Management Team

Todd Wille, President and Chief Executive Officer

Todd Wille has served as president and chief executive officer since November 2000. He rejoined the Company in October 2000 as the chief operating officer and acting chief financial officer. Mr. Wille originally joined Unify in August 1995 and served until 1997 as the corporate controller, vice president, finance, and chief financial officer. Before returning to Unify, Mr. Wille was with FRx Software Corporation serving as the vice president of finance and chief financial officer and senior vice president of operations. In 2008, Mr. Wille was named Best Turnaround Executive in America by the American Business Awards (ABA), also known as the Stevie Awards. Mr. Wille received a B.A. degree in business administration with concentrations in accounting and finance and management information systems from Wartburg College.

Steven Bonham, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Steven Bonham joined the Company in June 2005, as vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. Before joining Unify, Mr. Bonham was the chief financial officer for LexisNexis/Examen, a subsidiary of LexisNexis, from 1997-2005. Prior to LexisNexis/Examen, Mr. Bonham spent nine years with Foundation Health Corporation, a former Fortune 500 publicly traded managed care insurance company, most recently serving as the vice president of finance for Foundation’s, California Heath Plan. Mr. Bonham, a licensed certified public accountant, has a B.S. degree in accounting from California State University, Sacramento.

Duane George, Vice President of Product Development and CTO 

Duane George has served as vice president of product development and CTO since July 2006. Mr. George is responsible for Unify’s Technical Services Group which includes product development, customer support, training, documentation, quality control and assurance. Mr. George provides technical vision, leads all aspects of the company’s technology development and plays an integral role in shaping the company’s strategic direction, development and future growth. He is responsible for refining the technology strategy for Company products and services and implementing projects aligned to that strategy and delivering all technology applications, systems and solutions that are core to the Company’s offerings. Mr. George has been in the information technology and engineering industries for over 25 years. He began his career as an engineer with the Department of Defense managing the acquisition and implementation of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems. Subsequently, Mr. George joined the US Space Command to manage strategic space defense initiatives and satellite Command Control and Communication (C3) programs. He eventually moved into software development, customer support and project management with an emphasis on customer satisfaction. Mr. George joined Unify in 1995 and has been a core member of the support, consulting and product development teams. He earned his B.S. in engineering from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Glenn Rhodes, Vice President of Marketing and CMO

Glenn Rhodes joined the Unify in February 2010, as vice president of marketing and chief marketing officer. He is responsible for leading all aspects of Unify’s marketing organization as the Company accelerates its growth and leadership in the content archiving and eDiscovery markets. Glenn has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, having held key management roles in marketing, sales, strategy and consulting for leading technology firms. Prior to joining Unify, Mr. Rhodes served as vice president of marketing at CA, Inc where his leadership and direction led to growth in both revenue and new channel partner recruitment in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific for the company’s storage and information management software line. Prior to CA, at Symantec, he led development of a new solution sales and marketing program at Symantec that drove multi-million dollar revenue growth and unified messaging and positioning for both information security and storage management software technologies. Preceding Symantec, Mr. Rhodes served on the leadership team at Arkivio, Inc., where he spearheaded marketing for the company’s industry leading information lifecycle management (ILM) storage software solution later acquired by Rocket Software. Previously, at HP, Mr. Rhodes orchestrated the successful market development of HP’s Surestore network storage solutions. He began his career in sales at NCR and was recognized for his sales performance. Mr. Rhodes holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Northern Illinois University, College of Business.

Mark Bygraves, Senior Vice President of EMEA Sales

Mark Bygraves joined the Company in November 2006 as part of the acquisition of Gupta Technologies, where he had served since February 2002, most recently as Managing Director. Mr. Bygraves has since served as Vice President and General Manager for both the Database and Archiving divisions and is now responsible for driving sales for Unify's entire portfolio of database, migration and archiving solutions, through the reseller, distribution and direct channels. Mr. Bygraves has worked in the IT industry for 25 years, holding a number of senior positions, most recently from January 1999 to January 2002 as Director of Channels at Hitachi Data Systems. Prior to Hitachi Data Systems, Mr. Bygraves was the Sales Director of Transformation Software, a specialist storage distributor where he was responsible for establishing and developing markets for a number of the worlds leading software and hardware vendors.

Frank Verardi, Vice President of Americas and APAC Sales

Frank Verardi has served in an executive officer position since 2000 and has been with Unify for more than 20 years. Mr. Verardi is currently responsible for Americas and APAC sales. Mr. Verardi served as vice president and general manager of Unify Business Solutions from May 2005 to April 2007, where he oversaw the sales and marketing for the Company’s technology products. From June 2003 to April 2005, he served as vice president of technical services, and from May 2001 to May 2003, he served as vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. Prior to these positions, Mr. Verardi served in various management positions, including vice president of worldwide professional services, vice president of worldwide product delivery and customer support, and director of client services. Mr. Verardi joined the Company in August 1988. Before joining Unify, Mr. Verardi held various positions with Computer Sciences Corporation, including director of commercial professional services. Mr. Verardi received a B.S. degree in computer science from California State University, Chico.

Kevin R. Kane, Vice President of Sales

Kevin R. Kane joined Unify in January 2007 and is responsible for driving market adoption for the Company's service-oriented architecture (SOA) modernization product portfolio. Mr. Kane brings demonstrated sales success in growing top-line revenue for several enterprise software companies. Most recently he served as the global sales director for Sacramento, California based Meridian Systems from 2005 to 2007. Trimble Navigation acquired Meridian Systems in late 2006. Prior to Meridian Systems, Mr. Kane assisted in launching VIEO, now Censure, as a senior sales executive from 2004 to 2005. Prior to VIEO, Mr. Kane was with Dazel Corporation which was acquired by HP Printing and Imaging Division from 1999 to 2004. Prior to HP, Mr. Kane held various sales management positions with Tivoli Systems, an IBM software company, Beyond Software, acquired by NEON Systems and Sterling Software, acquired by Computer Associates. Mr. Kane received his B.A. degree in business management from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Steve Soren, Vice President of Business Development

Steven Soren joined Unify in August 2008 in the newly created position of Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Soren is responsible for sales and developing new relationships in the government sector. Mr. Soren has extensive experience with federal, state and local government sales, the creation and management of specialized solution groups, and automated migration solutions for the mainframe. He most recently served as the Vice President, public sector for Ateras, Before Ateras, he was the Director of Mainframe Business Development at Computer Associates.

Jennifer McNeill, Vice President of Business Development

Jennifer McNeill joined Unify in February 2009 as a result of Unify’s acquisition of CipherSoft Inc., where Jennifer served as CEO. She is responsible for business development, building upon her expertise in the Information Technology industry, including an emphasis on software conversions, business management, and project planning. Ms. McNeill led CipherSoft to be named in Profit Magazine’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies for 2005. Ms. McNeill has built a solid reputation as an Information Technology expert through her speaking

 

Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board - Steve D. Whiteman

Steven D. Whiteman has served as a director of the Company since May 1997. In August 2004, he was appointed chairman of the board. Mr. Whiteman previously served as the president and chief executive officer of Intesource, an Internet based procurement service specifically for the food industry. From June 2000 to May 2002, he worked as an independent consultant. From May 1993 until June 2000, Mr. Whiteman served as president of Viasoft, Inc. (“Viasoft”), a publicly traded software products and services company. From February 1994 to June 2000, Mr. Whiteman also served as chief executive officer and director of Viasoft, and from April 1997 to June 2000, he served as chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Whiteman is also a director of Intesource, Actuate Corporation, and Flypaper Inc. Mr. Whiteman holds a B.A. degree in business administration from Taylor University and a M.B.A. from the University of Cincinnati.

Director - Tim Bacci

Tim Bacci is the co-founder of BlueLine Partners, a Calif.-based strategic opportunities fund with more than $100 million in assets invested in small, publicly-traded, and undervalued healthcare and IT companies. Prior to BlueLine, he spent 15 years in executive positions for software companies, including serving as chairman and interim CEO of Instant802 Networks and CEO of siteROCK Corp. He was a co-founder of Vicinity Corporation, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. Additionally, he has served as a consultant to several early stage technology companies addressing areas relating to corporate strategy and executive recruiting. Mr. Bacci holds a B.S. in engineering from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot.

Director - Robert Bozeman

Robert M. Bozeman was appointed director in January of 2008. Mr. Bozeman currently serves as an advisor to companies in the technology industry. He is experienced in business operations, venture capital investment, and mergers and acquisitions having previously served in the capacities of CEO and Board Member for a variety of software, information services and computer supplier companies. Mr. Bozeman's last operating role was as CEO for Bricsnet from July, 2003 through November, 2004; prior to that - from November, 1997 through December, 2003, Mr. Bozemen was General Partner of Angel Investors LP for both its Fund I and Fund II. Investments by the firm included Ask Jeeves, Brightmail, Google, Opsware, and PayPal. In addition, many of Angel Investors LP investments became successful acquisitions, including AOL’s acquisition of Spinner, Microsoft’s acquisitions of eQuil, MongoMusic and Vacation Spot and Sybase’s acquisition of AvantGo!. Mr. Bozeman is currently on the Board and/or is an advisor to AkiiRa, Become.com, Pacific Art Group, Restoration Partners and Vortex.

Director - Richard M. Brooks

Richard M. Brooks has served as a director of the company since August 2005. Since September 2006, Mr. Brooks has been a partner with Tatum LLC, a national Executive consulting services Company. With Tatum LLC, Mr Brooks has acted as the project lead on a variety of IT and finance assignments, including acting as the interim CFO for a public company, Pixelworks. Mr. Brooks previously served as chief executive officer for VantageMed, a public company, from April 2002 to December 2004. In addition, Mr Brooks served as a director of VantageMed Corporation from March 2001 to January 2005 and was appointed chairman of that board in May of 2002. Mr. Brooks received a B.S. in business administration with emphasis in finance and accounting from Oregon State University.

Director - Tery R. Larrew

Tery R. Larrew has served as a director of the Company since May 2002. Mr. Larrew is the founding and managing partner of Caddis Capital LLC, a private equity firm that specializes in income oriented investments with strong equity appreciation including International Gaming and Entertainment; Energy – Oil & Gas Exploration and Production; Real Estate - Mobile Home Communities, Apartment Complexes, Self Storage Units and Unimproved Land; Natural Resources – Water and Secured Debt/Hard Asset financing. Until 2005, Mr. Larrew served as the President and CEO of Vericept Corporation, a provider of network-based early warning and misuse prevention solutions, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Prior to joining Vericept in 2002, Mr. Larrew co-founded IQ3G, a mobile services company, in 2000. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Larrew was the chairman and chief executive officer of a start-up e-communication company, UPDATE Systems, Inc. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Larrew served as President of the Database Marketing Services Division of Metromail/CIC. He is a graduate of Colorado State University with a B.S. degree in business administration and serves on the Global Leadership Council for the Colorado State University School of Business.

Director - Robert J. Majteles

Robert J. Majteles is the managing partner of Treehouse Capital LLC, an investment firm he founded in order to make investments of time and money in interesting people doing worthy things. Treehouse’s portfolio of private and public technology companies have been very successful in a wide array of markets and circumstances. Mr. Majteles often serves as an active and involved board member for the companies in Treehouse's portfolio and also serves as an advisory partner to a variety of investment funds. In addition, Mr. Majteles is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Program at the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclbe.htm. Prior to launching Treehouse, Mr. Majteles was the chief executive officer of three different technology companies, succeeding twice in generating superior investment returns for his shareholders and failing once. In addition, Mr. Majteles has also been an investment banker and a mergers and acquisitions attorney. Mr. Majteles is a frequent lecturer, speaker, and panelist on a wide range of topics including board governance and value added, investment process and methodology, and entrepreneurial strategic planning and metrics-driven business model execution. Mr. Majteles received a law degree from Stanford University in 1989 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1986.

Director - Todd Wille

(see above)