Management

Avner Schneur, President and CEO
William B. Gerraughty, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Terrence Curley, Senior Vice President of Development
and Product Operations
Jagdish Jha, Managing Director of Emptoris Technology India (ETI)
Jane Johnson, Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources
Joe Jouhal, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Ammiel Kamon, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Management
Bob Kellegrew, Vice President and General Counsel
Gary Li, Chief Technology Officer

Avner Schneur — President and Chief Executive Officer
Avner Schneur founded Emptoris in 1999 and continues to serve as the company’s Chairman, President and CEO. As CEO, Schneur is the leader, visionary and chief spokesperson for Emptoris and its products. Schneur also sets the strategic direction for Emptoris, including the initiation of any financing activities. Under Schneur’s leadership, Emptoris has delivered consistent top line growth, and has established itself as a recognized global leader in the Enterprise Supply and Contract Management software market. Prior to founding Emptoris, Schneur was the senior vice president of operations for Vectis Corporation, a leading software vendor of electronic medical records, where he created and managed a full-scale operations organization and was instrumental in Vectis’ merger efforts. Before Vectis, Schneur served as vice president and chief technology officer for Astea International, a leading developer of customer interaction software, where he helped grow revenues to $45 million and helped lead the company to a successful IPO. Before that, Schneur was director of Software and Information Systems at Elscint, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end medical imaging systems. Schneur Graduated Cum Laude in Industrial Engineering, with a specialty in Information Systems, from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology).


William B. Gerraughty, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
William B. Gerraughty, Jr. serves the Chief Financial Officer for Emptoris, Inc. Gerraughty brings more than 20 years of experience in international finance and operations to the position of Chief Financial Officer, having worked at both publicly traded and globally expanding software and technology companies. In his position as CFO, Gerraughty leads Emptoris’ financial operations and plays a key role on the company’s executive management team.

Gerraughty has extensive and diverse experience in evaluating, managing and strengthening the finances of software and technology companies on a worldwide basis. He was the CFO at two publicly traded companies, NMS Communications and Infinium Software, as well as several venture-backed software companies. As senior vice president and chief financial officer for Infinium Software, Gerraughty was instrumental in driving the organization’s successful turnaround, acquisition and divesture efforts, and ultimate sale to SSA Global. Earlier in his career, Gerraughty held a number of executive positions, including President, COO and CFO, at Intellution, a software company serving the industrial automation markets. Gerraughty is a CPA who began his career with Coopers and Lybrand, the global accounting firm. He holds an MBA and Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from Babson College.


Terrence Curley, Senior Vice President of
Development and Product Operations
Terrence Curley is responsible for global operations leading the company's product implementation and operations teams and is responsible for all aspects of the company's customer application deployments.  Terrence has over 18 years experience in software implementations and company operations.  Prior to joining Emptoris, Terrence held various, senior management positions including VP of Product Implementation at Zeborg,  Co-founder of EC Cubed, Inc. and IT and product development positions at GE Capital and EMI Music, Inc. Terrence is a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a BA in English.


Jagdish Jha, Managing Director of Emptoris Technology India (ETI)
Jagdish Jha is responsible for success and growth of India operations of Emptoris. He is a senior entrepreneurial leader with proven track record of strong leadership and successful management of software engineering programs. He brings over 25 years experience in software engineering and management for delivery of enterprise commercial software in multiple domains including banking, SCM, BPM, BI for global software companies. He has extensively leveraged offshore delivery to create new products and business lines, nurtured start-ups and led high growth business units. Jagdish joins Emptoris from Symphony Services – a leader in Outsourced Product Development market space. Jagdish was an early member of Symphony management team and contributed in several ways in building and scaling the organization to approx. 2500 people engaged in creating high-value, high-impact solutions for ISVs from dedicated Global Operating Centers [GOCs] managed by Symphony. Earlier, Jagdish worked at i2 Technologies, where he was responsible for managing i2 operations in India engaged in Supply Chain Management products operations, product engineering, consulting and product implementations. After i2, he helped found two startups as Senior Executive and President. Prior to i2, he worked at iFlex solutions (acquired by Oracle) – a leading banking solutions global provider in senior technical and solutions management roles.


Jane Johnson, Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources
Jane Johnson is Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources with 20 years of broad, international HR experience.  Jane has the responsibility for the global strategy and direction of Emptoris’ human resources, including managing, recruiting, training and diversifying human resources for the organization.  Jane’s major area of focus will be helping Emptoris recruit and retain high caliber employees during a period of rapid company growth globally.  As a member of the executive team, she is instrumental in the corporate and human development of the firm.  Prior to joining Emptoris, Jane held various, senior management positions including Vice President of Corporate Development and Human Resources at NetCracker Technology, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Business Operations at Miller/Shandwick Technologies and Cone Communications.


Joe Jouhal, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Joe Jouhal is responsible for directing Emptoris' global sales initiatives. With an extensive background in sales and marketing, Jouhal brings a highly successful track record in enterprise information technology sales and general management. Prior to joining Emptoris, Jouhal was vice president of operations and general manager at Ariba, Inc. Responsible for the EMEA region, his work with Ariba translated to millions of dollars in new software licenses, professional services growth, and maintenance and support revenue. Jouhal has also held senior management positions at major organizations, including Nortel Networks, Clarify Inc., Remedy Corporation and BMC Software.


Ammiel Kamon, Senior Vice President of Marketing
and Product Management
Ammiel Kamon brings over fifteen years of enterprise software experience to Emptoris. Prior to joining Emptoris, Ammiel was Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at diCarta. Mr. Kamon is a former vice president at Netscape Communications, where he built its eProcurement and Supplier Relations business unit from zero to a run rate of $29 million. During his five years with Netscape, he also served as Director of Marketing for a $90 million e-commerce applications line, a Director of Technology coordinating initiatives across all products and over 800 engineers, and a Corporate Strategy marketing lead. Prior to Netscape, Mr. Kamon spent five years with Oracle Consulting, most recently as Director of Massively Parallel Advanced Technologies. Mr. Kamon has also worked as a consultant to venture capital firms, serving as a marketing and turn-around executive for procurement and supply-chain companies. Mr. Kamon received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Business from Carnegie-Mellon University.


Bob Kellegrew, Vice President and General Counsel
Bob’s more than 20 years of legal experience in the high technology world includes his having been the Chief Legal Officer at four publicly traded companies. As general counsel, treasurer, secretary and vice president for global, high-tech leaders, Kellegrew has consistently supported revenue growth and increased shareholder value. Most recently he was General Counsel for SpeechWorks International. Prior to SpeechWorks, Kellegrew was at American Tower where he managed a department of 12 lawyers and a variety of transactions including the recovery of millions in debt from financially troubled customers. Previous to American Tower, Kellegrew was the vice president, general counsel and treasurer for PictureTel Corporation, the global leader in videoconferencing, where he led a $30 million secondary capital investment, complex contract negotiations and the successful sale of a subsidiary company. In addition Kellegrew also held deputy general counsel and associate general counsel positions at FTP Software and Stratus Computer, respectively. Kellegrew received his law degree from Western New England School of Law. He also received a B.A. in History with a minor in English from the University of Massachusetts at Boston.


Gary Li, Chief Technology Officer
As Chief Technology Officer, Gary Li is responsible for the development of Emptoris’ optimal strategic sourcing e-commerce solutions. Li brings extensive experience in bidding software development. Prior to Emptoris, Li was a development manager at SABRE Systems. While at SABRE, Li developed a number of decision support and logistic software products including OptiBid, a procurement system to facilitate transportation purchases. OptiBid’s customers include a national supermarket chain and a major consumer goods producer. Prior to SABRE, Li was a project manager at Investment Technology Group, where he managed the development of an electronic crossing network (ECN) and other investment software products. Li graduated with a BSCS from the Special Class for the Gifted Young at University of Science and Technology, China. He later received an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut.