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Shunra's Executive Management Team

Shunra's executive management team is comprised of veteran industry pioneers who have proven their ability to deliver practical, innovative solutions that address core IT and business needs.

Gary Jackson, CEO

As Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gary Jackson is responsible for the strategic direction and global expansion of Shunra Software.

Mr. Jackson joins Shunra with more than 25 years of executive leadership helping early-stage companies evolve and expand market growth. Most recently, as CEO of Ounce Labs, Gary modernized the go-to-market strategy, implemented an innovative channels program, and dramatically simplified the product, licensing and distribution model. The repositioned company produced results that attracted the attention of several potential acquirers and a successful acquisition by IBM in less than 12 months.

Prior to Ounce Labs, Gary was the Chief Operating Officer at Quova, Inc., where he played a key role in growing the company from inception to profitability. Earlier in his career, Jackson was president of Ozro, a pioneer in on-line contract negotiation, which has become a standard in enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, as well as Senior Vice President (and 11th employee) of Vantive, one of the early leaders in the customer relationship management (CRM) market.

Gary holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Boston College.

Adam Clay, Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Adam Clay is responsible for the company's worldwide sales and consulting operations. Prior to joining Shunra, Adam was the VP of North American Sales for Keynote Systems (KEYN), an application performance management company. During his career at Keynote, he also ran International Sales for the company from their London office. Prior to joining Keynote, Adam was the Director of Sales for CTNY, a technology consulting company specializing in large-scale network and application projects for major enterprises. CTNY's wireless division was spun out and sold to Palm in 2001.

Adam holds a B.A. in English and American Studies from Skidmore College.

Chris Hughes, Chief Financial Officer

Chris Hughes is responsible for all of Shunra's financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, financial systems and internal and external reporting.

Prior to joining Shunra, Chris was chief financial officer at Planalytics, Inc. Chris has over 14 years of experience working with technology companies. He is a CPA and member of the American and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Sharon Levin, Vice President of Operations and Support

Sharon Levin is responsible for the company's worldwide customer support organization. A seasoned software engineer, Sharon started his career at Shunra Software as quality assurance engineer, and was quickly promoted to Director of QA.

During his tenure at Shunra he built up the QA group, which included developing the company's rigorous testing and quality assurance infrastructure and procedures. During his time with Shunra, Sharon has worked extensively with customers both in the customer support capacity and as a collaborator with the professional services organization.

Yaniv Bronstein, Vice President of Development

Yaniv Bronstein brings Shunra over 14 years of experience in security, networking, test management within overall Application Lifecycle Management markets. Bronstein served in a broad range of technical and management positions in privately held startups and global public companies. Before joining Shunra, Bronstein was System Architect at HP where he was responsible for the development of HP's next generation Test Automation platform.

Bronstein holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, with honors, from the University of Tel Aviv and a Master's Degree in Computer Science, with honors, from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya.

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