About Us: Executive Management

As President and CEO, Thomas Charlton is responsible for the strategic direction and global expansion of Shunra which provides network emulation appliances and software.

Prior to Shunra, Charlton was the CEO of VoiceGenie Technologies in Toronto, Canada, which developed a Voice XML Speech Platform. Revenues were flat and the company was suffering year over year operating losses. Charlton’s team increased revenues sharply and returned the company to profitability. Under his leadership, VoiceGenie was recognized in Canada’s “Hot Profit 100”, ranked #1 by IDC and received multiple technical awards. VoiceGenie was acquired by Alcatel in 2006.

Before VoiceGenie, Charlton was CEO of Trailblazer Systems. The company, based in Atlanta, designed and marketed Ecommerce EDI software. Charlton built a new sales team and restructured the organization enabling TBSI to grow profitably under his leadership. Trailblazer Systems was acquired by Nu Bridges in 2004.

Prior to Trailblazer Systems, Charlton was with Tidal Software in Palo Alto, California. He joined the provider of enterprise job scheduling solutions initially as VP of Sales and quickly changed the team’s people, processes, and structure. This resulted in sales doubling in the first 18 months. In spite of this growth, the company was suffering severe financial losses. Charlton assumed control of the organization. As CEO he assembled a team that returned the company to profitability and continued strong revenue growth. The company was recognized as: Visionary by Gartner, Upside Magazines “Hot 100”, Silicon Valley Business Journals “100 Fastest Growing Companies”, and Ranked #4 by IDC.

Charlton began his management career at US Surgical, the pioneer in Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Stapling. He held various sales management positions ultimately responsible for the Western Area Business Unit with revenues of $220M.

Since 2004, Charlton has been a Venture Partner with Insight Venture Partners, NYC. In this capacity, he participates on due diligence teams prior to investment and engages with portfolio companies to execute operational initiatives including recruitment of executive teams, organizational restructuring and growth planning.

He has been featured in Inc. Magazine, CEO Magazine, New York Times, Business Week, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal, Silicon Valley Business News San Jose Mercury News and The Marker (Israel).

As the Chairman and Executive Vice President, Boaz Grinvald is responsible for Shunra’s product development organization, global operations and corporate development initiatives. Prior to joining Shunra, Boaz worked at NCC, where he oversaw the development of networking software for Verizon. From 1993-1997, Boaz held management positions at RUN, where he was responsible for development, customer support, and strategic partnerships. Boaz received his BS in Computer Science, Math and Economics from Bar Ilan University.

Matt joined Shunra in 2007 and is responsible for all corporate marketing, product marketing, product management and demand generation activities for Shunra’s suite of WAN emulation and application performance testing solutions. He has over 12 years of technology industry experience and previously led product marketing for Expertcity (acquired by Citrix Systems in March 2004), where he helped the SaaS division, renamed Citrix Online, obtain multi-industry leadership. In late 2004 Matt directed the e-commerce and SMB market launch of the world’s fastest growing web conferencing solution, GoToMeeting. He was also responsible for the go-to-market strategies of the company’s on-demand solutions, including the #1 remote access and #1 remote desktop support services, GoToMyPC and GoToAssist. Before his departure in 2007, he again redefined the web conferencing marketplace with the launch of GoToWebinar. Matt has held leadership positions in Sales and Marketing for Citrix Systems, Tidal Software, Platinum Technology (acquired by Computer Associates in May 1999) and EDS.

Matt holds an MBA from the California State University, Sacramento and a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Business/Economics and Political Science from U.C. Santa Barbara.

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.