Management

Oren Michels, Co-Founder and CEO

Mashery's co-founder and CEO has a record of success in a variety of executive positions spanning multiple industries. Oren co-founded and managed WiFinder, an international provider of directory services for public access wi-fi hotspots. He has served as president for two companies: Colt HR, a leading provider of mid-market benefits administration software and services; and Winebid.com, a leading online wine auction service. He also served as president and CEO of The Groundlings, a Hollywood-based entertainment production company, and has held COO positions at manufacturing companies. Prior to joining Mashery, Oren worked as vice president of business development at Feedster, where he managed the company's activities in China and negotiated partnerships with AOL, Real Networks, and Mitsui.

Oren began his career as a software designer for Hughes Aircraft. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA in finance and entrepreneurial studies from UCLA's Anderson School.

Randi Barshack, Vice President, Marketing

With two decades of experience in marketing, eCommerce, media and technology, Barshack brings industry insight and vision that will help Mashery deliver the power of APIs to a broader market. Prior to Mashery, she served as VP of Worldwide Marketing at Mercado Software leading the team that re-branded the company and supported the sales department through key initiatives which helped triple sales year over year. As Director of Intercontinental Marketing at Silicon Graphics, Randi oversaw all marketing activities for Latin America and Asia Pacific. Prior to SGI, she was a founder and VP, Marketing at TeaLeaf Technology, a spin-off of SAP and industry leader.

Randi holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business.

Chris Lippi, Vice President, Product and Services

Chris Lippi has been designing, building and running software services for nearly 20 years. As Vice President, Product and Services, Chris leads Mashery’s product management, professional and client services organizations. He has integrated businesses, sites and systems throughout career, including running one of General Electric’s largest global EDI networks in the early 1990s and a 100+ partner XML network in the early web B2B days.

Most recently, Chris ran the flagship product line at newScale, Inc., as it grew from $2 million and 10 customers to nearly $30 million in annual sales and close to 100 customers, subsequently being purchased by Cisco. Prior to this, he ran the product line at Arzoon, a leading SaaS logistics and supply chain provider, where he was a key player in driving its successful sale to SSA Global, now Infor. Chris started his career at General Electric where he held numerous engineering, design and leadership roles, including building one of its first web-based customer systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University, doubling in Information Systems and Management Science.

Kirsten Spoljaric, Co-Founder and Vice President, HR and Administration

As co-founder and director of human resources for Mashery, Kirsten Spoljaric brings strong operational experience and a proven track record of success in staffing organizations. Before joining Mashery, Spoljaric was director of human resources for Feedster where she created a human resources department and implemented an aggressive hiring plan that tripled the staff size within the first quarter. Previously, Spoljaric was a human resources manager for Spear Technologies where she managed staffing plans for both the U.S. and the U.K.

Spoljaric holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology with a minor in business administration from the University of Oregon. She also holds a PHR (Professional in Human Resources) credential through the HRCI.

Roque Versace, Vice President, Sales

Roque Versace, our Vice President of Sales, brings to his work strong SaaS and Internet experience and the ability to evangelize new technologies. He spent six years at salesforce.com, most recently managing a $20M territory as VP of Corporate Sales. Working in professional services and sales at BroadVision, Roque provided Internet strategy assistance to Hallmark, Wal-Mart, Xerox and other clients. As VP of Product Marketing & Product Management he led the company's $45M Commerce Applications team.

As VP of Sales at EchoSign, a SaaS provider of electronic signature solutions, Roque tripled the subscriber base in one year. As a Senior Consultant at Accenture, he managed successful projects for Alex. Brown and Freddie Mac. Roque served as a US Army officer and is a Gulf War Veteran. He holds an MBA from the University of Maryland, and a BA in Computer Science from Gettysburg College.

Delyn Simons, Vice President, Developer Platform

Delyn Simons brings remarkable knowledge of API platform and developer opportunity to Mashery. Delyn created the Mashery API Network, an open data commons of over 50 RESTful APIs and an ecosystem of 130,000 developers building web and mobile applications. Along with her merry band of API evangelists, Delyn works both with developers building great apps and companies extending the reach of their top brands and businesses. Prior to Mashery, Delyn led developer community and platform marketing at eBay for their pioneering open API platform. Prior to eBay, Delyn worked in business development at IT publisher and tech events producer, CMP Media, then at collaboration software companies Insero and Well Engaged/The Well, founded by Larry Brilliant, Stewart Brand and described by Wired magazine as the world¹s most influential online community.

Delyn received her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her MBA from the University of San Francisco.