Michael Rocha, CEO and Co-Founder

Most recently Mike was Executive Vice President, Global Support Services and Platform Technology at Oracle Corporation. In this position, he managed a $5.5 billion dollar business, and was responsible for support, platform technologies, On Demand and corporate IT. He reported directly to the CEO and was a member of Oracle's Executive and Product Division Management Committees. Mike enjoyed a 16-year career in Oracle's product division.

Timothy Chou, Co-Founder

Most recently President of Oracle On Demand, then the fastest growing business in Oracle, providing applications on demand for more than 250,000 corporate users globally. He has served on several corporate boards, has authored multiple publications, including The End of Software, and has been a lecturer in computer science at Stanford for more than 15 years, where he launched the first course in Software as a Service.

Bob Jandro, VP of Business Development

Most recently, Bob served as the CEO for Nsite and led its sale to Business Objects. Prior to Nsite, Bob led businesses on several continents. He was a member of the Executive team at ONI Systems, a rapid growth start up that reached $200 million in revenue in the second year, and had a successful IPO. Earlier, he led large sales teams as a Group Vice President at Oracle, and as a Managing Director at Tandem Computers.

Bob earned an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.S. in Business from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Travis Shanahan, Chief Architect

Prior to joining Openwater, Travis was lead architect of Oracle's first-generation Service Network.  Prior to Oracle, Travis was with Datastream Systems.  At Datastream, he worked on the re-architecture of the software product from client-server to internet based technologies, before joining Oracle to work with the Wireless Web product.

Jasper Kamperman, Chief Linguist

Most recently, Jasper served as Product Manager with Intel's Software Products Division. Prior to Intel, Jasper worked at Reasoning, Inc. on automated (computer) language transformation, spent 5 years researching Interactive Language Design and Compiler Construction at CWI in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and worked in the Computational Linguistics department of Utrecht University. Jasper has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Amsterdam and a Master's Degree in Physics from Utrecht University.

James Clark, VP of Operations

Jim enjoyed a 13-year career at Oracle Corporation, most recently as Director of Support Solutions for Oracle's Support Services Organization. Prior to that position, he held various positions within Oracle's Product Division and developed Oracle’s Product Release Process. Jim has a B.A. from University California at Berkeley.

Brett Jarvis, VP of Community Development

Most recently, Brett was Global Director of Product Management for Oracle's Advanced Customer Services and previously led Oracle's On Demand and Service Delivery Management program offices. Prior to Oracle, Brett was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sawtooth Technologies. Brett has an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford University.

Don Masterson, VP of Customer Services

Prior to Openwater, Don was Director of Service Delivery Management at Oracle Corporation. In this position, he managed several of Oracle's largest customers totaling over $100M in revenue. Mr. Masterson enjoyed nearly 10 years with Oracle, and 20 years in the technology industry. He holds a Computer Science degree from Fordham University and a Masters in Information Technology from George Washington University.

Peter Shutte, VP of Field Sales

Most recently, Peter served as the VP of Sales for Nsite and helped lead its sale to Business Objects. Before Nsite, Peter was a part of the original sales management team at WebEx and helped define the sales methodologies needed to run a Software-as-a-Service organization. He was responsible for the Enterprise Sales Group which focused on organizations greater than $100M in revenues. Prior to WebEx, Peter was a co-founder of Workgroup Technology which was a pioneer in Data Management and Product Life Cycle Management and had a successful IPO in 1996. Peter holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Todd Untrecht, VP of Product Management

Prior to Openwater, Todd was Managing Director of the Oracle Venture Fund – leading investments in internet infrastructure, Software as a Service, and enterprise service companies. Todd also led Oracle’s Global Program Office, responsible for driving process and technology innovation across Oracle’s On Demand and Support organizations. He holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University.