Executive TeamVoxware Leadership
Scott Yetter, President and CEO Scott J. Yetter has served as President of Voxware since November 2006 and as CEO since September 2007. Mr. Yetter joined Voxware in August 2006 as Vice President of Marketing and Sales-North America. He brings over 20 years experience in sales, marketing, operations and executive management to his position, having spent 10 of those years at American Software/Logility, an early provider of ERP and supply chain solutions. Prior to joining Voxware, Mr. Yetter was President of Media DVX, a distributor of digital content. Mr. Yetter was a principal at Katalyst Venture Partners, a venture/consulting firm, where he provided management assistance for portfolio companies of Katalyst and other local venture firms. From 1985 to May 2001, he held various sales management positions at Impresse Corporation, I2 Technologies, and JBA International. Mr. Yetter holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Kenneth W. Riley, Interim Chief Financial Officer Kenneth W. Riley has served as Controller since December 2004 and as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since October 2007. From October 2003 through November 2004, he was Controller of Cornerstone Management Solutions, a provider of software solutions for processing real estate transactions. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2003, Mr. Riley served as Controller, and later, as Chief Financial Officer of Base Ten Systems, Inc., which provided manufacturing execution software to the pharmaceutical and life sciences marketplace. Mr. Riley previously held managerial positions with responsibility for accounting, finance and administrative operations at Atlantic Business Products, Inc. and Decision Technology, Inc. He also served on the audit staff of Ernst & Young and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Riley holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Delaware.
David Vetter, Chief Technology Officer David Vetter has served as Chief Technology Officer of the Company since February 1999 when Voxware acquired Verbex Voice Systems, Inc. In this capacity, Mr. Vetter has performed the role of principal product architect and head of the applied research group, responsible for the detailed design and development of the VoiceXML browser that is at the core of the Company's current product offering. Mr. Vetter joined Verbex Voice Systems, Inc. as Vice President of Research and Development in January 1987. He has over twenty-five years experience in the commercial development of speech recognition products in both management and consulting at various companies, including Milton-Bradley, Digital Equipment Corporation and General Instrument. Mr. Vetter received his B.S. in Humanities and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his M.A. in Physics from the University of Massachusetts.
Charles K. Rafferty, Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations Charles K. Rafferty, Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations, is responsible for sales, marketing, delivery services and customer support. From August 2005 to November 2006, Mr. Rafferty was responsible for software development and management of global partnerships. Prior to joining Voxware, Mr. Rafferty served as the senior sales and marketing executive at Optum, Inc., and Prescient Systems. In addition, Mr. Rafferty held various sales, marketing and management positions at Logility, Dun & Bradstreet Software, and Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Mr. Rafferty holds a B.S. in Business Management & Information Systems from Widener University.
Stephen Gerrard, Vice President & General Manager of International Operations Stephen Gerrard, Vice President & General Manager of International Operations, is responsible for international sales, marketing, and delivery services. From March 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Gerrard was responsible for Voxware's corporate marketing. Prior to joining Voxware, Mr. Gerrard served as a senior sales and marketing executive for numerous high technology companies. He was Vice President of Marketing at Applied Data Research from 1982 to 1988. He was also responsible for marketing and strategic planning at Princeton Softech, Inc., and held senior management positions at Connextive, VirtualEdge Corporation and Envoy Technologies. Mr. Gerrard holds a B.A. from Ambassador University in London, England.
Krishna Venkatasamy, Vice President, Product Development Krishna Venkatasamy has served as Vice President, Voxware 3 Product Development, since November 2006. Mr. Venkatasamy joined the Company in December 2003 as Director of Product Development. He has spent over 13 years engineering software solutions for supply chain planning and execution. From 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Venkatasamy was Director of Product Development at Industri-Matematik International Inc., a supply chain management software vendor. Prior to that, from 1996 to 2002 Mr. Venkatasamy served in various senior engineering positions in the product development and management organization at i2 Technologies Inc, one of the leading supply chain management software providers. While at i2 Technologies, Mr. Venkatasamy helped establish the offshore product development center in India. Prior to that, Mr. Venkatasamy served in software engineering positions at a number of software development companies. Mr. Venkatasamy holds a BS in Engineering in Computer Science from CIT, India. |
