Press Enter or Click Search to perform a full site search.

Company Name Matches

Key People

Add to Watch List Share This Page

Email Page Flag This Page

Flag

Management

Steve Ciesinski, Chairman, CEO and President

Steve Ciesinski Named CEO of Laszlo Systems
March 08, 2004, San Francisco - Laszlo Systems, a provider of server software for rich Internet applications (RIAs), today announced that Steve Ciesinski has been appointed the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Ciesinski will immediately assume responsibility for guiding Laszlo through this next phase of its growth strategy. An experienced investor and advisor in Silicon Valley for more than 15 years, Ciesinski has been actively involved with Laszlo Systems since the summer of 2002. He was one of the company's early private investors and he has been a member of Laszlo's Board of Directors since August, 2002. In addition to his role at Laszlo, Steve is a partner at Earlybird Venture Capital where he focuses on identifying promising new technologies that have the potential to solve serious business challenges.

Ciesinksi succeeds Barry James Folsom who resigned from his position for personal reasons. "We want to thank Barry James for all of his valuable contributions to Laszlo. We appreciate his efforts and wish him well," said Ciesinski. Folsom has agreed to assist in the transition and other matters of importance to the company.

"Industry pundits have named RIAs one of the hottest technology trends for 2004, and have recognized the ability of rich Internet applications to radically improve how online business is conducted. I'm thrilled with the opportunity to help Laszlo solidify its leadership position and meet its growth objectives for the year ahead," said Ciesinski. "The entire Laszlo team has done an excellent job laying the right foundation for success, and I look forward to building off of the rapid momentum behind the company and the category as a whole."

Prior to joining Earlybird in 2000, Ciesinski served as President and CEO of Resumix Inc., a leading supplier of technology-based applications for e-recruiting and human skills management. Ciesinski has also held leadership positions at Octel Communications, Applied Materials and Proctor & Gamble. His management credentials coupled with his experience as an active private company investor and advisor give Ciesinski the unique skills needed to help Laszlo expand its impressive roster of clients and meet its fundraising goals. Laszlo Systems has already made impressive inroads into the RIA industry, with key customer wins including BEHR Paints, Earthlink, Yahoo!, and Dean for America.

"Laszlo is a great company with a truly powerful technology that will change the way online business is done. I have the utmost confidence in Steve and his ability to help Laszlo win mindshare as the number one provider of rich Internet applications," said Barry James Folsom, former CEO of Laszlo Systems.

Laszlo's investors are also impressed with the company's performance since coming out of stealth mode in June 2003 and are optimistic about the company's future under Ciesinski's leadership.

"Laszlo has all of the right ingredients to make a huge impact on the way people interact with online applications: sophisticated technology, a smart business model, and a solid executive team," said David Orfao, Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners. "Ciesinski's track record of strong leadership and exemplary vision is a big advantage for the company as he looks to take Laszlo to the next level."

About Laszlo Systems
Located in San Mateo, California, Laszlo Systems enables companies to rapidly build rich Internet applications that deliver a breakthrough online user experience. By providing a smarter, richer and more fluid Internet, Laszlo's single-page Web experience increases customer conversion rates, improves brand loyalty and ultimately impacts the bottom line. For more information about Laszlo Systems, please visit their Web site at www.laszlosystems.com.

David Temkin, Founder and CTO

No bio available. Add a bio.

Michael Ouye, VP Engineering

No bio available. Add a bio.

Adam Wolff, Chief Software Architect

No bio available. Add a bio.

Antony Campitelli, VP Marketing

No bio available. Add a bio.

J. Simister, Chief Architect

No bio available. Add a bio.

Eric Bloch, VP Engineering

No bio available. Add a bio.

Sarah Bradley, VP Legal & Administration

No bio available. Add a bio.

C. Thomas, SVP Sales & Distribution

Laszlo Expands Management Team with Three Key Executive Appointments
Internet Software Leader Continues Growth with Selection of CFO, SVP of Engineering and SVP of Worldwide Sales
SAN MATEO, Calif. (August 1, 2007): Laszlo Systems, a global leader in Rich Internet Application (RIA) software, today announced that it has appointed George Shahid as chief financial officer, Chris Helgeson as senior vice president of engineering, and Reid Thomas as senior vice president of worldwide sales and distribution. Continuing the company's momentum, today's news follows recent reports that Laszlo is growing at a strong pace, its technology having already served over 40 million people per month nationwide.

"Chris, George and Reid are terrific complements to our talented management team as they reflect our same commitment to excellence and proven ability to succeed," said Steve Ciesinski, President and CEO, Laszlo Systems. "In particular, Chris's new role allows our Founder and CTO, David Temkin, to spend more time interfacing with our customers, as well as technical and business partners."

"We are pleased to welcome such seasoned technology veterans to Laszlo - their combined expertise and strategic vision are already having a valuable impact," commented Temkin.

Helgeson is responsible for driving Laszlo's product development, including Laszlo Webtop and its affiliated applications, as well as continuing the advancement of OpenLaszlo, now in its fourth release. With more than 27 years of engineering and management expertise, Helgeson most recently served as the vice president of engineering at eBay, Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY). Prior to eBay, he held VP of engineering positions at Automatic Data Processing (NYSE: ADP), Saba, Carnelian, and Verity. He also held several senior management and technical positions throughout his career at General Magic, cc:Mail, Network Equipment Technologies, and Syntex (now Roche). Helgeson is named on four software patents and has published three studies relating to human-computer interaction and biochemistry.

With over 20 years in global finance and operations, Shahid brings extensive leadership experience and established networks that will help uncover new market opportunities for Laszlo Webtop and other commercial applications. Previously, Shahid held a number of executive positions, including four years as chief operating officer and CFO of BlueRoads, a SaaS CRM company; chief operating officer of Portalwave, a SOA software company; chief financial officer of Loyaltylab Inc., a SaaS marketing CRM company, and Differential Inc. Earlier in his career, Shahid spent six years with C*ATS software, a global provider of financial risk management software, where he helped to successfully execute the company's initial public offering in 1995.

Thomas joins Laszlo to help capitalize on the global demand for Laszlo's products and services, specifically focused on the revenue drivers around Laszlo Webtop. Thomas spent the past four years at Sylantro Systems Corporation as the senior vice president of worldwide sales. Under Thomas' leadership, Sylantro grew to become an established VoIP market leader with service provider customers around the globe. Previously, he held several executive positions in sales and marketing with VINA Technologies (NASDAQ: VINA), where he significantly increased the company's market share and revenues, helping to enable the company's IPO in 2000. In addition, Thomas spent nearly a decade at Octel Communications (now Lucent Technologies) in a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions. Thomas is named on one software patent and holds several honors in sales leadership.

For more information about Laszlo Systems, its products and services, please visit www.laszlosystems.com. To download OpenLaszlo for free today, visit www.openlaszlo.org.

About Laszlo Systems
Laszlo Systems is the leading provider of rich Internet application (RIA) software. Laszlo is also the origin

Kent Libbey, CMO

Laszlo Systems Welcomes Kent Libbey as New Chief Marketing Officer
Joins Management Team from Microsoft to Drive Company's Marketing Strategy, Building on the Success of OpenLaszlo with a New Suite of Applications Targeting 'Triple-Play' Opportunities
SAN MATEO, Calif. (September 6, 2005) - Laszlo Systems, developer of the leading open source platform for rich Internet applications (RIAs), today announced that Kent A. Libbey has joined the Company as Chief Marketing Officer. Libbey brings to Laszlo Systems over twenty years of marketing and operations management experience spanning voice, video, broadband and mobile applications and services.

Steve Ciesinski, Chairman and CEO of Laszlo Systems, said, "Kent has a proven track record of building successful products in new markets based on innovative technologies. This experience, along with his industry relationships in communications and entertainment, bring a new dimension to the management team and will be immensely valuable in defining and realizing the full potential of Laszlo Systems as we seek to deliver a consistent user experience across communications services and devices."

Libbey joined Laszlo from Microsoft Corporation, where he was Director, Product Marketing in the company's TV software division. He led Microsoft's marketing efforts in the definition and launch of its industry-leading IP Television platform, adopted by more than a dozen tier-one telecommunications companies worldwide. Previously, he was Vice President of Marketing at iVAST, an early-stage software company offering solutions based on the international MPEG-4 standard. His career also includes executive roles in product management and operations at Excite@Home, Bell Atlantic and MCI. Libbey holds an MBA from Stanford University and bachelor's degree from Harvard College.

Remarked Libbey, "Applications already being delivered by Laszlo's open source community and Laszlo itself represent the start of a whole new category of digital life experiences. The open, rich and portable nature of Laszlo's platform is ideal for 'triple-play' and 'home-run' scenarios that advance the user experience across voice, video, data and mobile services. I'm thrilled to join Laszlo Systems at this exciting juncture in the company's growth."

David Temkin, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Laszlo Systems, worked closely with Libbey at Excite@Home. He adds, "I'm delighted to be working with Kent again. He brings to Laszlo a mature business vision informed by deep experience as both a service operator and a technology provider."

About Laszlo Systems
Laszlo Systems is the original developer of OpenLaszlo, an open source platform for building applications delivered through the Web and private networks that are as rich and robust as traditional, client-installed applications. OpenLaszlo technology has been widely adopted by application and service providers in the consumer, enterprise, education and government markets. Laszlo Systems provides updates, training and support for OpenLaszlo and offers rich-experience web-based digital life applications such as LaszloMail, built on OpenLaszlo. For more information about Laszlo Systems, visit www.laszlosystems.com.

Note to editors: Laszlo is a registered trademark of Laszlo Systems, Inc. OpenLaszlo is a trademark of Laszlo Systems, Inc. All other products and brands mentioned are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners. Photos of Mr. Kent Libbey are available from The Devon Group.

Chris Helgeson, SVP Engineering

Kevin McCoy, VP Sales

No bio available. Add a bio.

Sue Liu, VP Professional Services

No bio available. Add a bio.

Oliver Steele, Chief Software Architect

No bio available. Add a bio.

George Shahid, CFO

Board of Directors

David Orfao

As a Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners, David invests in both new and existing technology businesses. Areas of special interest include: application software; infrastructure software; open source; IP TV services; as well as software on-demand business models. David is a board member of: Brightcove (Jeremy Allaire and General Catalyst co-founded the company); EZ Prints; Impress Software; Laszlo Systems; Imprivata; OnForce; Ping Identity, rPath and ScanScout; He formerly served on the board of IMlogic, a General Catalyst investment that was acquired by Symantec in February 2006.

Prior to co-founding General Catalyst, David held the positions of President, CEO or Senior VP of Sales, Operations or Marketing for four publicly held companies. Most recently, David led Allaire Corporation from 1997 to 2000 as President, CEO and Board Member. During his tenure, Allaire grew from a venture-backed start up to an $119M public corporation trading on the NASDAQ. The company pioneered the Internet Application Server market with industry leading products such as ColdFusion and JRUN. In January of 2001, Allaire merged with MacroMedia Corporation and continues to be a leading Internet software company.

Prior to his CEO role at Allaire, David held the positions of Senior VP of Sales Operations and Marketing at Frame Technology Corporation, Claris Corporation, and SQA Corporation. Frame Technology and SQA Corporation were venture-backed corporations that successfully completed Initial Public Offerings on the NASDAQ.

Throughout his career, David has been an angel investor, advisor, and board member to several companies, including, Voxeo Corporation, and Firespout Corporation. He earned a B.A. in Business and Accounting from Norwich University of Vermont.

Robert Carr

Robert Carr is an independent entrepreneur and advisor to Silicon Valley software companies with a passion for leading the creation of innovative products and services. Currently, Robert is CEO and co-founder of www.keepandshare.com, a web 2.0 company providing an integrated suite of group productivity applications. From 1997 through 2003, Robert was Managing Director at Sofinnova Ventures, where he was one of five partners managing $550 million in early stage high tech venture capital funds. Robert is invested in and has served on the board of a variety of software infrastructure companies.
Prior to joining Sofinnova, Robert was Vice President of the AutoCAD Market Group at Autodesk, Inc., where he managed a major turn around of the company's flagship product, AutoCAD.
In 1987, Robert co-founded the high-profile mobile communications startup GO Corporation, where he led all software development including the ground-breaking PenPoint operating system. He is the co-inventor and holder of two patents on pen-based computing and object-oriented operating systems.
Prior to GO, Robert served as Ashton-Tate's chief scientist after they acquired his software startup in 1985, three years after Robert's invention of an integrated PC software program called Framework.
Robert is a two-time winner of PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Award for both Framework and PenPoint. In both cases, his products defeated the dominant industry players of the time (Lotus in integrated software when 1-2-3 was dominant; Microsoft in operating systems).
He began his career with "the birth of the PC" in and around Xerox PARC and Stanford University, and has been in the PC software business since he joined Xerox PARC in 1978. At Xerox PARC, Robert developed integrated applications software for the Alto (the precursor to the Xerox Star, which in turn was the inspiration for the Macintosh).
Robert holds a B.S. and a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Stanford University.

Mark Walsh

No bio available. Add a bio.

Eric Buatois

Eric Buatois, General Partner. Entrepreneurs value their working relationship with Buatois because he is a "big picture" strategic thinker who takes the time to provide coaching on the science—and the art—of growing a business. He is a supportive, positive team-player who likes to have fun.

Prior to joining Sofinnova Ventures in 2001 to focus on the telecommunications sector, Eric had 18 years of experience in the communications industry.

He had a 14-year tenure with Hewlett-Packard, where he had business management, profit and loss, and global strategic responsibilities through leadership roles based in Europe and the United States. He joined H-P's French operations in 1987 to lead product strategy for the company's Telecom Systems business unit, which encompassed global divisions. In 1994, Eric relocated to Sweden, where he served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Telecommunication AB, a $200 million global joint venture specializing in network management systems and billing systems for service providers. He also served on the Board of EHPT. In 1998, Eric moved to H-P's U.S. headquarters, where he became General Manager of H-P's $340 million Communication Solution business unit.

He began his career with Texas Instruments in 1983, rising to European Product Manager for the Digital Signal Processor line. Concentrating on DSP applied to wireless, Eric defined and guided the product line's introduction into the European market, and negotiated key OEM agreements with top European telecom equipment vendors. His efforts led to the successful Europe-wide deployment of TI's DSP line.

Buatois received his M.S. in Computer Science and Communications Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (France).

Lee Epting

No bio available. Add a bio.

Richard See

Richard See has over 20 years experience in venture capital, M&A, and LBOs. He helped start Mitsui's Private Equity Department in 1997 and has invested in over 25 companies in telecommunications, software, and Internet infrastructure. He is involved in the convergence of telecommunications and the Internet, particularly new business modalities as companies move functions to the Internet. His investments have included: Plumtree Software, Promatory Communications, Array Biopharma, Mahi Networks, Celion, Luxn, BeamReach, Nexsi, ChemConnect, and TradeCard. Previously, he oversaw Mitsui's US network of over 100 subsidiaries, and executed acquisitions, investments, and divestitures. Mr. See's experience also includes work for Citicorp, where he managed a $1.6 billion portfolio related to major investment banks; the Bank of New York, where he grew the middle market service industry portfolio by 29%; and Chase Manhattan Bank, where he originated investment banking and corporate finance deals totaling $5.4 billion. Mr. See holds a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College.

Claude Leglise

Claude Leglise combines extensive global venture investing experience with a long track record in technology marketing and operations gained during his 23 year career at Intel. He was most recently Vice President of Intel Capital; he decided to leave Intel in April 2005 to pursue new investment ideas. He was responsible for making over 150 equity investments in 25 countries, including Cambridge Silicon Radio, SuSe, MVS Net, Japan Communications, and Techfaith Wireless.

In 1982, Leglise started his Intel career in marketing for the Microprocessor Division, where he launched Intel's first 32-bit microprocessor, the 386, and pioneered the branding of microprocessors. Leglise spent 12 years in general management positions, first leading the design and marketing of the world's first million-transistor microprocessor, the i860. He started Intel's collaboration with the software industry and managed the growth of the Developer Relations Group from 2 to over 300 software engineers. As VP of the Home Products Group, he built a $125M consumer business and served on Intel's Executive Staff. Leglise is a member of the Board of Directors of SupportSoft, an enterprise software company, and of the Yellowstone Historic Center. Within WI Harper, Claude is on the Board of LSMC and Laszlo.

Leglise received a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Nationale Sup¨¦rieure d'Arts et M¨¦tiers, in Paris, France, and an MBA from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

Thomas Berquist

Tom Berquist Joins Laszlo Systems’ Board of Directors
Finance Industry Veteran Adds New Dimensions to Board
San Mateo, Calif. (March 27, 2007) - Laszlo Systems, the leader in rich Internet application (RIA) software, announced today that Thomas P. Berquist has been elected to its Board of Directors. Berquist currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Ingres Corporation, a global leader in providing open source business services and solutions. As CFO of Ingres, Berquist leads the functions of business development, finance, human resource, information technology, legal, and product management.

Berquist joined Ingres last year after spending 10 years covering software companies as an equity research analyst. Most recently, he was a managing director at Citigroup and covered large capitalization software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, BEA Systems, Intuit, Symantec, CA, and BMC, among others. Previously, he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs with responsibility for its infrastructure and security software franchise.

"Tom brings new dimensions to Laszlo's board, not only with his perspective as a leading industry analyst, but also with his immersion in the rapidly evolving world of open source strategy at Ingres," says Steve Ciesinski, Laszlo’s Chairman and CEO. "We're pleased to tap Tom's knowledge and experience as Laszlo's customer base and revenues continue to grow rapidly."

Berquist ranked individually as a top-five analyst multiple times in two different categories and he was involved in more than 30 software transactions, including IPOs, secondaries and convertible debt financings.

"Having analyzed enterprise software for over a decade, I know that success results from both innovative technology and innovative business strategies, including open source; Laszlo has both," comments Berquist. "By building on its global OpenLaszlo community with new commercial products like Laszlo Webtop, Laszlo is poised to be a foundation for the next generation of web applications—inside and out of the enterprise."

"Having Tom on its board instantly puts Laszlo on the map of the financial community,” adds Claude Leglise, a Laszlo Systems board member and Managing Director of WI Harper, which invested in Laszlo Systems last year. "Tom’s impressive reputation and industry insights will be invaluable, both financially and strategically, as Laszlo charts its course going forward."

About Laszlo Systems
Laszlo Systems is the leading provider of rich Internet application (RIA) software. Laszlo is also the original developer of OpenLaszlo, which has been widely adopted by application and service providers in the consumer, enterprise, education and government markets. Laszlo Systems provides training and support for OpenLaszlo and offers its own proprietary rich-experience digital life applications such as Laszlo Mail and Laszlo Webtop, built on OpenLaszlo. For more information about San Mateo, Calif.-based Laszlo Systems, visit www.laszlosystems.com.

Weekly Newsletter

Signup for the TradeVibes newsletter to receive top news and hot new startups of the week.

There are no discussions right now.

Recent Contributors

There are no recent contributors to this company.

Companies

News & Forums

Integration

About Us

Help

Send us your feedback and tell us how to improve your experience.

User Agreement
Privacy Policy

Companies

Laszlo Systems

Key People

Management

Steve Ciesinski, Chairman, CEO and President

David Temkin, Founder and CTO

Michael Ouye, VP Engineering

Adam Wolff, Chief Software Architect

Antony Campitelli, VP Marketing

J. Simister, Chief Architect

Eric Bloch, VP Engineering

Sarah Bradley, VP Legal & Administration

C. Thomas, SVP Sales & Distribution

Kent Libbey, CMO

Chris Helgeson, SVP Engineering

Kevin McCoy, VP Sales

Sue Liu, VP Professional Services

Oliver Steele, Chief Software Architect

George Shahid, CFO

Board of Directors

David Orfao

Robert Carr

Mark Walsh

Eric Buatois

Lee Epting

Richard See

Claude Leglise

Thomas Berquist

Weekly Newsletter

Similar Companies

Adobe

Microsoft

Premise Corporation

GreenBorder Technologies

ArcSight

Social Platform

News & Blogs

Discussions

Recent Contributors