Company Information

Walter Scott - Chief Executive Officer
Walter most recently served as the CEO of Acronis, a provider of scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, where in the space of three years he increased revenues from less than $20 million to approximately $120 million for 2008. Prior to joining Acronis, he was CEO of Imceda Software where he executed a combination of leadership and marketing strategies that resulted in a successful sale of the company to Quest Software for $61 million. Walter was also instrumental in Embacadero's successful IPO in 2000. He started his career in sales with Banyan Systems where he contributed to the growth and success that lead to Banyan's IPO. Walter holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine.

Phil Bousfield - Vice-President, Product Engineering
Phil has over 15 years of software development experience. He has held a variety of engineering and commercial roles and prior to joining GFI he was Head of International Operations for VERITAS. This was a multi-national sales role with a strong focus on Channel business at both enterprise and SMB level. He was also head of engineering for Insignia Solutions where he was responsible for compilation and emulation technologies.

Josef Calleja - Vice-President, Finance
With over 15 years’ experience in the finance sector, Josef joined GFI in 2005 as the EMEA Financial Controller.  Today, Josef manages the group’s corporate finance function which also includes order processing and business operations in general.  Having started his career in the financial services industry, he has gained vast experience with businesses ranging from start-ups to those having complex group accounting and tax structures. Immediately prior to joining GFI, Josef served as group finance manager in the manufacturing industry; this enabled him to build an in-depth knowledge of cost and management accounting and, most importantly, of IT.

Ed Harnish - Vice-President, Marketing
Ed is a 25-year veteran of the high technology industry and he has a long track record of providing both customer and shareholder value. A pioneer of the concept of customer centric organizations - where everyone in an organization works toward a clear set of goals that empower its customer base to become more competitive - Ed has assisted dozens of companies to achieve their growth goals. Prior to joining GFI, he was VP of Marketing at Acronis Inc., contributing to the company’s growth from less than $20m in 2005 to $120m in 2008. He has held senior positions at Aptus Technologies, Switchboard and Banyan Systems. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Ed was honorably discharged in 1979.

Ellan Murphy - Vice-President, Operations
An action-oriented leader with over 20 years’ experience building dynamic sales teams, attracting and maintaining customers, and consistently exceeding targets. Ellan joins GFI after helping Acronis Inc. to increase its revenues more than six-fold in the three years she was with the company. Prior to that, she held various sales and finance roles at Imceda Software, Embarcadero Technologies, IBM and BMC Software.

Simon Peter Azzopardi - Vice-President, EMEA Sales
Simon Azzopardi joined GFI in 2000 and has served as the Managing Director UK and Ireland since 2001 and as Managing Director UK, Ireland and France since 2003 where he led a six-fold increase in revenue whilst growing both a loyal channel partner network and expanding the London office into the EMEA sales/support hub. Prior to GFI, Simon worked in the travel and hospitality industry as a Director for two years, where he was responsible for the sales and operation of a group of four travel companies.

Sergio Galindo - Chief Information Officer
Sergio has over 20 years of global professional IT experience, 18 of them in the financial industry with the Bank of New York, Bankers Trust and most recently Lehman Brothers as Senior Vice President in the Information Technology Division.  At Lehman Brothers he was responsible for implementing global initiatives including standardization of the Windows Desktop and Server infrastructures, as well as Microsoft Exchange/email, BlackBerry and LehmanLive, the group’s web portal. Sergio was also responsible for developing IT strategies, product development, global application deployment and production support for the Americas.

Dave Winpenny - Vice-President, Worldwide Customer Support
Dave Winpenny has nearly 30 years' experience in the high tech customer and technical support industry and he is widely recognised for his contributions to the building of robust and responsive support infrastructures across the globe. Dave has operated at Vice-President level for the past 12 years with Seagate Software, VERITAS Software and CA and has helped to develop new solutions for global support issues. During his career, Dave has led support organisations for a number of small sub-$100m software/hardware companies through their development, growth and success. Dave holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Staffordshire University and a Diploma in Management Studies from the Open University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Management and member of the Institute of Directors.

John Wilson - Vice-President, Worldwide Sales
With more than 20 years of senior leadership experience, John Wilson manages GFI's global sales activities with particular emphasis on direct and indirect sales. Prior to joining GFI, he was the Vice President World Wide Field Operations, for Qualys. Before joining Qualys, John held a variety of leadership positions with Cybertrust, Ubizen, The Sayers Group, Winstar Communications, LANSystems, and Johnson & Johnson. In addition, John served as an officer in the U.S. Army and is a combat veteran. He holds an MBA from Fordham University and a BS degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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