Management Team
Frank Gelbart, President & CEO
fgelbart@appfluent.com
Frank Gelbart has over 20 years experience in enterprise software sales and marketing. Prior to becoming CEO of Appfluent in 2002, Frank held executive sales and marketing positions with both venture backed and publicly-traded software companies. As VP of Worldwide Sales at Entevo Corporation he spearheaded the company’s aggressive global sales growth which culminated in a $125 million acquisition by Bindview Development in February of 2000. As VP Marketing for CyberGuard Corporation, a publicly-traded Internet security company he oversaw product management, corporate marketing and business development. Prior to Cheyenne’s acquisition by Computer Associates for $1.2 billion, Frank was responsible for Cheyenne’s sales operations in Asia, Canada and Latin America.
Allen Skees , CTO and Vice President, Engineering
askees@appfluent.com
As CTO and VP, Engineering, Allen brings significant experience to the Company's product development efforts. Allen has over 12 years experience leading teams in designing and building database auditing and caching products. He also has five years experience in the fields of artificial intelligence, distributed computing, and computer graphics. He worked for three years on a sophisticated air-to-air combat simulation for the United States Air Force. Allen holds multiple degrees including an MS in Electrical Engineering, a BS in Physics and a BA in Mathematics.
Santosh Chitakki, Vice President, Product Management & Marketing
schitakki@appfluent.com
As VP, Marketing,
Santosh brings over 15 years of sales, marketing and
business development experience to Appfluent Technology.
Previously Santosh served as Vice President of Marketing
for BioNetrix, an enterprise security software company
and directed the worldwide channel sales and marketing
at Entevo, a systems software company. Santosh has also
held senior product marketing, product management, and
business development positions at leading software
companies such as IBM, Lotus and Intergraph. Santosh
holds a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from
Bangalore University, India and an MBA from University
of Maryland.
Lou Peduto, Director of Sales
lpeduto@appfluent.com
Lou is an experienced leader providing vision and creating a culture for innovation and operational excellence. Lou has over 25 years of experience in the Enterprise Information Management space driving revenue & customer satisfaction for enterprise software vendors such as SAP and Business Objects. Lou's areas of expertise are creating value for the customer by guiding sales teams to understand and translate the voice of the customer, leading to product innovations and services that solve key customer problems and create outstanding client experiences.
Steve Varsolona, Director of Business Development
svarsolona@appfluent.com
Steve Varsolona has 23 years of experience in leading the growth, development, and management of technology-based business/product lines for Fortune 500 organizations. Varsolona's areas of expertise include sales, product line and business management, strategic planning, and marketing/business analysis. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance, as well as an MBA from Northwestern with concentrations in Economics and Accounting.
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