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Petr Dobry

Senior Engineer, Cloud Operations

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Join Date: 12/22/10
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As a sales engineer, Carsten Maas is a technology expert for Kerio Technologies messaging and Internet security solutions. With more than twenty years of technical experience, he is responsible for pre-sales support, consulting and custom implementations for the Kerio products in the DACH region. He works closely with the product development teams and interacts as an "interface" between the development and the resellers/partner of Kerio. His in-depth product knowledge and expertise helps partners provide the best IT infrastructure for successful groupware collaboration and security for organizations worldwide.
Join Date: 01/15/13
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Emplacement: Leverkusen/Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Jiří Praus

Junior Developer

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Join Date: 11/14/12
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Emplacement: Pilsen, Czech Republic

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Elise Hymes

Marketing Manager, Partner Program

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Join Date: 10/12/12
Fun Fact: I was a cheerleader in the halftime hall-of-fame induction ceremony for SF 49ers Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott and Dave Wilcox.
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Lukas Nemec

WebAdmin developer

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Join Date: 03/28/12
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Emplacement: Pilsen, Czech Republic

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Josef Zacharias

VP Support & Training

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Josef is responsible for leading Kerio’s global technical support. He oversees effective methods for providing the highest quality support and facilitating advanced training for the company’s partner network, as well as managing Kerio’s sales engineers worldwide.

Since 2001, Josef Zacharias has served in multiple leadership positions in sales and engineering. He has successfully managed Kerio’s expansion into Western Europe, establishing the local offices in the United Kingdom and later in Germany.
Join Date: 11/30/10
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Emplacement: Pilsen, Czech Republic

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As vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Dusan Vitek led the company through a transition from SOHO vendor to an SMB market leader. Mr. Vitek has successfully rebranded Kerio’s award-winning products for the messaging and Internet security markets. His strategy for re-architecting how the company operates has led company expansion to six offices worldwide.

He also shifted the global sales organization from a direct sales model to a partner reseller sales model. The channel partner sales drive more than 90 percent of the company’s total revenues with 4,400 partners in 108 countries. Since 2001, he is responsible for building and managing several global marketing teams across two continents in six countries. Mr. Vitek is an expert and industry spokesperson for the SMB market.
Join Date: 04/29/09
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Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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Join Date: 04/22/09
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Emplacement: Prague, Czech Republic

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Join Date: 01/21/09
Fun Fact: Michal loves playing croquet.
Emplacement: Pilsen, Czech Republic

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Join Date: 10/21/11
Fun Fact: I am not crazy. Just ask my toaster.
Emplacement: Pilsen, Czech Republic

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Martin Kaiser

Marketing Director Central and Eastern Europe

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Join Date: 10/11/10
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Scott Schreiman is the CEO and president of Kerio Technologies, Inc., and a member of Kerio’s board of directors. In his role, Mr. Schreiman leads Kerio’s global management team guiding the company’s strategic development. Prior to becoming CEO, he was COO and responsible for Kerio’s global business operations and financial management. He joined the company in 2005 as vice president of worldwide operations, managing the areas of business planning, sales operations, customer support, finance and IT. He brings more than 12 years of senior management experience in sales, business development, marketing, operations, and finance. Prior to joining Kerio Technologies, Mr. Schreiman was vice president and director of knowledge management for Wells Fargo PCS, where he led the rollout of innovative distance learning and communications technologies to the division's 6,000 employees. He was the co-founder of MovieWeb.com, a leading film entertainment portal and the CEO of Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.'s U.S. operating subsidiary. Mr. Schreiman holds Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Philosophy from Claremont McKenna College.
Join Date: 12/01/11
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Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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James Gudeli

VP of Business Development

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As vice president of Business Development, James Gudeli oversees global management of sales and technology partnerships for Kerio Technologies, Inc. As a member of the worldwide management team, he works closely with the sales and marketing departments to develop strategic channel and technology relationships that promote the adoption of Kerio’s messaging and security solutions. James joined Kerio in 2002 to manage channel sales, achieving triple digit growth in his first year.

Previously, he held sales positions with database vendor FileMaker, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank. James earned a Bachelor's of Science in Marketing from San Jose State University.
Join Date: 04/29/09
Fun Fact: James cooks excellent pan-fried steaks
Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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Join Date: 06/30/11
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Matt Lovato

Product Marketing Manager

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Matt carries a mixed bag of tricks with a formal education in commerce marketing, a solid understanding of internet advertising, a self-taught knowledge of graphic/web design, and over 10 years in a channel/product marketing management role. Matt has business development experience in small, medium, and enterprise-sized organizations. Matt joined Kerio in 2010 but has been a die-hard fan of the products as early as 2004 when he deployed Kerio Connect into a previous employer's 100-user environment with ease. As a Product Marketing Manager, Matt develops marketing materials and provides Kerio's partners with strategic marketing support through product messaging, online advertising development, presentation materials, and market research.
Join Date: 09/09/10
Fun Fact: Matt still proudly plays video games.
Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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As vice president of Worldwide Sales for Kerio, Mirek Kren is responsible for global revenue growth and market leadership. He is focused on developing and implementing Kerio’s channel strategy and leading several channel sales teams. Prior to his current role, Mirek was the sales director for Central and Eastern European regions managing the company’s sales, operations, and partner recruitment creating an extensive channel network for Kerio’s Internet messaging and security solutions. His leadership and strategic sales execution led to multiplying the company’s revenues and exceeding growth targets in the SME market.
Join Date: 05/05/11
Fun Fact: Mirek loves ice-hockey quite a lot, he plays on three different teams.
Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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Chris Peluso, director of Sales for U.S. & Canada for Kerio Technologies is responsible for driving the growth and strategy for Kerio’s messaging and security solutions for the SME market. He successfully manages Kerio’s sales engineers and channel managers throughout the region to support its extended network of value added resellers in North America.

Since joining Kerio, Chris has led the team to a five times revenue increase through the channel and championed the worldwide adoption of CRM, leading to more efficient and effective partner communication.

With more than ten years in the messaging and security markets, he has vast knowledge of the business challenges and the IT demands of organizations in the area of comprehensive networking solutions. Originally he started his own email hosting business, and after selling off the email hosting business in 1999, Mr. Peluso moved on to devote all of his time to software development. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in Mechanical Engineering.
Join Date: 04/26/10
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As a sales engineer, Mark Durant is a technology expert for Kerio Technologies messaging and Internet security solutions. With more than ten years of technical experience, he is responsible for pre-sales support, consulting, technical trainings and custom implementations for Kerio Connect and Kerio WinRoute Firewall.

His in-depth product knowledge and expertise helps partners provide the best IT infrastructure for successful groupware collaboration and security for organizations worldwide. Mark is based in Kerio’s Brooklyn, New York office.
Join Date: 02/25/10
Fun Fact: Mark goes whitewater rafting every year in the Adirondacks and Catskill mountains. The Schoharie creek is a level III and the Saw Kill River is rated at Class V
Emplacement: New York, NY

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As a seasoned marketing professional, Kat has more than 12 years of experience in high tech corporate and product marketing, public relations, business development, and sales.

As Kerio's Director of Product Marketing, Kat is responsible for designing and implementing strategies for all product platforms, which includes conducting competitive research and analysis for Kerio’s leading messaging and Internet security software for small to medium sized organizations.

Kat drives the strategy behind Kerio Connect and Kerio Control value propositions and product positioning, while managing product launches across all global teams and markets. While teaming up with public relations, web, channel marketing and sales, she also works closely with Kerio’s dedicated channel organization of more than 4,400 global distributors and resellers worldwide.
Join Date: 11/04/09
Fun Fact: Has been known to cook bacon in the office (at her desk), hates tomatoes, and races sportbikes as a form of meditation.
Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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As a sales engineer, Brian Carmichael is a technology expert for Kerio Technologies messaging and Internet security solutions. With more than ten years of technical experience, he is responsible for pre-sales support, consulting, technical trainings and custom implementations for Kerio MailServer and Kerio WinRoute Firewall.

He works closely with the product development teams and manages the beta of each product launch. His in-depth product knowledge and expertise helps partners provide the best IT infrastructure for successful groupware collaboration and security for organizations worldwide.
Join Date: 01/27/10
Fun Fact: Brian plays indoor soccer 3 nights a week.
Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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As Kerio’s global webmaster, Joshua Ellinger is an expert in usability, website design, implementation, and project management. He is the driving force behind web projects for Kerio.

He has overseen the recent redesign of the Kerio.com, and is the creator of the Kerio Blog. Kerio’s award-winning website was judged based on: user experience, graphic design, technical implementation, and marketing. Josh led this global initiative spanning all of Kerio offices, which included dedicated effort and strategic planning with a extended team to serve the company’s partners and customers. The rollout consisted of five language versions representing more than fifty countries.

Joshua graduated from University California Santa Cruz, with a BA in Film and Digital Media. He has previously produced, edited and wrote a television show and is a member of the Drupal community.
Join Date: 09/02/08
Fun Fact: I am a photography enthusiast
Emplacement: San Jose, CA

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