Management

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Guy Marion

VP & General Manager

Guy Marion

VP & General Manager

As VP & General Manager of the Codesion Business Unit, Guy is responsible for driving CollabNet's public cloud strategy, including platform & product development, revenue & sales growth, strategic partnerships, marketing, and customer success. Previously, Guy was CEO of Codesion.com, the cloud-based software collaboration service, and in 2010 negotiated the company's sale to CollabNet Inc. Guy joined Codesion (formerly CVSDude) as a business partner in 2006, and during his tenure oversaw more than a 500% increase in SaaS subscription revenue, won a $100K university business plan competition, launched the industry's first Enterprise cloud-based code management product line, raised $1.2M in Angel investment, and relocated the company from Australia to California. Guy focused on setting product & business vision, and in particular, aligned the product and marketing/sales teams around optimizing their automated, self-service online customer acquisition strategy, which was highly successful. Guy was previously an Analyst with San Francisco-based Broadlane Inc., working in the consulting group managed by a former McKinsey & Company principal.

Guy earned a B.S. from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Queensland (Paleoceanography). Guy is published in numerous scientific journals and has appeared in newspaper, TV and media reports. Having grown up throughout Asia, Australia, and the U.S., Guy enjoys visiting friends & family anywhere in the world, as well as surfing, sailing, hiking, and enjoying the fine cuisine of San Francisco.

Willie Wang

VP, Products and Services

Willie Wang

VP, Products and Services

Willie is a proven leader in the software industry. Most recently, he was the CEO of Emergence Software, which focuses on simplifying deployment of Open Source software. Prior to that, Willie was VP of Consulting Services at BEA Systems, overseeing Web 2.0 and BPM implementations globally and increasing revenue to 32+ million a year. Willie has deep management experience with running high performance teams based on Agile methodology.

Nick Bell

Director, Product Marketing

Nick Bell

Director, Product Marketing

Nick is the Director of Product Marketing for CollabNet Cloud Services and responsible for driving marketing for the business unit. Prior to CollabNet, Nick was most recently a Director of Product Marketing for Moxie Software's Employee Spaces, where he was responsible for driving the go-to-market strategy and communication to the Enterprise 2.0 community. Nick has spent more than a decade working in the enterprise software industry around the world with various organizations and software vendors to better connect IT and the business. Prior to Moxie Software, Nick was the Global Product Marketing Manager for HP ALM & Quality Center, joining HP via the Mercury Interactive acquisition where he held various positions in Asia Pacific.

Before joining Mercury in 2004, Nick consulted large enterprises on ITIL Best Practices including the implementation and integration of enterprise ITSM solutions. Prior to this he was a software developer and responsible for the development of a number of enterprise applications.

Nick is originally from Sydney, Australia but now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his free time, Nick is an avid cyclist and skier.

Durga Sammeta

Director, Business Development

Durga Sammeta

Director, Business Development

Prior to Codesion, Durga was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at HP Software for ALM platform and partnerships where he was responsible for building a partner ecosystem and market strategies. During his tenure at HP Software, Durga managed the CollabNet partnership along with TIBCO and Oracle.

Durga is a seasoned leader with over 13 years of consulting, development, product management, and marketing experience in enterprise software. Before joining HP, Durga spent 7 years at BEA developing and managing middleware platforms and various aspects of service evolution including design, development, mediation, deployment, and monitoring.

Durga is originally from Hyderabad, India, but now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his free time, Durga loves cooking, playing music, and flying toy helicopters with his kids.

 

Customer Advocates

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Eillen Peralta

SMB Sales Manager

Eillen Peralta

SMB Sales Manager

Eillen spent a couple years in Japan before becoming Codesion's first sales dudette in 2009! She's wears a number of different hats including: evangelism, sales, business operations, customer service, and account management. Now, Eillen manages the small and medium business sales segment for CollabNet Cloud Services.

Eillen is addicted to traveling and sushi - she's been to 18 countries and all the sushi spots in SF. You can catch her running outdoors, networking, or cheering for the Warriors and Sharks.

Jesse Yowell

Support Engineer

Jesse Yowell

Support Engineer

Jesse Yowell’s background is a combination of customer support, systems administration, and web development. He is passionate and hardworking, who strives to provide Codesions’ customers with the same top-notch support he has given in the past. Prior to joining Codesion, Jesse provided technical support to startups such as VisualCV, eStara/ATG (now part of Oracle), and larger companies such as ON24 and BearingPoint. He also enjoys learning C and has a big interest in Ruby on Rails, with hopes to work closely with the development team over time.

When Jesse is not working with customers or teaching himself programming languages, he enjoys training in kickboxing, making pixel art, sampling and making beats (he prefers the older Akai MPC samplers), and exploring new restaurants in San Francisco.

Patrick Wolf

Cloud Product Specialist

Patrick Wolf

Cloud Product Specialist

Patrick has spent the last 12+ years working with web technologies. Most recently he was a Product Manager with HP, leading the charge to bring security testing into the development and QA stages of the application lifecycle. In addition to understanding the products and technology of Cloud Development, he is also a Certified ScrumMaster, understanding the Agile methodologies to optimize their use.

When Patrick’s head is not up in the Cloud you can find him on his sailboat, his motorcycle, or a local wine bar.

Sohini Kachhi

Online Marketing Manager

Sohini Kachhi

Online Marketing Manager

Sohini comes to Codesion with experience working in technology startups and large enterprise firms. She was most recently at Deloitte as a Senior Marketing Associate where she helped grow their digital marketing programs, creating content to increase brand recognition to clients worldwide. Previous to Deloitte, she worked at two B2B technology companies where she interfaced with Marketing, Sales, and Engineering teams to manage web site redesigns, increase SEO and SEM strategies, and manage lead nurturing campaigns.

Before graduating from UC Berkeley, Sohini spent a year living and studying in Budapest, Hungary. She loves to travel and try adrenaline sports - she's gone bungee jumping, sky diving, and most recently went canyoning in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Tona Medina

Customer Success Manager

Tona Medina

Customer Success Manager

Tona (aka Codesion Jedi) comes with extensive experience in managing support, successfully leading the team in managing a user base of 70K (still growing) active users. His #1 goal is making sure customers are getting the best support possible, leveraging Codesion cloud services via blogs, webinars, and training sessions.

When Tona is not empowering Codesion customers, he enjoys training for triathlons and biking through scenic routes along Woodside or Marin County. He recently completed Death Ride and Levi's Gran Fondo - both 100 miles long with crazy climbing. Whether you want to talk tech or bikes, don't hesitate to reach out to him at support@codesion.com.

Tony Piha

Sales Development Representative

Tony Piha

Sales Development Representative

Tony is a Sales Development Rep and a recent graduate of University of Colorado Boulder. He has interned at both enterprise companies and startups, enhancing his marketing and business acumen.

When he is not helping our great customers, you can find him rooting on the San Francisco Giants or snowboarding down the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Engineering

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Bharathiraja Palanisamy

System Administrator

Bharathiraja Palanisamy

System Administrator

Bharathiraja has 5 years of Linux OS experience. He is a devoted husband and father that enjoys maintaining a healthy work life balance with yoga, writing Perl scripts, and vegetarian cuisine.

Brian Lee

Web Engineer

Brian Lee

Web Engineer

Brian has a UX and web programming background, he is responsible for building Codesion's next generation cloud development platform. Brian previously worked at Nominum as a Web UI Developer. His previous roles consisted mainly of UI related contracts for graphic design, flash, and web.

Brian has roots in the East Coast and worked in New York City before coming out to California. He is always on a hunt for good New York style pizza in the Bay Area. In addition, he used to be a chef at an Italian restaurant, so if you are nice to him, perhaps you can get him to cook you a full Italian meal.

Emil Emilov

Senior Developer

Emil Emilov

Senior Developer

Emil is Codesion's Senior Developer & Scrum Master. Born and raised in Bulgaria, Emil moved to Germany for high school and received a Master's in Computer Science from the Technical University in Berlin. Emil moved to Australia for a change of scenery but got tired of warm winters and Fosters beer, so he moved back to his motherland, Bulgaria.

Emil enjoys reading quality sci-fi literature on his Kindle and playing with his 2 year old.

Jack Repenning

Technologist

Jack Repenning

Technologist

Jack worked his way out of the Unix kernel and into desktop and web applications for the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, and Rational. Jack came to CollabNet in 2002, serving as Technologist and Eminence Grise to the Codesion Cloud Business Unit. Jack loves '60s jazz, ballroom dancing, and arcane historical references.

Jagadeesh Narasimhan

System Administrator

Jagadeesh Narasimhan

System Administrator

Jagadeesh comes to Codesion with 10+ years of software experience, primarily with open source software. He is currently working on the CVSDude Pearl Code. Jagaeesh is passionate about motorcycles, watching and playing soccer, and biking. Jagadeesh currently resides in Chennai with his family.

Jay Chung

Software Engineer

Jay Chung

Software Engineer

Jay spent 11 years in Vancouver before crossing international borders to join the SF Bay Area Codesion team. He brings expertise in both software and database development, as well as corporate IT systems management from various technology companies. A fan of the outdoors, he enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, and supporting the Canucks.

Jesse Adelman

Senior Systems Engineer

Jesse Adelman

Senior Systems Engineer

Known as Codesion's "Friendly Systems Shepherd", Jesse has been playing with computers and helping people use them since he was 10 years old. Later, while running a small experimental/lo-fi record label into the ground, he discovered that he could make a living supporting people and their use of computers. This grew into a professional career, and his affection for Open Source and Free Software keeps his interest fresh and keen. He has a cat, Max, and is lucky enough to live in the town he works in. He enjoys stargazing with inexpensive equipment, exploring authentic cuisines, tracking satellites, and playing with small computing devices.

Kevin Ko

Senior Product Manager

Kevin Ko

Senior Product Manager

Kevin is an experienced product management leader with extensive experience in SaaS, enterprise software, and consumer Internet services. He has worked at both large and small technology companies and loves to apply "lean startup" techniques when building software products and web applications. In his free time, he enjoys taking long walks on the beach and searching for the next culinary adventure.

Mani Sriamulu

Senior Software Engineer

Mani Sriamulu

Senior Software Engineer

Mani comes with 9+ years of IT experience. Previously, he worked with CSC India for 6 years in web development using LAMP (both Perl and PHP) technologies. Mani's interest in open source technologies led him to the Codesion office in Chennai where he currently resides and works.

Mark George

Lead Developer

Mark George

Lead Developer

Mark is a Lead Developer and Scrum Master by day, and an avid gamer by night. You'll find him either designing and coding the glue that holds Codesion Cloud Services together, or fighting hordes of zombies!

...Paul

Principal Engineer

...Paul

Principal Engineer

Paul brings over 15 years of startup experience and 5 years of Ruby-on-Rails development experience to the team. Paul's startup experiences provides a unique insight into the challenge of optimizing the productivity of local and remote engineering teams. Outside of work, Paul loves watching WRC rally racing & NFL football. Paul is an avid fan of Star Wars and Star Trek, mastering the language of Klingon, which can be heard when he is not coding in his cube.

Sam Holton

Rails Engineer

Sam Holton

Rails Engineer

Sam Holton has a broad background in the technical field, with a comprehensive knowledge of both front and back-end technologies. After graduating college from University of New Orleans, he began his career as a web developer at a variety of agencies in the Chicago area. With over 3 years of development experience, Sam has worked with clients ranging from Stolichnaya, MTV, Burger King, and Jameson to name a few. He is enthusiastic, dedicated and eager to learn new things. While working primarily in Ruby on Rails, Sam has also worked in numerous languages including Java, Actionscript, Objective-C, PHP, and Javascript.

As a new resident of San Francisco, Sam enjoys exploring the city and discovering everything it has to offer. A devoted music lover, he spends his weekends seeking out local shows and playing guitar.

Selino Valdes

Senior Web Engineer

Selino Valdes

Senior Web Engineer

Selino has a keen sense for design and user experience. He brings expertise in front end web development with HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, and Rails experience to name a few. Previously, Selino was a Web UI Lead at Nominum where he led a GUI team in collaboration with the engineering department to design and build a new UI. At Codesion, Selino will build the next generation development platform in the cloud. He will be instrumental in implementing UI framework in our new development cloud platform.

Selino is obsessed with impending Zombie attacks in the US. He is currently reading through the Zombie Survival Guide – Complete Protection from the Living Dead.

Siva Gopalan

Senior Technical Manager

Siva Gopalan

Senior Technical Manager

Siva worked as a Release Manager for CollabNet prior to their acquisition of Codesion in 2010. After a six year stint with CollabNet, Siva packed his things and took off for an adventure into the yet unseen Middle East. Siva returns back with more energy and enthusiasm, ready to test his skills in a new territory. Siva comes on board as a Senior Technical Manager for the Chennai Codesion team, where he will be responsible for managing and growing a team 8,000+ miles away from headquarters.

Siva's favorite pastimes include playing badminton & table tennis, watching movies, playing with his 2 year old son, and debating open source topics with his Pythonista wife.

Tim Pollard

System Administrator

Tim Pollard

System Administrator

Tim is an Australian-based Linux System Administrator who has been with CollabNet Codesion Business Unit since it was CVSDude. He worked within other companies around Australia doing hardware rollouts of POS terminals, ATMs, and large-scale desktop rollouts in various locations around South-East Queensland and North-East NSW.

In Tim’s free time, he can be found reading a book or camping.