Mark is a results-driven, highly successful leader in the global technology and software industry with more than 30 years experience in marketing, finance, strategy, business development and executive management. He has led high technology organizations at every level through significant growth, international expansion and successful evolution.

Previously, as President and Chief Executive Officer of MatrixOne, Mark led the company to exponential growth in sales and revenue, established a world-class management team and led two rounds of venture financing and an initial public offering. His vision and leadership transformed the organization into the industry leader in product lifecycle management software and services, resulting in a growth in sales to from less than $20 million to $145 million and an eventual sale of the company for more than $400 million.

Prior to joining SAVO, Mark was President and CEO of Supply Scape Corporation, a leading software provider to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. He has also held positions at Digital Equipment Corporation. Mark has a Bachelor’s in Accounting from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Kurt Andersen is the Executive Vice President of Sales Enablement at SAVO. As the leader of SAVO’s Sales Enablement team, Kurt plays a critical role in helping clients develop a strategic vision for sales enablement, compelling business cases, and the efficient positioning of products and services to achieve their critical business initiatives. Kurt is a results-driven, highly successful leader in the global technology and software industry with more than 15 years’ experience in sales, marketing, solution strategy and business development.

Prior to joining SAVO, Kurt served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at NovaQuest LLC where he led the market development efforts for a regional start-up focused on providing solutions to customers’ product management lifecycle needs. Kurt also held the position of Vice President of Industry Solutions at SupplyScape Corporation, a leading software provider to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.

Kurt also spent 11 years at MatrixOne Inc. in a variety of roles including Global Solution Sales, Product Management and Marketing, and most recently Vice President of Industry Solution Strategy for Dassault Systemes. During his year tenure, Kurt was responsible for developing sales methodology, business value propositions and solution strategy to drive revenue across eight industry verticals.

Kurt is a graduate of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa with a BS in Industrial Technology.

Supporting and enhancing SAVO’s rapid growth and continued momentum, John McDonnell serves as Executive Vice President of Finance and brings more than 20 years of financial, operational, and strategic planning experience in the technology industry. At SAVO, John oversees all finance and accounting, planning, and legal functions.

Prior to joining SAVO, John served as Vice President and General Manager of LexisNexis Interface Software where he was responsible for leading the company’s strategy, daily operations and growth. He served in a wide range of roles since joining the company in 1997, last serving as Chief Financial Officer overseeing operations until Interface Software’s 2004 acquisition by LexisNexis. In this role, McDonnell helped lead the company through significant revenue growth, maintained profitability, and both enhanced and expanded the company’s operations.

John has also served as a senior manager in the Sales Finance division of Kraft Foods and as a senior manager within the high technology practice at KPMG Peat Marwick. His clients have included Motorola, Galileo, and Zebra Technologies. John, a Certified Public Accountant, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Marquette University.

In his 25 year career the former Green Beret Captain has served in a leadership role for multiple leading technology companies. In addition to his position at Salesforce.com, Rudy served in a similar role at SAP America. Rudy was also Vice President of Worldwide Sales for think3 and spent 10 years in leadership positions at Parametric Technology (PTC) including Senior Vice President of Americas.

Rudy received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, with a minor in math from Indiana University PA and simultaneously was awarded a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army and recognized as a Distinguished Military Graduate. He also obtained a Master of Science degree in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University.

Active in his local community, Mr. Rudy is involved as a leader with his local church. He is a Board Member at Xavier University, as well as a mentor for students, and he volunteers alongside his family at Bethany House, a Cincinnati-area shelter for abused and unwed mothers and their children. He also serves as a precinct judge for the Cincinnati Board of Elections where he supervises the election process and the running of a precinct in primary and general elections.

Jane’s career includes over 25 years of experience as a senior executive, leadership consultant and executive advisor to senior management teams and boards of directors. Jane brings an in depth understanding of organization dynamics, corporate structures, and the roles of the individuals and organizations.

Jane has particular expertise in developing leadership, organizations and systems that position companies to respond to rapid changes in technologies and markets. She has extensive experience in all phases of mergers, acquisitions and consolidations as well as leading a company through the IPO process. She has designed and implemented innovative and progressive programs and processes for executive and employee development, succession planning, leadership assessment and cross cultural and diversity workplace issues. She has been successful in leading intact and virtual teams to achieve organization and company goals.

Prior to SAVO, Jane worked with established and emerging organizations in a diverse group of industries including technology, financial services, manufacturing, and insurance. Jane’s leadership and executive positions include Vice President Human Resources Millipore Corporation and Senior Vice President Human Resources at Cullinet Software, Inc., Bank of Ireland/First Holdings and MatrixOne, Inc. respectively.

Jane holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from The American University.

David has more than 20 years of experience working with large enterprises to transform their sales, marketing and customer service functions. In his role as leader of SAVO Consulting, David oversees the creation of SAVO’s business transformation consulting offerings, the development of SAVO’s strategic methodologies, and the delivery of all of SAVO’s client engagements globally.

David has served as a strategic consultant to sales and marketing leaders across a broad range of industries, including extensive experience in financial services, healthcare, business services, legal, and technology. As a management consultant he has worked with hundreds of clients to dramatically improve business performance, with a focus on top-line revenue growth. As a practice leader and business unit executive, he has held responsibility for strategy, operations and business performance of consulting, training, and customer service functions.

David has more than 10 years of experience in management consulting at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as a principal in the Market and Customer Management practice. He has built and led consulting, training and customer service organizations for E.piphany, LexisNexis, and Applied Systems.

David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Brian Study is SAVO’s Chief Customer Officer. In this role, he has overall responsibility for the success of SAVO’s customers throughout the lifetime of their relationship with SAVO. Brian and his team work with SAVO’s clients and prospects to understand how SAVO fits in their business and technology architecture and helps ensure each client has access to SAVO’s best practices around our product and sales enablement.

In addition to sales enablement, Brian has extensive background in CRM technology integration, content management, portals, technology program management, and the organizational issues related to technology implementation. He has more than 20 years of experience using information technology to help clients create and implement solutions that enable change and achieve results.

Prior to SAVO, Brian was Vice President/Associate Director Digitas, a marketing consulting firm. In this role, Brian provided content management and web development expertise to Digitas’ clients and led the technology enablement practices for the Chicago office. Prior to joining Digitas, Brian held a variety of leadership positions at Roundarch and Deloitte Consulting.

Brian has a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Sam Zawaideh is SAVO’s Executive Vice President of Products and Solutions. With more than 24 years of executive technology experience, Sam is responsible for driving the vision, technology and execution for SAVO’s product strategy, engineering operations, and product development functions.

Prior to SAVO Sam was Chief Product Officer for Dyadem Int. Ltd, where he was responsible for successfully growing, transforming and building the strategy, technology, services, and support of the company in less than three years into an enterprise software provider which was acquired by IHS in 2011. Prior to that Sam served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Strategic Customers at Dassualt Systemes where he addressed the technical solution and strategic needs of some of the world’s largest enterprises.

Prior to that Sam served as Senior Vice President of Products and Solutions and Customer Service for MatrixOne driving its products and solution strategy and execution. Sam was part of the executive team that drove the growth and IPO of MatrixOne and its sale in 2006. As Vice President of Global Service from 1996-2000 Sam drove the creation and growth of MatrixOne services business to over $70M. Sam also held a number of senior management and senior technical positions at Adra systems, Sherpa Corp and Johnson Controls.

Sam holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Computer Engineering from Manhattan College in New York, and was a PhD candidate in Software Engineering at Wayne State University.