Vic Morris - Chief Executive Officer

Vic has spent twenty five years in the software industry. He started his career as a software engineer, but went on to various senior managerial roles, including Senior Vice President International Operations for Cullinet Software, Vice President and General Manager European Operations for Powersoft, Vice President European Marketing for Sybase, and Vice President Marketing for NetDynamics Inc. Most recently he was a principal at Atlas Venture, where he was responsible for enterprise software investments in the UK, and held several board positions. Vic holds a degree in Physics from the University of Bristol, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Mark O'Neill - Chief Technical Officer

Mark is responsible for overseeing Vordel's technical development roadmap. He has seven years of successful startup and technical experience. In 1996, Mark co-founded Delphium Technologies to provide high-end eCommerce and EDI communication solutions to blue-chip clients. His skills include IT solution architectures, and a comprehensive knowledge of programming. He is a contributing member of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee, and has degree in Mathematics and Psychology, as well as graduate qualifications in neural network programming from Oxford University. Mark is the author of the book Web Services Security, published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media. Read Mark's weblog...

Jacques Declas - Vice President Sales

Jacques brings over 13 years of sales experience in building direct and indirect distribution channels throughout Europe for technology companies, with a particularly strong focus on the field of SOA. He joins Vordel from Forum Systems where he was VP sales EMEA with responsibility for direct sales and distribution channel management in Europe. Prior to Forum he was VP EMEA with Mainsoft, establishing their European sales operation from scratch. Before Mainsoft he established Parasoft's Northern European office and built sales and support operations over a three year time frame.

Jacques holds BA(Hons) degree in Business Management from St- Etienne (France) and has a postgraduate diploma in European Financial Management from Leeds University (UK).

Hugh Carroll - Vice President Marketing & Operations

Hugh is responsible for Vordel's marketing output and also oversees the company's operations, where he provides internal legal counsel for the firm. Before joining Vordel, he spent several years as Senior Product Marketing Manager for the Internet division of Ireland's leading telecoms company, Eircom, where he was involved in the launch of the country's largest ISP. Prior to this, he worked with Enterprise Ireland's International Services Division, with responsibility for equity investments and contract management with many firms in the indigenous IT software sector. Hugh holds a Degree in International Marketing and Languages from Dublin City University and speaks five languages.

David is responsible for the technical direction, architecture and design of Vordel's products. David brings a vast amount of experience and track record in delivering high quality solutions. Since 2001, David has overseen the successful development and deployment of Vordel's XML security products. Prior to joining Vordel David was a Team Lead in Marconi Communications, where his responsibilities included design and development of Marconi's flagship NMS product line. Prior to this David worked in Euristix as a Senior Engineer on Euristix's "Raceman" Element Management product. Euristix was acquired by Fore Systems, which was subsequentially acquired by Marconi Communications. David graduated from University College Dublin with a BSc in Computer Science.