Executives

Brian Pierce

Chief Executive Officer
Brian Pierce is Chief Executive Officer of Rogue Wave Software and brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the software and technology industry with a focus on maximizing customer value and total customer satisfaction. Most recently, Brian served as a Senior Vice President at Infor Global Solutions where he had responsibility for five independently operating business units including TriSyn Group, which merged with Infor in 2006. Prior to the merger, Brian served as President and Chief Operating Officer of TriSyn Group helping to increase total revenue by 40% over three years. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Customer Support and Satisfaction at TIBCO Software, Inc. and Vice President of Field Operations at InConcert (acquired by TIBCO). Brian started his career at Xerox where he spent 10 years in various field technical and sales positions.

Adam Schauer

Vice President, Finance
Adam Schauer is a seasoned financial executive who brings significant software industry expertise from both public and private companies including TotalView Technologies Amicas, Applix, Servicesoft,and Kana Software and PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP. Adam has overseen all aspects of operations, accounting, financial accounting systems, tax, SEC reporting and treasury of domestic and foreign entities. Project experience includes numerous accounting system implementations including those dealing with foreign operations. A CPA, Mr. Schauer holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont and an MBA and Masters in Accountancy from Northeastern University.

Sean FitzGerald

Senior Vice President of Engineering/CTO
Sean FitzGerald is responsible for leading the development, marketing, strategy and vision for the Rogue Wave Family of products. Sean's business, product development and technology experience spans more than 25 years in areas of healthcare, education, geophysics, power engineering, network design, systems integration, and consulting. Prior to joining Rogue Wave, Sean held various Vice President of Engineering positions at Visual Numerics Inc., Diablo Management Group and the Masters Institute. Sean holds numerous technology certifications in addition to a B.S. in systems administration and a M.B.A. in IT Management.

Tom Gaunt

Senior Vice President of Sales
Tom Gaunt manages Rogue Wave Software's worldwide sales organization and is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with the company's strategic business partners. Tom joined Rogue Wave Software in 2001 with more than 20 years sales and business development experience. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Development for Netpliance and served in a sales director role at Borland Software Corporation. Mr. Gaunt also founded several high tech start-up companies. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a BS in Computer Science.

Mike Bundred

Vice President, Sales EMEA
Mike Bundred has been with Rogue Wave Software since February 1997 and served as Sales Director for the UK operation until September 2001 when he was promoted to Northern European Sales Director. In October 2002, Mike was appointed Vice President of Sales for EMEA and is responsible for managing the company's sales and business activities throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mike has more than 20 years of sales and business development experience and has held senior sales and marketing positions with Tektronix, Lockheed Sanders and Metheus Corporation. He graduated from the University of Surrey with a First Class Honors degree in Engineering.

Scott Lasica

Vice President, Global Alliances
Scott Lasica manages Rogue Wave Software's partner relationships, business development and worldwide technical sales organization. Scott joined Rogue Wave Software in 2001, bringing a broad range of experience in software technology and its use in vertical industries. Before joining Rogue Wave Software, Scott managed development teams for telecom conferencing and web collaboration applications. Prior to that, he worked as an engineer on data and visualization for the 4th generation programming language IDL, as well as applications for trajectory calculation, data visualization and analysis for several NASA funded interplanetary spacecraft missions. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

Mark Jones

Vice President, IT and R&D Infrastructure
Mark Jones brings 20+ years of experience engineering solutions to take advantage of business opportunities as an entrepreneur, executive and architect. Mark is responsible for producing the infrastructure and products Rogue Wave customers take advantage of for their opportunities, and for creating the infrastructure Rogue Wave needs for an agile business. Mark's experience as both a business consumer and a provider of technology brings business interest into IT and R&D Infrastructure. Mark has successfully integrated technology and organizations in support of M&A activity at Bay Bank, Bank of Boston, Inso Software and several start-ups. Mark has been designing and delivering distributed computing applications and infrastructures since 1996. From his experience in architecture and consulting, Mark brings a focus on business value to IT, software research and development for Rogue Wave.