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Steven A. Flagg
(44) CEO, President and Chairman. Mr.
Flagg has served as the President, Chairman
and as a Director since
August 5th, 2002
. Mr. Flagg is Managing Partner and
co-founder of
Marsh+Flagg
, a merger and acquisition advisory firm in
La Jolla
,
California
. Prior to
Marsh+Flagg
, Flagg was an active individual investor
and turnaround consultant to early stage
technology companies, including Findcom,
PurchaseSoft, and PointPoint.Com.
Flagg moved to
La Jolla
from
Paris
after several successful management
assignments building international sales and
consulting operations for companies such as
KnowledgeWare and Sterling Software.
At
Sterling
, Flagg served as VP of Business Development
for International where he led European
M&A activity. Flagg built the
international business of financial software
provider SS&C. SS&C
completed a $50 million IPO led by Hambrecht
and Quist and Alex Brown. Prior to
Paris
, Flagg was a successful software sales
executive in NYC working for University
Computing Company (acquired by CA), Oracle
and KnowledgeWare. Flagg graduated
from SUNY Brockport NY with a major in
business and sociology.
Werner
Kuno Loechle (52) Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Loechle has been part of the business development team at
the Company since August 2002 with the
responsibility for acquisitions and partner
development in
Europe
. Loechle is founder and CEO of
Profund Management Consulting GmbH and a
Partner in
Marsh+Flagg
,
La Jolla
,
CA
. He is a former Ernst & Young
Partner and Geschaeftsfuehrer (
Stuttgart
, then Paris), and served as Senior Vice
President Worldwide KnowledgeWare,
Paris
. He was CIO in Pharmacia for five years
implementing ERP in European operations. He
has also served as CIO in an international
pipeline company, implementing ERP on
international level. He negotiated for
E&Y an international partnership with
SAP and served as CEO in two Internet and
software companies. His focus is on
funding, M&A, turnaround, and interim
management in the Information Technology
industry.
Kevin A. Yanoscik
(46) Mr. Yanoscik comes to the Company
after working at
Marsh+Flagg
since 2002, as a financing and merger and
acquisition advisor. Kevin
Yanoscik joined the firm after a twenty-year
career in banking. Starting with the
predecessor banks to the current Union Bank
of
California
, Kevin started his career in
Seattle
,
Washington
before relocating to
San Diego
and then
Los Angeles
,
CA
. He has also worked for Hong Kong
Shanghai Bank and spent several years with
NationsBank, now Bank of America, and
LaSalle Business Credit, part of the ABN
AMRO Group. With a diverse career
including positions in credit and marketing,
Kevin has worked in middle-market commercial
banking and also asset-based lending and
structured finance/cash flow lending.
He brings extensive transactional experience
in mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds,
and has had extensive training in trade
finance. Kevin received a BA degree
from
Temple
University
in
Philadelphia
,
PA
in political science and an MBA/Master of
International Management Degree from the
University
of
Denver
.
Stuart
Williamson
(57) Vice President Support. Mr. Williamson has been a part of the PurchaseSoft
restart team since January 2003 and is
responsible for sales and customer support.
With a strong background in software and
hardware support, and detailed knowledge of
PurchaseSoft’s products, he has been
instrumental in establishing a support
infrastructure and the re-signing of
maintenance agreements with PurchaseSoft
customers. Williamson rejoined the
Company after serving as Sr. Quality
Engineer from 1998 to 2001. Prior to
PurchaseSoft, Williamson worked for
Microsystems Software, Datawatch, Merisel
and others as manager of technical support
services. He is a Microsoft Certified
Profession and has good working knowledge of
Microsoft SQL, Oracle 8i, Sybase, Rational,
ClearQuest, SQA, WebLoad, PowerBuilder and
Silverstream. He graduated Cum Laude
from
Central
New England
College
and received his MBA from
Nichols
College
.
Lou De Rose (65)
Director of Strategic Services. Mr. De Rose has been a part of
the PurchaseSoft restart team since August
2002 and is responsible for developing
procurement consulting services and
procurement training. De Rose is a
pioneer in the development of Supply Chain
Management. His years of consulting
and training for telecommunications,
computer, and electronics-related companies
on procurement, logistics, and outsourcing
uniquely prepares him to apply that
experience to a variety of industries.
He writes extensively for the business
press, and is an accomplished public
speaker. He is the author of the books
“How to Negotiate Purchase Prices”,
“Value Buying”, and more recently,
“The Value Network”. Mr. De Rose
has trained thousands of executives,
managers, engineers, and other professionals
on how to implement world-class procurement
and logistics practices. He is a
former Professor and Chairman of the
Business Management Department at
Fordham
University
, and taught at Cornell and
Manhattan
College
. LouDe Rose is an Arbitrator on
contract and trade disputes with the
American Arbitration Association; is a
Certified Consultant with the
Institute
of
Management Consultants
; and has served on the Procurement Advisory
Committee of the United States Senate.
Louis Blatt
,
PhD (40) Advisory Board. Dr. Blatt
has been a part of the restart team since
August 2002 and provided technical and
industry advice. Blatt
has held senior management positions in
marketing, strategy, development,
professional services, business development,
and general management for software
companies and technology practices. He
is currently SVP, Product Strategy of
the Unicenter Brand at Computer Associates.
Prior to joining CA, he was President
EMG and EVP Strategy and Corporate
Development for Peregrine. Prior to
Peregrine, Blatt was EVP, Strategy,
Marketing, and Business Development for
MediaBridge where he transformed the Company
from content management to CRM and
successfully sold it for $265 million.
He was a Partner at Andersen Consulting
where he started and grew a CRM and Internet
practice. Prior to that, he held
technical and management positions at Logica
Inc., AT&T and Wang Labs as an engineer
and product manager focused on user
interface technologies and software
products. Blatt earned an MA and Ph.D.
from
Boston
University
, a BA from
Susquehanna
University
and has studied at
Harvard
Business
School
’s Executive Management Program for
Leadership.
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