headquarters.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Professional Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Vice President and Controller |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President of Sales and Account Management |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Vice President, Sales & Account Management |
Current |
As Vice President of Global Sales for Perfect Commerce, Roy Owens is responsible for directing all sales generation activities to both prospective and existing clients globally. Owens is a proven business development professional with 19 years of successful sales experience, including more than six years with Perfect Commerce. During his tenure at Perfect, he has worked on many of the companies largest deployments and helped clients generate meaningful bottom-line value from their spend management solutions. Prior to Perfect Commerce, Owens Co-Founded Owens & Morgan, Inc., a private label contract manufacturing business. He guided the company from start-up to a successful, profitable enterprise with more than 600 clients. Roy's career also includes managing the outsourced manufacturing operations for a leading retail chain, which included sourcing responsibilities for textiles world-wide.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President, Global Sales Organization |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Vice President of North American Sales |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Vice President, US Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Managing Director, Europe |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Managing Director, Europe |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Marketing Director |
Current |
Apax Partners is a global private equity group that invests in five industry sectors. Founded more than 30 years ago, the firm uses its sector expertise, deep local presence and broad global platform to create value for its stakeholders. Since 1995, over 65 companies owned by Apax Partners' Funds have gone public on stock markets around the world. At point of entry to market, these companies had a collective market capitalization of over $35 billion.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Director, Corporate Procurement and Supplier Diversity at Tiaa, Cref |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Endeavor Capital Management |
Founder |
Current |
| Endeavor Capital Management |
Managing General Partner |
Current |
| Endeavor Capital Management |
Manager |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Edelson Technology Partners |
General Partner |
Former |
| NWP Services Corporation |
investor, director and advisor |
Former |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation |
investor, director and advisor |
Former |
| Education Systems, LLC |
investor, director and advisor |
Former |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation |
Advisor |
Former |
| Chase Manhattan |
loan officer |
Former |
| New Court Securities Corporation |
Associate |
Former |
| Rothschild Inc. |
Associate |
Former |
| Michigan Capital |
Investment Officer |
Former |
| Harbinger |
|
Former |
| Catalina Marketing Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
David Brown is the Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners and a Vice President of Keystone, Inc. He leads Keystone's venture capital activities, including investments in 30 companies since 1998. He is also a general partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners (private equity investments), Oak Hill Securities (high yield trading), Oak Hill Strategic Partners (exchange fund) and Oak Hill Platinum Partners (hedge fund). Mr. Brown serves on the board of directors of Lattice Communications, MarketTools, Perfect Commerce, ProQuest, Sandial Systems, Sitara Networks and WideOpenWest. Prior to joining Keystone, Mr. Brown worked at Salomon Brothers where he was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. Brown holds a B.A. degree from Bowdoin College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Oak Hill Capital Partners |
General Partner |
Current |
| eGain Communications Corporation |
Managing Partner of Oak Hill Venture Partners |
Current |
| Sandial Systems, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Converged Access Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lattice Communications, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wide Open West |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| eGain Communications Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| MarketTools, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bowdoin College |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Oak Hill Capital Partners |
General Partner |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lattice Communications, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Stepnexus Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sandial Systems, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wide Open West |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| eGain Communications Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Voyager Learning Company |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Intelligent Markets, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| MarketTools, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Converged Access Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| ProQuest Company |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Bowdoin College |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Mr. Miller is a 1977 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in Ocean Engineering. In 1985, after serving for seven years in the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, Mr. Miller became the second full-time employee of Earl Industries. In 1989 he bought the company and has been its President and CEO since that time. Mr. Miller is active in the company's daily operations while at the same time, guiding the vision and execution of the company's aggressive growth strategy. The company now employs over 800 people with locations in all of the Navy's major homeport locations in the continental United States.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Quiet Solution, LLC |
Founder |
Current |
| Quiet Solution, LLC |
Chairman |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| Department of Commerce |
Senior Staff Economist |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Masters (economics and communication) |
Former |
| Columbia University |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Auctiondrop, Inc. |
Managing Director for Mobius Venture Capital |
Current |
| Mobius Venture Capital |
managing director |
Current |
| Clarus Systems, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Reametrix, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Primavera Design |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Planitax, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lrn Corporation |
Board Member |
Current |
| Finaplex, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Auctiondrop, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Mobius Venture Capital |
D. Rex |
Former |
| Morgan Stanley |
co-head |
Former |
| Salomon Brothers |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Amazon.com, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Volpe Brown Whelan |
|
Former |
| Securityfocus |
Board Member |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A. with distinction |
Former |
| Harvard College |
A.B. cum laude in Applied Mathematics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Echopass Corporation |
General Partner, Nea |
Current |
| Sierra Atlantic, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Polyserve, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Determine Software, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Scheduling.Com, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Echopass Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Berkeley International |
|
Former |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
|
Former |
| University of Chicago |
MBA |
Former |
| Purdue University |
BS in Mechanical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Prior to joining Mayfield, Yogen was a founding member of two successful startups, Claris Corporation and Metaphor Computer Systems. Yogen was also a member of the original Star and Ethernet development teams at Xerox and a co-author of the TCP Specification while at Stanford University. Yogen earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay where he was recently honored as a Distinguished Alum. He serves on the board of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a nationally acclaimed professional non-profit theater company in Ashland, Oregon, and on the board of Northern California Public Broadcasting (KQED, KTEH, KQET, KQEI). Yogen is a Charter Member of TiE and a former board member of the Entrepreneurs Foundation and TheatreWorks.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Mayfield |
Print Managing Director |
Current |
| Revenue Science, Inc |
Managing Director, Mayfield |
Current |
| Mayfield Fund |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Packet Design, Inc. |
Managing Partner, Mayfield |
Current |
| Outerbay Technologies, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Revenue Science |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mayfield |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Purchase - Pro |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Volomedia, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Adchemy, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Packet Design, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Narus, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Revenue Science, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Bevocal |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Theatreworks Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nuasis Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Postx Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Revenue Service |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Entrepreneurs Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Tcp-IP Incorporated |
co-developer |
Former |
| Slam Dunk Networks, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Claris Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Btech, Inc. |
Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology |
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology |
BTech in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Xerox PARC |
member |
Former |
| Entrepreneur.Com, Inc. |
member |
Former |