The OpenPages® management team has deep experience generated through leadership positions at top technology and Internet software companies including Intel, MRO Software, Netegrity, Sybase, GTE and Shiva. OpenPages' senior management team:
As President and CEO, Michael Duffy is responsible for both corporate strategy and operational performance. Based on his vision, OpenPages has emerged as the leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions for the world’s leading companies and has been recognized throughout the industry for its product innovation and dedication to customer success. Under his leadership, OpenPages has achieved record growth resulting in its inclusion in the Inc 500 list of fastest-growing private companies, in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing companies and in the Red Herring 100, the award given to the top 100 private technology companies.
In 2007 and in 2004, Treasury and Risk Management Magazine named Duffy as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance. In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Duffy received a B.S. degree in Accountancy from Bentley College.
You can find Michael Duffy on Twitter @duffymichael
As Chief Financial Officer, Mary Jefts is responsible for all the financial and administrative operations of the company. She brings more than 15 years of financial leadership experience and a track record of success to OpenPages. Before joining OpenPages, Jefts was Vice President of Finance at Netegrity, Inc., a public company traded on the NASDAQ, where as a member of the senior management team she was responsible for directing all financial activities, including the design and implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley certification process.
Prior to Netegrity, Jefts was Vice President of Finance for Prime Response, Inc., also a public company traded on the NASDAQ, where she was responsible for directing all financial and administrative activities including strategic finance, accounting, tax, treasury, budgeting, contracts management, SEC and management reporting, as well as facilities, information technology and human resources. She began her career as an auditor with Coopers and Lybrand.
Jefts holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Bentley College and is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts.
As Vice President, Marketing, Gordon M. Burnes is responsible for leading the company’s marketing and partnership efforts to help drive OpenPages’ revenue growth. Burnes brings to OpenPages seventeen years of experience working with high growth companies. Burnes comes to OpenPages from McNamee Lawrence, a boutique investment bank focused on the information technology sector, where he provided strategic financial advisory services to mid-market software companies.
Prior to McNamee Lawrence, Burnes held a variety of marketing and business development roles in emerging technology companies. As vice president of marketing and business development at Wheelhouse, Burnes managed corporate and product marketing as well as ISV alliances and technology partnerships. Prior to joining Wheelhouse, Burnes was responsible for product marketing at GTE Internetworking’s IP Telecom division. Before that, Burnes held several different product marketing and product management roles at Shiva Corporation.
Burnes has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from Harvard University.
As Vice President of Americas, Tim Clewley brings more than 20 years of sales, solution consulting and account management experience where he has been instrumental in creating value-based selling methodologies to maximize win rates while building long-term customer relationships. Clewley spent the last 15 years in the financial services arena - most recently with Open Solutions, where he was senior vice president and general manager with responsibility for the banking and complementary products groups.
Prior to Open Solutions, Clewley spent seven years as SVP of sales and account management at P&H Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of Web-based corporate cash management solutions. Prior to P&H Solutions Clewley served as vice president of sales at BancWare, a Sungard Company, beginning with responsibilities for North America, and building a successful combination of direct sales efforts and reseller relationships in South America and the Asia/Pacific region. Clewley also served as director of sales for Leading Market Technologies where he also managed their New York and London offices.
Clewley graduated with a BA from the University of Vermont.
As Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), David Gray is responsible for leading the company’s operations and strategy in EMEA. With nearly 20 years experience in enterprise sales and the provision of mission critical client solutions, Gray has been instrumental in leading the expansion of the OpenPages EMEA operations. He has a track record of defining a set of strategies and building teams to execute efficiently in the field, in order to enable sustainable growth of the business. Since Gray’s appointment in 2007, OpenPages’ EMEA presence has expanded significantly, while its revenues and client base have more than doubled.
Prior to OpenPages, Gray was the UK Managing Director for Cartesis, a leading Business Performance Management (BPM) vendor, where he grew core revenues by more than 400%, and established a robust client focused operation. He has managed numerous successful sales initiatives and teams at enterprise solution providers including Business Objects, Knowledge Management Software, Sun Microsystems and IBM.
Gray holds a Joint BA honors degree in History and Politics from the University of Nottingham.
As Vice President of Product Management, Michael Knox leads a team of talented product managers focused on delivering integrated risk management solutions critical for our clients to drive their risk management and compliance programs. The product management team works closely with customers, industry leaders, and our services team to collect, analyze and prioritize market requirements and also owns the design and definition of OpenPages offerings.
Prior to his current role, Knox led the global services and support teams at OpenPages, responsible for implementation, education and support of our client base.
Earlier in his career, Knox held Customer and Professional Services leadership roles for industry leaders such as Intel, Shiva Corporation, Astea International and Saddlebrook. At Intel Network Systems (formerly Shiva Corporation), Knox was responsible for all aspects of Customer Service and Support for the Americas and the Asia Pacific Regions. In this role, Knox set strategic direction and defined and managed a wide variety of Customer Service programs and initiatives that led to substantial increases in client satisfaction ratings and dramatic operating margin improvement. Prior to Shiva Corporation, Knox was responsible for technical support operations for Astea’s Customer Service Management applications. At Saddlebrook, he held roles in technical support and account management.
Andrea Valente serves as Vice President of Global Services at OpenPages where she brings over 20 years of Professional Services and Sales management experience. She joined OpenPages from Phase Forward, a software firm focused on the clinical development lifecycle, where she was Vice President of Global Service Delivery of the Clinical Development Center product. Prior to this role, she was Vice President, US Services responsible for the flagship Electronic Data Capture product, InForm.
Prior to Phase Forward, Andrea was Director of Managed Services for New England at Siemens Business Services. She was responsible for delivery of all outsourced IT Services for the Siemens client portfolio in this region.
Andrea has also held strategic client management and sales roles at both Phase Forward and Siemens.
Andrea holds an AB in Government and English from Georgetown University and an International Management Certificate from the European Foundation for Management Development.
As Vice President of Engineering, Rich Hanagan leads the product development efforts for the company’s line of enterprise risk management solutions. Hanagan has over 20 years of industry experience. Over the last 5 years he has led the development of key components of the OpenPages Enterprise GRC Platform, including the meta-data driven repository, workflow, and the reporting subsystem.
Prior to joining OpenPages, Rich served in various management and technical leadership roles focusing on the development of large-scale distributed object-oriented systems. As Director of Software Development at Youthstream Media Networks, Rich was responsible for their metadata driven platform providing programming-free site construction, content management, and publishing. At Teloquent Communications Rich was responsible for architecting and implementing J2EE applications. Prior to Teloquent, Rich served in varying management and engineering roles at Object Design where he worked on their object oriented database product as well as the distributed commercial applications built on the technology. Rich holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, with a minor in Economics.
In his role as Vice President of Human Resources, George Hotter has been instrumental in developing the core values under which OpenPages operates. His foundation has created the customer-centric, high-energy work environment that has resulted in OpenPages early leadership position in the enterprise risk management market.
Previously Hotter was the Director of Recruiting and Human Resources with Extraprise, a CRM consulting services company. While there, he led an international recruiting effort that brought nearly 500 hires to the company in the United States and Europe in 3 years. He also managed the assimilation efforts for Extraprise's international acquisitions. Prior to that, he served as the Human Resource Manager for GTE Internetworking, where he managed national recruiting efforts and filled more than 140 positions in 12 months. He also developed an executive leadership-training program focused on sales leadership, increasing sales productivity in all regions while reducing employee turnover.
Hotter holds a bachelor of science in business administration and organizational management from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Additionally, he holds the PHR certification as recognized by the Society of Human Resource Management and has taken advanced human resource management training at Bentley College.