Executive Management Team

Vern Hanzlik

Executive Vice President and General Manager

Vern Hanzlik has spent the last 20 years building and growing enterprise software and service companies. Most recently, Mr. Hanzlik served as the President, EMEA and member of the Board of TEAM Informatics, a global enterprise solutions and technology company. Prior to that, he co-founded Stellent, an enterprise content management software company that was acquired by Oracle in 2006 for $440 million and became the basis of Oracle’s E2.0 Fusion Middleware offering. Vern served in a variety of leadership roles, including product development, sales and marketing, and President and CEO. Following the sale of Stellent, Vern served in operational roles and as an advisor to several entrepreneurial software development companies. He joined one of these companies, Sajan Software, a cloud-based provider of global language services and translation management software, as President and a Board member, where he worked until 2010, when he joined TEAM. Vern holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from University of Wisconsin-Stout.

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.

Christopher Zaloumis

Vice President of Product Management

Christopher Zaloumis is an experienced product management executive who brings over 10 years of experience running product management teams for technology companies. Chris has extended Qumu’s product line and significantly increased international reach. Prior to Qumu, Chris spent 4 years running product management for NCast Corporation, a manufacturer of high resolution digital video recorders for presentation capture and streaming. He is an MBA graduate of Duke University, and received his BA degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Peter Shutte

Vice President of Sales and Business Development

Peter Shutte has over 20 years of sales and business development experience with enterprise software and Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. His most recent corporate position was General Manager of Cloud Services and Partnerships at Looxcie, a real-time streaming and recording device maker. Peter cofounded Workgroup Technology, an enterprise PDM/PLM software company, in 1992. There he established both a channel and direct revenue model throughout the US and then Europe. From Workgroup, he held several executive sales and business development positions at several communications technology companies including WebEx, an enterprise web conferencing solution and served as Vice President of Business Development and Sales at Sajan, a cloud-based provider of global language services and translation management software. Prior to joining Qumu, he has been consulting and advising start-up organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Peter received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

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.

Martin Nurser

Vice President – EMEA

Martin Nurser brings more than 25 years of enterprise and technology industry experience with emphasis on engineered systems and cloud technologies. He is a leading expert in channel and strategic alliance development and management, go-to-market planning, as well as market segmentation and business strategy formulation. His most recent corporate position was Director of Alliances and Commercial Development at CSC, a leading global provider of consulting and outsourcing solutions. Mr. Nurser was instrumental in the development of a strategic alliance between CSC and Oracle. During his tenure, the CSC Oracle practice realized unprecedented business growth across EMEA. Prior to that, he has worked and consulted within the IT, Retail and Food & Drink industries. Mr. Nurser has held a variety of board level leadership roles, including Sales and Marketing, Product Development, Business Development, and Operations.

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.

Stacy Nawrocki

Senior Director of Marketing

Stacy Nawrocki leads the Qumu marketing team and is primarily responsible for the company’s branding, lead generation, partner marketing, analyst relations and public relations. She is an experienced technology marketer who brings over 15 years of experience working with software development companies in the Silicon Valley. Prior to Qumu, Stacy spent 4 years marketing web content management solutions for Interwoven, primarily focused on the IBM channel. Prior to that, Stacy was Group Manager of eBusiness Marketing for Robert Half International. She received her BS degree in Business Management from California State University Long Beach.

 

Yoshi Oyamada

Vice President - APAC

Mr. Oyamada oversees Qumu’s Asia Pacific market presence. He brings over 10 years of experience in technology sales to Qumu after spending several years as Managing Director of Japan with Rimage Corporation as well as leading Qumu’s Japanese efforts. Prior to joining Rimage, Mr. Oyamada worked in sales at ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., a major Japanese electronics company.