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• | Attain real-time, enterprise decision making |
| • | Advance supply chain collaboration | |
| • | Automate logistic processes | |
| • | Build stronger customer relationships | |
| • | Construct a better competitive future | |
| • | Industry-leading solutions |
General Manager
Bill Walsh is an accomplished executive who brings more than 20 years of proven leadership to his role as general manager of the Enterprise Solutions Division of Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA). During an eight-year tenure at PeopleSoft, Mr. Walsh was promoted to president of PeopleSoft International, where he held P&L responsibility for more than 25 countries, 1,200 employees, and about $280 million in revenue.
Following PeopleSoft, Mr. Walsh moved to Octane, later acquired by E.piphany, where he served as president and chief operating officer responsible for establishing and expanding international operations of their customer relationship management solutions.
Mr. Walsh garnered additional leadership experience as CEO of Velosant, a best-of-breed financial supply chain solutions provider, where he grew annual revenues by 15 percent. As CEO of Open Harbor, a global trade management specialist, Mr. Walsh restructured the business, improved efficiency and guided the company to a successful acquisition.
Mr. Walsh began his career at Andersen Consulting, now Accenture, where he provided advice and implementation services to Fortune 500 clients in areas of human resources, payroll, retail distribution, order processing and supply chain management.
Mr. Walsh earned an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in industrial/organizational psychology from DePaul University.
Chief Technology Officer, Hardware
Founder - WhereNet
Dave Wisherd founded WhereNet Corporation, formerly WiData, in 1997 and served as chairman of the board. For 14 years, Wisherd was Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Silicon Valley's Spectrian Corporation where he oversaw the company's transition from military to commercial products. He began his career at Motorola Corp. and held engineering management positions at several other electronics firms.
Wisherd earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri, Rolla.
Senior Vice President, Product Strategy
Lou Chauvin has more than 25 years of extensive experience in strategy, planning, development and operational management of systems and services. Prior to Zebra, he worked at Eastman Kodak Company for 12 years as a General Manager, Director of Publishing Services, Director of Engineering and a manager for several business units. Chauvin also served as a Director of the Mobile Technology Center at QMS and as an Engineering Manager at Prime Computer.
Chauvin earned his BS in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and MS in Computer Science from Boston University.
Senior Vice President, Americas Sales
Scott Peoples has an extensive background in building services and customer support organizations. Peoples served as Vice President in charge of the North American Solution Centers organization for PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft's Solution Centers reduced the cost and complexity of how software solutions are installed, implemented and upgraded. Previously, Peoples was a Vice President at Commerce One, where he led the Western Region Global Services organization and led several key initiatives to significantly improve customer satisfaction. In addition, Peoples successfully managed large software implementation projects and professional services organizations at American Management Systems and Radian International.
Peoples earned a BS in Engineering from California Polytechnic State University.
Senior Vice President, Maritime Sales
Richard Harrison was General Manager for Container Operations at Hutchison Ports UK Ltd. Hutchinson Ports is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings, (HPH) group, the largest Global Container Terminal Operator and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL). Harrison brings more than 20 years of container terminal knowledge and operational experience to Navis. In addition to having specific responsibility for the construction and operation of Port of Felixstowe and Thamesport, Harrison also brings deep experience with other cargo handling methods including break bulk, bulk, roll on roll off, oil chemicals, general cargo and intermodal Rail Freight.
Harrison started his career as a serving officer on board Merchant Vessels with CP Ships and gained various professional and management experience at sea and ashore.
Vice President, Marketing
Tara Ryan brings more than 18 years of experience in managing strategic, global marketing programs for technology companies. Ryan was Vice President of marketing at Ketera as well as Senior Vice President of Marketing at NetSuite, two software-as-a-service companies where she managed branding, pricing, strategy, demand generation and all marketing communications. She joined NetSuite from Deloitte Consulting, where she was a Director of Worldwide Marketing, successfully launching campaigns for companies such as SAP, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Oracle. Ryan was Vice President of corporate marketing at Commerce One, Inc., and Vice President, Worldwide Marketing for Network Associates, where she managed worldwide branding and marketing efforts for multiple business units and McAfee.com's IPO. Ryan also managed international advertising efforts at Oracle Corporation.
Ryan earned a BA in History from the University of California at Los Angeles and an MA in Leadership from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.
Vice President, Support
Julian Roca brings more than 20 years of professional and executive-level experience to Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES), a division of Zebra Technologies Company (NASDAQ: ZBRA). Prior to ZES, Roca was Senior Leader for Payroll Systems at Intuit in Nevada. He also was an Executive Vice President, Global Applications at CB Richard Ellis. Prior to that, Roca was Vice President and General Manager, Investment Products and Distribution at Citibank. Roca has held progressively responsible positions at Wells Fargo Bank, ending with Senior Vice President, Consumer Credit Systems and Operations.
Roca earned an associated degree in information processing at Westchester College in New York. He also attended Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
Vice President, Products
Jai Jein Yu overseas the engineering and software development for Zebra Enterprise Solutions Logistic Planning/Scheduling and Global Asset Management product lines.
Jai brings a wealth of executive-level experience and expertise from leading technology companies. He joins us from EMC where he was VP of Engineering & General Manager, Core Platform/Content Management and Archive. In this position, he led the 250-person global engineering and product teams that supported an annual product revenue run rate of $400M. Prior to EMC, Jai was the VP of Applications Engineering for Siebel. In this role Jai was responsible for managing the Siebel Application Engineering Division. He built the team from its initial 30 employees to more than 200 that supported an annual revenue run rate of $700M. Prior to his 8 years with Siebel, he was Oracle's Director of Development for its Industry Applications Division.
Yu earned a MS in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and a MS in Civil Engineering from San Jose State University.
Vice President, Services
With more than 19 years of experience with enterprise software and professional services firms, Jeff Romano oversees professional services and training globally for Zebra Enterprise Solutions as Vice President of Services. Before joining Zebra Enterprise Solutions, he served as Vice President, Global Services & Support for Vormetric, Inc., and as Vice President of Global Professional Services and Training for MontaVista Software. Romano also served as Vice President of Professional Services at Portal Software, where he grew the organization from 10 people to over 200 people, with $43 Million in annual services revenue across North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. He has also held senior positions at PeopleSoft, including Vice President of the Western Region Customer Service organization, Vice President of the PS Solution Centers, and Director of Asia Pacific Professional Services. In his early career he served as a technical consultant and project manager for both Price Waterhouse and Andersen Consulting.
Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in industrial engineering, both from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
