Covergence is the leader in enabling organizations to transition from proprietary, expensive, legacy voice, to voice and video as low-cost, managed services on the customer’s IP network. The Company's success is due in large part to a proven management team that has been able to effectively evaluate customer challenges and move quickly to deliver solutions that address their unique needs.

Each of Covergence's executives is an industry leader within his core area of expertise. They have a proven track record of delivering quantifiable results, developing high performing teams, anticipating industry needs, and positioning an organization for the future.

Jim Moran has more than 20 years of experience in high-growth, venture-backed businesses. Prior to joining Covergence, Jim was Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of edocs, a pioneer in on-line account management and web self-service solutions targeting the global 1000. edocs was acquired by Siebel Systems (NASDAQ: ORCL), in 2005. Jim was also an investor, board member and Chief Operating Officer of Virtusa (NASDAQ: VRTU), a category leading provider of global off-shore software development and IT related services. Jim played a key role in helping to position Virtusa for a successful IPO in 2007. Prior to edocs and Virtusa, Jim was SVP of Sales & General Manager at CheckFree during a period of dramatic growth when the company grew from $25M to over $250M in revenue and achieved a successful IPO in 1996. Jim holds a BA from Northeastern University and is also a private investor, board member and adviser to several organizations.

Ken is responsible for setting the company's overall technical direction and product architecture. Over the last 25 years Ken has successfully brought large complex networking systems to market and enjoys a well deserved reputation for delivering high quality products in a timely, cost effective manner. Prior to founding Covergence, Ken was a Founder and the System Architect of Tiburon Networks, Founding Team and System Architect of Aptis Communications, and consulting engineer at both Shiva and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Gil Kaufman has been leading high technology product development teams to increased productivity, control, and success for over 30 years. As Vice President of Engineering, Gil is responsible for overseeing the engineering organization and for the on-time delivery of high-quality products. Gil's broad experience includes data, voice, video and web networking; management applications; software, hardware, and systems.

Gil was Executive VP of R & D at BigBand Networks from 2004 through its successful IPO in 2007. Previously, Gil led R & D at multiple venture-funded companies, all of which successfully achieved investor payback. Gil held various management roles at Motorola, Cisco, RAScom and Xyplex. Gil holds a BSEE from Lehigh University and an MSEE from Purdue University.

Greg is responsible for leading all finance, investor relation, human resource, and information technology functions. Greg brings nearly 20 years of experience working with technology companies. Most recently, Greg served as the Vice President of Finance, Administration & Treasurer at Telica, a leading provider of Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communication systems for next-generation networks. Greg was a key member of the senior management team responsible for the sale of Telica to Lucent Technologies. Prior to Telica, Greg held senior management positions at Agile Networks (Acquired by Lucent), Leaf Systems (Acquired by Scitex), and Leading Edge Products. Greg began his career as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young.

Marty brings more than 20 years of enterprise sales and business development experience to Covergence. As Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Marty oversees the Company’s direct sales as well as partner and channel sales programs.

Prior to Covergence, Marty held senior sales management positions in large companies, including Cisco, PictureTel now Polycom, and Lotus now IBM and start-ups, including Altiga Networks now Cisco and Ellacoya now Arbor Networks. Throughout his career, Marty has created, negotiated, and managed complex partnerships and sold complex technologies, including unified communications solutions, networking and security products to the enterprise and service provider market worldwide.

Rod was a member of the Covergence founding team and is responsible for positioning the company's session management solutions for maximum value and growth. Rod brings over 25 years of related business experience in technology start-ups and large companies. Prior to joining Covergence, Rod was the VP Product Marketing, Enterprise Products at Macromedia where he was responsible for the definition and introduction of Flex, an XML-based programming environment for the creation of rich, multi-modal Internet applications based on the Flash platform. Prior to Macromedia, Rod was COO of WorldStreet Corporation, a developer of real-time collaborative solutions for institutional equity broker/dealers and their customers. He has also held positions as VP of Marketing at Borland, VP of Marketing at Open Environment Corporation and various executive management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation.

Jim is responsible for all product management and technical marketing functions at Covergence. Jim has more than 20 years experience in product management, systems engineering, and product development.

Prior to joining Covergence, Jim spent four years with Ciena through their acquisition of WaveSmith Networks and led their data systems engineering efforts. Prior to Ciena, Jim spent 15 years in a variety of management roles with Lucent, Ascend Communications, Cascade Communications and GTE. Jim holds a BSEE from Northeastern University and a MBA from Babson College.

Paul is responsible for all hardware development activities including architecture and design, procurement and operations. Paul is a 16 year veteran of the networking industry and has consistently delivered complex, leading edge networking products over the years. Paul was a founder and director of hardware development at Tiburon Networks. At Tiburon, Paul acted as the hardware architect and technical lead for the hardware team. Prior to Tiburon, Paul was a founding member of Aptis Communications (subsequently sold to Nortel) where he was the primary hardware architect of the CVX1800 Access Switch. Before Aptis, Paul was the lead hardware engineer at Shiva Corporation where he developed the T1 RAS switch. Paul held various hardware development positions at Alloy Computer Products prior to Shiva.