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Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski - Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer |
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Executive Chairman and CEO, Andrew “Flip Filipowski, is one of the world's most successful high-tech entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and industry visionaries. The former COO of Cullinet, the largest software company of the 1980's, was also the founder and CEO of PLATINUM technology, inc. Flip grew PLATINUM into the 8th largest software company in the world at the time of its sale to Computer Associates for $4 billion dollars, the largest such transaction for a software company at the time. Upside Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Information Technology and the Triad Business Journal recently named him as one of 2008's 75 Most Influential People in the Triad. A recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year Awards from both Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch, Flip has also been awarded the Young President’s Organization Legacy Award and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty award for his work fighting hate on the Internet. |
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Dave Abrams - Chief Technology Officer |
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Dave Abrams pioneers core technologies and surveillance products for public safety and homeland security. He is the chief architect of TrueSentry, the world's premier video management solution; and TrueSentry, a surveillance platform that intelligently identifies threats from thousands of cameras, DVRs, sensors, and network devices. Prior to TrueSystems, Abrams led development of TrueSentry at divine, Inc. and Perceptual Robotics. His team created the first pan/tilt/zoom network camera. The TrueSentry web service has done over 1 billion transactions to over 50 million users, deployed in major media events including: NBA Finals, Wimbledon, The Masters, US Open, MLB World Series. Abrams has patented video collaboration tools, and pending patents in network management and e-commerce. His web usability research was one of the first extensive human factors studies of web users, and Microsoft used it in designing Internet Explorer 4. He wrote the analytics algorithms for the NIKE NGage, an imaging device used in NIKE Town stores for sizing customer’s feet. He is a certified Java architect, project manager (PMP), and IBM solution developer. He has worked at IBM, Amoco, and the Institute for the Learning Sciences. He has a M.S. from the University of Toronto and was the top B.S. graduate from Northwestern University. He has been an invited speaker at Xerox PARC, Interval Research, Sun Microsystems, and presented at DEMO. |
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Matthew G. Roszak - Chief Financial Officer |
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Mr. Roszak oversees SilkRoad’s financial operations including treasury, finance, and accounting, as well as legal and M&A. Mr. Roszak is managing partner of SilkRoad Equity LLC a privately held international acquisition and management firm that pursues an aggressive strategy of acquiring promising high-technology organizations and managing them for growth and profitability. Prior to SilkRoad, Mr. Roszak served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for divine, inc. (NASDAQ: DVIN), an enterprise software firm. Previously, Mr. Roszak was a principal with leading international investment firms including, Advent International plc and Keystone Capital Partners LLC. During his career, Mr. Roszak has invested and managed in excess of $500 million of equity capital in a broad range of industries, and has experience in executing a broad scope of transactions including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; corporate and transactional financing, including private equity, venture capital, mezzanine and conventional financings; public offerings, private placements and financial restructurings. Learn more about Matthew Roszak |
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Roger Yarrow - Operations Manager |
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Roger Yarrow brings a background rich in programming, engineering, project management, and systems administration experience to TrueSystems. He received his B.S Degree in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has previously worked with IBM and Xerox. Roger’s experience and knowledge in security architecture design and ASIS membership provide a solid foundation for large security system implementations that require innovative, dependable, and customized solutions. Roger manages our Operations Department staff and is responsible for all customer implementations, customer support, purchasing, and solutions staging. Roger’s 17 years of experience in developing, delivering, and supporting cutting-edge solutions ensures that TrueSystems customers’ expectations are always met. |
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Red Maxwell - Chief Marketing Officer |
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Red Maxwell, Chief Marketing Officer, is a proven design and branding professional with 20 years experience in the marketing field. Prior to working with SilkRoad technology, Red was a principal and creative head of Design Factory International, a highly profitable and successful design and marketing boutique. A three time winner of the London International Advertising Awards, he has developed major brand introductions for RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Danone Foods, Foster's Brewing Company and Planters/ Lifesavers. Red is also a pioneer of internet marketing and has launched online sites and promotions for Hanes, Duke Energy, Sara Lee Foods, Accenture and Yahoo! Prior to his work at Design Factory, Red started the in-house advertising design and photography departments at Polo Ralph Lauren in New York. |
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