Ivan Ruzic, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ivan has over 15 years of global experience with prominent software companies, where he was instrumental in building and expanding their operations in North America, Western Europe and Asia. He has spearheaded performance intervention and turnaround initiatives in a number of companies in Asia, as well as one in South Africa. Ivan has also been involved in a number of international acquisitions and mergers, and sits on the boards of several technology companies.

Ivan holds a B.Sc., with majors in Chemistry and Biochemistry. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and a Ph.D. from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Steven Yaskin, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Steven is a founder of Queplix Corporation. He has over eight years of senior management experience in all aspects of the CRM consulting and software development business. Prior to Queplix, Steven founded Priority Consulting (PCI) a CRM professional services company. By December 2000 the company employed 15 people with annual sales of $ 1.8M. Prior to PCI, Steven worked as a consultant on projects for several Fortune 500 companies. In 2001 as the IT industry underwent a major consolidation, he and Paul Tenberg founded Queplix Corporation to develop the next generation of CRM system for the Front-Office environment.

Steven holds a Master of Science Degree in Physics from Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA). He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Brooklyn College, New York.

Paul Tenberg, Vice President and Director of Professional Services

Paul is a founder of Queplix Corporation. He helped Steven manage Priority Consulting through its rapid growth phase in the late 1990’s, and subsequently helped found Queplix. He provides strategic management and financial expertise for Queplix. Before joining Priority Consulting, Paul worked for several global companies including Citigroup, The Limited and Nelson Communications.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Economics from New York University’s Stern School of Business and an MBA from Drexel University with a concentration in MIS. Paul is a registered CPA in a state of New York.

Tom Burns, Snr. VP Sales

Tom joined the company as VP of Sales in December 2003. He has in excess of 14 years of software development, solution selling and sales management experience.

Prior to joining Queplix, Tom was founder and CEO of WindSprint Inc., where he built a profitable IT services business through marquee clients such as NCR, Shaw Industries, UBS Warburg, SunGard Energy Systems and Fidelity. Prior to WindSprint, Tom built and managed sales organizations for several leading, high-growth software companies, including WebGain (now owned by Oracle), ObjectSpace, and Excelon Corporation (now part of Progress Software).

Tom holds a bachelor's of science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University.