Leadership

Our executive management team, which consists of seasoned individuals who aim to define SilkRoad technology as a world-class company committed to delivering enterprise software as a service, boasts a combined 250 years of experience in the software industry.

Our executive management team consists of the following members:

Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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Executive Chairman and CEO, Andrew “Flip Filipowski, is one of the world's most successful high-tech entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and industry visionaries. The former COO of Cullinet, the largest software company of the 1980's, was also the founder and CEO of PLATINUM technology, inc. Flip grew PLATINUM into the 8th largest software company in the world at the time of its sale to Computer Associates for $4 billion dollars, the largest such transaction for a software company at the time. Upside Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Information Technology. A recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year Awards from both Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch, Flip has also been awarded the Young President’s Organization Legacy Award and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty award for his work fighting hate on the Internet.

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Mike Cullinane
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Cullinane oversees SilkRoad's financial operations including treasury, finance, accounting and legal affairs. Mr. Cullinane previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Lakeview Technology, Inc. Mr. Cullinane served as Chief Financial Officer of Divine, Inc. from July 1999 to May 2003. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Platinum Technology, Inc. from 1988 to June 1999.

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Brian M. Platz
Chief Operating Officer

Brian Platz is responsible for providing all of the technology and services to deliver SilkRoad’s state-of-the-art web applications, content solutions, and collaborative content systems that allow a business to share information across its value chain. Before joining SilkRoad, Platz was the Vice President of product management for divine, inc. where he led the product strategy and direction for divine’s widely recognized and award winning content management and collaboration products. Platz brings a 12-year career in developing Internet products, e-business initiatives, e-commerce solutions with a variety of high-tech start-ups, including Zentropy and Glabalist Internet Technologies, and InfoBand, an Internet consulting company he founded in 1995.

In 1996, Platz co-founded A List Apart, the highly acclaimed Who’s Who of Internet developers that has grown into one of the largest and most popular independent development Web sites. He also was a fellow founding member of the Web Standards Project, a group formed to push Microsoft and Netscape to adhere to common standards.

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Chauncey Kupferschmid
Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer

Chauncey Kupferschmid is SilkRoad technology, inc.’s Chief Sales Officer. In this role, Mr. Kupferschmid oversees SilkRoad’s global sales operations and business development.

Prior to SilkRoad technology, inc., Mr. Kupferschmid served as Senior Vice President of Customer Services for divine, inc. His responsibilities included world wide technical support for all divine products, as well as presales systems and field engineering.  Before joining divine, Mr. Kupferschmid served in executive and entrepreneurial roles for over 20 years. He capped a nine-year career at PLATINUM technology, inc., by serving as the company's Senior Vice President, Field Operations. In that position, he was responsible for pre-sales systems, engineering, and consulting services for more than 160 products. Previous to joining PLATINUM, Mr. Kupferschmid led product strategy, design, and development efforts at DBMS and STS/SKK.

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Matthew Roszak
EVP, Corporate Development

Mr. Roszak is a co-founder of SilkRoad and oversees its corporate development activities including strategy, alliances, acquisitions and financings. Mr. Roszak is also managing partner of SilkRoad Equity LLC a private investment firm. Prior to SilkRoad, Mr. Roszak served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Divine, inc. (NASDAQ: DVIN), an enterprise software firm. Previously, Mr. Roszak was a principal with Advent International and Keystone Capital Partners. During his career, Mr.Roszak has invested and managed in excess of $500 million of equity capital in a broad range of industries, and has experience in executing a broad scope of transactions including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; corporate and transactional financing, including private equity, venture capital, mezzanine and conventional financings; public offerings, private placements and financial restructurings. Learn more about Matthew Roszak.

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Red Maxwell
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Red Maxwell, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, is a proven design and branding professional with 20 years experience in the marketing field. Prior to working with SilkRoad technology, Red was a principal and creative head of Design Factory International, a highly profitable and successful design and marketing boutique. A three time winner of the London International Advertising Awards, he has developed major brand introductions for RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Danone Foods, Foster's Brewing Company and Planters/ Lifesavers. Red is also a pioneer of internet marketing and has launched online sites and promotions for Hanes, Duke Energy, Sara Lee Foods, Accenture and Yahoo! Prior to his work at Design Factory, Red started the in-house advertising design and photography departments at Polo Ralph Lauren in New York.

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