Executive Management Team

Ray Hood

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qumu 

Ray Hood is an experienced executive who brings over twenty years of experience as chief executive of technology companies, including his time as CEO of an international, publicly traded, logistics software firm.  He extended the company’s sales and service operations in 14 countries and guided it through a successful public offering. Ray started his career with Price Waterhouse. Ray serves on the Board of Directors of OneNetwork, a demand/supply chain solution provider, Allegro Development, an energy trading and risk management software company, and on the Executive Board of Advisors at the SMU School of Engineering. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Ray is also a published author of the book “Using Technology to Transform the Value Chain”.

Claude Dupuis

Senior Vice President, Products and Technology

Claude Dupuis has extensive technical experience in video, voice and data technologies and has led multiple product introductions across a variety of markets—from enterprise and telecom to cable and satellite. Claude served as the Senior VP of Engineering in Ericsson’s multimedia business unit where he was responsible for the development of video compression products for IPTV and mobile markets for the Tandberg Television division of the company. Prior to his tenure at Ericsson, Claude led the engineering team for SkyStream Networks. In this role, he managed rapid growth from one to four product lines. He also served as Senior VP of Engineering at Premisys, where he ran the company's R&D labs in the U.S. and Canada. He has also held a variety of engineering and technical management positions for Nortel and Bell Northern Research. Claude received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa.

David Bukhan

Chief Technology Officer

David Bukhan brings more than 22 years of overall technology experience to Qumu with his primary focus being on the development of highly scalable enterprise video streaming applications. David has more than ten years of experience working directly in the field of enterprise video.  As CTO, David assures the successful execution of the company’s business mission through development of Qumu technology, identifes opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s solutions to the market, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.  He previously held management positions at Inktomi and eScene Networks, where he helped develop the original Qumu software application. Additionally, David was Director of Development for US Web.  David is a graduate of Moscow University with a degree in Telecommunications.

Rob Stubblefield

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Stubblefield is responsible for finance, accounting and administrative operations, including human resources, legal and facilities. Rob brings 25 years of professional experience to Qumu, the last 12 of which have been with technology companies. He began his career in public accounting, providing accounting and audit services to a variety of commercial and not-for-profit entities and assisted them in identifying and implementing improvements in accounting controls and operating procedures. Following that, he held finance and accounting management positions in fast paced, rapidly changing, public companies involving large scale reorganizations and mergers where it was necessary to design and implement metrics, processes, and reports to closely manage the business and maximize results. He is a C.P.A. and holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a focus in accounting.

Michael Ping

Vice President of Sales

Michael Ping has spent 25 years in enterprise technology and sales positions with a diverse background including market definition, early stage startups as well as established technology organizations. He has spent the last 5 years securing marquee customers and developing the channel strategy at Qumu. Earlier in his career he held technical and sales leadership roles at Forte Software, webMethods and Adesso Systems which defined the early object oriented development, enterprise application integration and the mobility markets respectively. He also was part of the software change management space at Legent Corporation. Michael holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Business Management from Loras College.

Todd Porter

Vice President of Product Innovation and Marketing

Todd Porter leads Qumu's Product Innovation and Marketing teams, and is spearheading the company's expansion into mobile video solutions. A patented designer and engineer, Todd introduces new technologies and methods for Mobile distribution as well as rapid prototyping of mobile applications. Todd lead cross-platform development for applications on smart phones and tablet devices during his tenure at Advanced Imagination Inc. where he constructed mobile prototypes for the Medical, Insurance, Banking, Retail, and Gaming industries. Prior to this, Todd was Chief Architect and V.P. of Marketing and Sales for Bamboo Technology, bringing to market the first mass market DVD authoring application which won the Video Maker Magazines best product of 2002, as well as CNET’s Editors Choice of 2002. Todd began his career at Southwest Texas State University as head of research for a team of professors using Laserdiscs under a federal grant. Todd is an accomplished engineer, a technical expert in optical media, video, audio and image formats as well as a licensed Toshiba and Sony developer.

Jacco van der Kooij

Vice President of Business Development

Jacco van der Kooij leads Qumu business development efforts. Before joining Qumu, Jacco served as V.P. of Sales for Kontiki, where he charted the reseller strategy for Kontiki’s SaaS offering with its partners such as BT Conferencing, and launched Kontiki’s European efforts.  Prior to this, Jacco was the V.P. of Worldwide Sales for Technicolor Digital Content Distribution and Director of Sales at SkyStream (Acquired by TandbergTV).  Jacco has a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications from the University of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and started his career at the renowned Philips Television Lab where he worked as an engineer on the first generation of MPEG Set Top Boxes and Digital Television.  Jacco is an accomplished amateur triathlete and has represented the Netherlands at two World-Championships.

John Greenstein

Vice President of Enterprise Sales/EMEA

John Greenstein leads the Qumu team responsible for world-wide enterprise sales of Qumu products and solutions.  John brings over 15 years of experience in successful enterprise sales to Qumu, including over 5 years with IBM Software and 5 years with Oracle. John is a founding member of the Board of Trustees for Uncommon Schools – Collegiate School Network, a nonprofit organization that starts and manages outstanding urban charter public schools. John graduated from Columbia University in New York City.

Christopher Conaway

Senior Director of Field Operations

Christopher Conaway is responsible for technical field operations and leads the Qumu Professional Services and Sales Engineering organizations.  For the past 7 years Christopher has worked closely with Qumu’s customers to oversee the design and implementation of Enterprise Video Communications solutions leveraging both Qumu products and customer IT infrastructure.  Christopher joined Qumu bringing years of experience in managing pre-sales support and post-sales implementation delivery from his tenure at Context Media, a leader in Enterprise Content Integration software (acquired by Oracle) and at Covansys, a global consulting and technology services company (acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation – CSC).  Christopher holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business Economics from Providence College.