Poul Nielsen, CEO & President
Poul has more than 25 years of experience in distributed systems management and more than 13 years of executive management experience with Altiris Inc., Computing Edge, and Computer Associates. During his time at Altiris, Poul served as Vice President of Product Strategy, Marketing, and Corporate Development. Under Poul's direction, Altiris pioneered the concept of IT Lifecycle Management and the razor-n-blade model for systems management, while Computing Edge's Web-based architecture served as the integration platform for its suite of products. Altiris acquired Computing Edge in 2000 where Poul was President and COO.
In the late 90s, Poul served as AVP of Research and Development at Computer Associates and was responsible for several components of Unicenter TNG. Poul started his technical career at Digital Equipment Corporation where he spent 12 years in various development, program management, and technical director roles. Poul received a BS in Computer Science from Central Connecticut State University.
Barry Meyer, CTO
Barry is presently the CTO of TriActive and is the architect of TriActive's current and future product strategy. Prior to TriActive, Barry served as Director of Software Development and Director of New Product Development for The ForeFront Group. At ForeFront, Barry's products formed the basis for the foundation, growth, and eventual IPO of the ForeFront Group. ForeFront was later acquired by CBT Group, PLC which is now SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL). Prior to ForeFront, Barry served as project lead for the Virtual Notebook System (VNS) at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). This work resulted in the eventual formation of the The ForeFront Group, the first pure software spinoff from Baylor College of Medicine. Barry has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Dana Canada, CFO
Dana has over 23 years of experience in Corporate Finance. Prior to joining TriActive, she served as VP of Finance at The Kernel Group and was responsible for all aspects of financial management. As a member of the executive management team at TKG, Dana helped secure $5.5 Million in the first round of venture capital and participated in the negotiation and subsequent sale of TKG to Veritas Software.
Dana has also done extensive consulting, serving as a partner in an Austin-based Tax and Finance Consultancy. Her responsibilities included general business consulting, CFO consulting, and audit and tax consulting. Dana started her career in Finance with Coopers & Lybrand and quickly moved into executive management positions. Dana is a registered CPA and graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1980 with honors in Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.
Ron Halversen, VP Marketing
Ron joined TriActive as the Vice President in charge of Marketing and Product Management. Ron has held management positions with WordPerfect, LANSystems, Novell, and for the last seven years, Vice President of Product Management and Delivery at Altiris. Managing all of their products from Altiris’ start-up beginning, Ron helped design and manage products for Compaq, HP, and Dell, as well as being instrumental in early business development relationships that started the many Altiris acquisitions.
With a strong technical background including extensive studies in Design Engineering, Ron received certifications from WordPerfect, Novell, and Microsoft. Ron received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in design engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.
Scott Robertson, VP Channel Development Throughout his successful career, Scott has held executive positions demonstrating his leadership and business development skills. Prior to joining TriActive, Scott was VP of Channel Sales for Everdream, a software as a service company operating in the same space as TriActive. As Channel Sales Manager at Exigen, a leading provider of enterprise-level business process management solutions, Scott managed the successful development of key strategic alliances and partnerships including Xerox and IBM. At Autovia, an on demand buying network for the automotive industry, Scott served as Vice President of Sales and National Accounts, where his team pioneered software as a service for the automotive vertical. Immediately prior to this at Triad Systems, a provider of ERP solutions for automotive, Scott held numerous executive sales and channel roles over his seventeen years with the company. Scott received his BS in Finance and Business from University of Oregon.
Raymond Eifler, VP Service & Support
Raymond served as the VP of Global Information Systems for Altiris inc. when it was acquired by Symantec in April of 2007. In his role at Altiris, he transformed the IT department into a global infrastructure capable of supporting a business boasting a high growth rate, demanding customers, and innovative software development teams. He has held a majority of IT positions including software design, software development, relationship management, project management, technical support, database architecture, data management, hardware and data center operations, and senior management.
Raymond began his career in telecommunications, and during his 15 years in that industry, garnered both start-up and global operations experience. This included a pivotal year serving as an IT liaison in a customer facing call center. It was here that Raymond began to develop his own 'service strategy' for IT management.
Raymond moved into the software industry in 2002, where he scaled the infrastructure at Wise Solutions for high growth. He served as the Senior Information Technology Strategist over the infrastructure, when Wise was acquired by Altiris in December 2003. Raymond had automated a majority of Quote-to-Cash functions at Wise and immediately saw an opportunity to help Altiris do the same.
Raymond has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and a Masters of Information Technology Management from Lawrence Technological University in Michigan.
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