About Angoss

Management Team

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Martin Galligan

President and Chief Executive Officer

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As President and Chief Executive Officer, Martin is responsible for the global leadership of Angoss. He has been recognized with numerous awards of excellence for his business, sales and marketing leadership in the information and communications technology and management consulting industries. He has gained a wealth of experience working with, and as a member of, executive leadership teams to develop and enable transformational go-to-market strategies.

Martin has served in a variety of senior executive roles during his 30 years of experience in B2B sales and marketing strategy and operations. Prior to joining Angoss, he founded The Galligan Group, a sales and marketing consultancy. Before that, Martin served as group vice president at MarketBridge Corporation, a leading global provider of technology-enabled sales and marketing solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. Martin previously held successive senior management positions in sales and marketing operations during his 20-year career with Xerox Corporation both as a member of the Canadian executive team and an officer of Xerox Canada. His leadership at Xerox included Vice President and General Manager, North American TeleWeb Sales Channel, Vice President, Marketing and Sales Operations, and Managing Partner, Sales for the Toronto East Customer Business Unit. Martin graduated from The University of Toronto with a B.A.

Lon Vining

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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As Vice President and CFO, Lon is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of Angoss, including financial management, investor relations and securities compliance and regulatory affairs. Lon also oversees human resources, real estate and legal affairs for the company.

Lon’s extensive experience in software development spans more than 20 years. Prior to joining Angoss, he was chief financial officer for a leading CD ROM developer and publisher of children’s books and games. Lon also held the positions of Vice President, Finance for one of Canada’s largest book publishers and Director of Internal Audit for Inter-City Gas Corporation following an 11-year career with Ernst & Young.

Lon graduated from York University with a B. A. and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

William (Bill) Sheldon

Chief Solutions Officer

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As Chief Solutions Officer, Bill has global responsibility to grow the company’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and predictive analytics solutions business along with the professional services capabilities associated with this business.

Bill’s extensive experience in sales and marketing effectiveness spans more than 20 years. Prior to joining Angoss, he held the positions of Vice President of Marketing Solutions for Paradyz Analytics, a multi-channel marketing services agency, and Chief Operating Officer for CFM Partners, a leading provider of SaaS compliance risk management solutions to the financial services industry. Prior to that, Bill led the technology sector practice for MarketBridge Corporation for 15 years as senior vice president, where he worked with leading technology clients such as IBM and Microsoft. Bill is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds an M.B.A. from The Kogod School of Business at the American University in Washington, D.C.

 

Brandon Kane

Vice President, Research and Development

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Brandon is responsible for software development of Angoss’ suite of desktop, client-server and in-database predictive analytics software products. His experience in software development spans more than 10 years. Prior to joining Angoss in 2009, he held successive software development management roles at Workbrain Inc. and NexJ Systems. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Royal Military College of Canada.

Dr. Mamdouh Refaat

Vice President and Chief Data Scientist

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Dr. Mamdouh Refaat

Mamdouh manages the company’s Global Analytics Center of Excellence, including managing pre-sales technical support, training and data modeling services delivery for customers. He previously led operations for Angoss in the EMEA region.

Mamdouh is an expert and published author with over 20 years of experience in predictive analytics and data mining, having led numerous projects in the areas of marketing, CRM and credit risk for Fortune 500 companies in North America and Europe. Mamdouh joined Angoss in 1999 to establish the company’s consulting practice before assuming leadership for EMEA sales and operations. Prior to joining Angoss, he held positions at Predict AG (acquired by TIBCO Software) and UBS in Basel, Switzerland. Mamdouh holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the University of Leeds.

Michelle Corsano

Vice President, Marketing

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Michelle is responsible for all aspects of Angoss’ marketing, including strategy, corporate and marketing communications and digital marketing. Michelle previously founded Burst Technology Marketing, where she developed digital communications strategies for technology, financial services and professional services companies. Her prior experience spans 15 years across marketing disciplines for enterprise technology companies such as Siperian Inc., Algorithmics Inc., Novell Canada, Lotus Development Canada and IBM Canada. Michelle holds a B. Comm. from The University of Toronto and teaches Web Marketing at The University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies.

Cornel Pacurar

Vice President, IT Operations

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As Vice President, IT Operations, Cornel is responsible for all aspects of the delivery of IT services and infrastructure projects, driving IT strategy and implementation. Cornel’s experience in IT and application development spans more than 15 years. Prior to joining Angoss in 2008, he held the positions of Director Application Development Services for dthree Inc., and Chief Technology Officer for PlayCentric Corporation. Cornel graduated from The Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti and holds a Computer Programming diploma from SoftTrain Institute.