Peter Dougherty, Co-founder, President and CEO
Peter Dougherty is President and CEO at Certeon. Before co-founding Certeon, Mr. Dougherty led the product development and marketing of streaming solutions at EMC, following that company's acquisition of Digital Bitcasting. Mr. Dougherty was also the CEO and co-founder of Bitcasting, a pioneering software compression company which expanded into streaming media products. He built his entrepreneurial success on a prior record of achievement and leadership in broadcast management. Mr. Dougherty is also Chairman of the Cranwell Fund which is building public-private funded schools for at risk high school students in the Rhode Island area. www.acceleratingamerica.com
Shawn Amershek, Co-founder and Vice President, Operations
Shawn Amershek is a co-founder and the vice president of operations at Certeon Inc. Mr. Amershek is an experienced department head/director with over 10 years in Enterprise Networking, Software Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, and Customer Support. Prior to coming to Certeon, Mr. Amershek founded the Technical Support Center for Omnia Communications (acquired by Ciena Corp.). He has also held senior management positions at Nortel, Bay Networks, and Bell Atlantic.
Mr. Amershek has a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Donato Buccella, Chief Technology Officer
Donato Buccella brings more than 20 years of software industry experience having successfully brought to market several commercial products in multiple verticals including security, infrastructure management and electronic data capture. Prior to coming to Certeon, Mr. Buccella was a founder and Chief Architect at Verdasys. Mr. Buccella has also lead product teams at Symantec Corporation and Phase Forward in addition to consulting to several Fortune 500 companies. He holds a number of patents and received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.
Tom Scott, Chief Scientist
Tom Scott has over 20 years experience developing innovative software solutions in the areas of embedded systems, high performance computing, forward error correction, compression and statistical systems analysis. Prior to joining Certeon, Dr. Scott co-founded Storage Matrix, which developed error correction technology for storage and networking, and served as vice president of engineering and consulting services at VenturCom. During Dr. Scott’s tenure at VenturCom, his team developed embedded, diskless and network boot enhancements to Microsoft Windows that were licensed in part to Microsoft and later acquired by Ardence/Citrix.
Dr. Scott has served on the IEEE POSIX 1003.4 Real-Time Working Group as well as other industry committees. He has held senior engineering positions at Concurrent Computer where he worked on a real-time UNIX port to a NUMA multiprocessor and on the architecture of video-on-demand servers. He has also served as Statistician in the operations department of ITA Software.
Dr. Scott has a Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jeff Galin, Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Jeff Galin brings to Certeon over 20 years of highly successful software experience, having served in both domestic and international executive sales management positions. His experience includes leading early stage organizations to their market dominance, resulting in IPO or acquisition. Mr. Galin has specialized in creating sales organizations that leverage world-class channel/partner alliances, and he has distinguished his career by consistently exceeding revenue objectives while serving customer requirements. Earlier in his career he has held senior positions at; Mazu Networks, Precise Software (acquired by Veritas), Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP), and ProgramArt (acquired by Compuware). In his tenure he has formed strategic partnerships with high-profile organizations such as: IBM Global Services, Symantec, EMC, Computer Associates, and Cap Gemeni Ernst & Young. Mr. Galin holds a B.A. in Financial and Legal Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Jack Rieden, Vice President, Engineering and Product Management
With over 20 years experience in product development roles and executive positions ranging from commercial operating systems to distributed security. Mr. Rieden held senior engineering roles at Open Software Foundation, Hewlett Packard, and IBM, delivering operating system products. While at Open Market, nCipher, Cryptometrics, and Verdasys, Mr. Rieden lead and held senior executive roles in product development and professional services, in which he delivered security related products to market. He received a B.S. in Microbiology and Computer Science from Texas A&M University.
Gareth Taube, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
Gareth Taube is responsible for the company's marketing strategy and execution. Mr. Taube has 20 years of successful high technology marketing and management experience having been the CMO for five successful early stage companies, two of which became public companies. He has created successful brands for companies in the software tools, applications, networks and services markets, and has a track record of creating sustainable revenue growth through strong marketing execution. Prior to joining Certeon, Mr. Taube ran Market Recognition; a marketing consulting firm specializing in developing market strategies for VC funded early stage companies. Previously, he was an SVP at Emulex, where he ran the IP Storage Networking Group. He was also SVP of sales and marketing at Giganet, an early stage networking company from its founding until its acquisition by Emulex. Mr. Taube was also CMO and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Seque Software, Peritus Software Services, and Praxis International. Prior to that Mr. Taube was a Global Corporate Sales Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Taube holds BS and MS degrees from the City University of New York.
