Chris Heim - CEO
Chris Heim was CEO and President from 1997 to 2006 of HighJump Software. Under Mr. Heim's leadership, HighJump Software grew from $8 million to $90 million in sales. During this period, Chris lead the transformation of the company from a slow growth, low profit company to the fastest growing company in their market space with a strong operating model. In 2002, HighJump received the Tekne Award from the Minnesota High Technology Association as the Top Emerging Software Company. In 2003, Heim was selected as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Prior to being named CEO, Chris was Director of Business Development for HighJump Software, where he oversaw the successful introduction of Warehouse Advantage, one of the company's core products. Chris also worked in all areas of HighJump Software including product development, marketing, sales, professional services and technical support. He has also lectured on business and technology to business students at the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota. Heim has authored several articles on supply chain execution and management for a number of key industry publications. Chris was also named as a 2006 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pro to Know by Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine.
Contact Chris at Chris@2ndWaveSoftware.com
Dan Mayleben – Chief Operating Officer and CFO
Daniel Mayleben is the company's chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to this venture, Dan was the interim CFO of RenewData, which is a CIBC portfolio company. Previously he worked with Chris as the CFO for HighJump Software. While serving as CFO for HighJump Software Inc., Mayleben led the implementation of a new business model and grew the company at an annual rate of 25 percent. He co-led the sale of that company to 3M in January 2004. Prior to HighJump, Mayleben served as CFO of Adaytum, another CIBC portfolio company through the Accenture portfolio acquisition. Dan sold Adaytum to Cognos in January 2003 for $160 million, a 2.6x multiple of LTM revenue and a return of over half the Accenture portfolio purchase price. Before Adaytum, Dan had various finance roles at Honeywell, which included the CFO of $1.8 billion business unit and undertaking several acquisitions, both large and small. Prior to Honeywell, Dan spent 10 years as an accountant with Deliotte & Touche.
Contact Dan at Dan@2ndWaveSoftware.com
Mark Hastings
Mark Hastings is head of the U.S. Merchant Bank. The merchant bank is the private equity arm of CIBC World Markets. The merchant bank's investment focus is closely aligned with CIBC World Market's investment banking industry groups including technology/media, healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrial. Prior to joining CIBC Capital Partners, Mark was a General Partner at BCI Partners, a private equity firm, with USD$800 million under management. Prior to that Mark spent several years at Edison Ventures. Present and prior investments include: Adaytum Software (acquired by Cognos), CashEdge, Corillian (Nasdaq: CORI), Data Labs (acquired by Lucent), Fuelquest, RenewData, Seisint (acquired by LexisNexis, member of Reed Elsevier Group plc), Telelogic (TLOG), Tylink (acquired by Sync Research), Viewlocity (acquired by Synquest), Verid, Visual Networks (Nasdaq: VNWK) and Yantra (acquired by Sterling Commerce). Mark is a graduate of the Bachelor of Arts in Economics program at Colorado College and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Thomas M. Reardon
Prior to joining CIBC Capital Partners, Mr. Reardon was a co-founder of Revolution Partners, LCC, a technology-focused investment bank dedicated to M&A and private capital fundraising for small to medium-sized companies. At Revolution Partners, Tom took a leadership role in the firm's transactions, in addition to overseeing all of Revolution's internal business operations. He helped transform Revolution Partners into a full-service investment bank with 12 professionals and over $4 million US in revenue in under three years' time. Before starting Revolution Partners, Mr. Reardon was at Robertson Stephens & Co., a San Francisco-based investment bank, where he worked on over 20 enterprise software transactions, with a cumulative value of over $1.5 billion US. Prior to San Francisco, Tom served in Washington DC as a member of the White House Advance Staff for President Clinton. Mr. Reardon received a B.A. from Harvard College and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
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