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Phil Myers
Chief Executive Officer, Board MemberPhil joined StoredIQ as CEO in 2010, bringing 29 years of experience in developing market-leading businesses in the technology industry. He is responsible for StoredIQ’s overall strategic direction and executive management. Phil has managed three successful start-up companies, taking them through their growth stages to become $100m+ businesses. In addition, he has also led two initial public offerings and created seven hit products. Phil’s background includes serving as chairman and CEO at Cyclone Commerce, a collaborative commerce business, which is now part of Axway; president at SalesLogix, a market leader in CRM, which was acquired by Sage Software; and vice president at Novadigm, a distributed systems management company, which is now a division of Hewlett-Packard.
Tapping into his entrepreneurial spirit and extensive management expertise, in 2009 Phil co-founded PerformanceEdge Partners, a business development firm focused on creating successful outcomes for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). Before starting PerformanceEdge Partners, he was president of Pragmatic Marketing where he co-authored the best selling business book, Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities that lead to Business Breakthroughs. Phil is a frequent speaker and has served as a consultant and instructor on the topics of leadership and business acceleration strategies.
James Schellhase
President and Chief Operating OfficerAs president and COO of StoredIQ, James is responsible for the company’s worldwide finance and operations; he oversees the day to day management of the company and plays a key role in the continued development of strategic partner relationships. James brings a wealth of executive leadership, as well as technology and venture business experience to the company; he has a proven track record of achieving immediate and long-term profits and shareholder value.
Prior to joining StoredIQ in 2007, James was COO and general partner at Techxas Ventures, where he successfully established all financial, operational, and reporting systems and controls to maximize productivity and functionality for the firm. Prior to Techxas Ventures, James was president and CEO of Rodeer Systems, an industry leading medical transcription company. Prior to Rodeer Systems, James was the COO at IntelliQuest Information Group, which grew from a 20-person start-up to a profitable, rapidly growing technology marketing research company that completed successful initial and secondary public offerings with a market capitalization of $300 million. James also held executive positions at Jones and Neuse and First Federal Savings. He started his career with Deloitte and Touche in their financial services and mergers and acquisitions group. James has served on the Board of Directors for numerous technology companies, charitable and civic organizations.
Tom Bishop
Chief Technology Officer
As chief technology officer, Tom is responsible for StoredIQ’s overall technology vision and strategy. Tom is a recognized and award-winning CTO, and brings over 30 years of experience in senior technology and strategy roles at a variety of pioneering systems management solution vendors.
Bishop was the former chief technology officer of IBM Tivoli, where he created and led Tivoli’s distributed systems management technology and products. After Tivoli, Bishop served as CTO of VIEO, Inc., where he was named “Chief Technology Officer of the Year” by InfoWorld magazine. As vice president and chief technology officer at BMC Software, Bishop was responsible for product vision and direction, including advancing Atrium, the company’s innovative open-architected foundation for Business Service Management solutions. Most recently Bishop served as CTO of IronStratus (formerly Conformity) and prior to Conformity he was vice president of engineering for Storspeed.
Tom holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Marque Teegardin
Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Marque is a distinguished executive sales leader who brings more than 25 years of exceptional results in recruiting, building and leading enterprise sales teams. His experience, energy and innovative sales system plays an instrumental role in continuing the explosive growth StoredIQ has enjoyed over the past several years.
Prior to joining StoredIQ, Teegardin spent five years as Vice President of Sales for NICE Systems, an Israeli based global leader in the contact center industry by providing companies the ability to capture, analyze, and impact customer interactions . He was responsible for reshaping much of the sales culture at NICE that enjoyed unprecedented growth over his tenure. He created the company's first Major account program, rebuilt its Global accounts business and lead much of the Americas regional business to record revenues in 2011 of upwards of $175M. Prior to NICE, he was VP North American Sales at CollabNet, the worldwide leader of on-demand, distributed software development solutions. Under his leadership, Teegardin was able to grow sales by nearly 40 percent and was responsible for securing two of the largest deals in company history. The foundation of Teegardin's enterprise software career started at PTC, the leader in product lifecycle management solutions, where he held various sales leadership positions over the span of eight years, advancing to the level of Senior Vice President.
H.E. Buddy Wilson
Vice President, Business Development
Buddy brings 30 years of executive, channel sales, direct sales and business development experience in the technology industry to StoredIQ. Most recently, Buddy served as vice president in Symantec’s GSPS and channel organizations. While in this role, Buddy was responsible for the Dell global relationship, more than doubling the enterprise revenue through Dell – or close to 5% of Symantec’s overall $6B business. Buddy joined Symantec in 2006, through Symantec’s acquisition of BindView Corporation where he held the position of global director of alliance sales. Here he managed a substantial pipeline with partners like CSC, Dell, Accenture, and Ernst & Young.
Preceding BindView, Buddy consulted for three years, helping a portfolio of small companies in the high tech industry raise funds and develop their channel and sales strategies. Before beginning his consulting tenure, Buddy held the position of senior vice president of business development for Alchemedia, Inc., an information security company. Prior to Alchemedia, Buddy held business development and strategic sales positions with Kurion, WebTrends Corporation, where he contributed greatly to WebTrends successful IPO and the eventual merger with NetIQ, Smart Technologies (now a part of i2 Technologies), and Symantec where he served as worldwide director of system integrator alliances and strategic sales partnerships. His career also includes managerial and single contributor positions at Central Point Software, Software Publishing Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Sperry Corporation / Unisys.
Ellis Ishaya
Vice President, OperationsEllis manages all product operations at StoredIQ. In this role, he is responsible for creating, implementing and managing the company's product logistics, support, professional services, and training programs for customers and partners.
Ellis joins StoredIQ with a wealth of industry knowledge, a proven track record and over 15 years of experience. Prior to StoredIQ, Ellis was vice president of services and support for Kazeon Systems, where his responsibilities included training, support and professional services. Before joining Kazeon, Ellis was vice president of professional services at EVault, a Seagate company; during his tenure at EVault he built a profitable consulting and managed services organization that grew from under two percent to over fifteen percent of total company revenue in less than two years. In addition, he has led professional services and support organizations for ePeople, Primus, and Imparto Software Corporation. Ellis also spent several years at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was responsible for managing the west, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions for its IAS consulting group.
Ursula Talley
Vice President, MarketingAs the vice president of marketing at StoredIQ, Ursula is responsible for the company's marketing direction and initiatives, including brand strategy and positioning, demand generation, communications, and product and channel marketing.
Prior to joining StoredIQ in 2007, Ursula served as vice president of marketing for Neverfail Group, where she managed the strategic launch of the company's brand in the United States. Under her marketing direction, Neverfail became a leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection solutions. Prior to Neverfail, Ursula was a consultant assisting companies to successfully accelerate their business growth; clients included NOP World subsidiaries, Symmetrics, Neverfail and Journee Software. Ursula has also served as marketing director for 724 Solutions and TANTAU Software, and played a key role in 724 Solutions' $375 million acquisition of TANTAU and subsequent successful integration process. Ursula previously held marketing management positions with IntelliQuest, National Instruments, and Ariel Communication/Miller Freeman.
Ursula is a member of the EDRM PR Committee and a contributing author to publications and information sites, such as eWeek.com, NetworkWorld.com, Bank Fraud & IT Security, TechRepublic, IT World, Securities Industry News, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal, BusinessWeek, Information Management, KMWorld, and Legal IT Professionals.