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Chairman & CEO
In his role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dave Ellett develops growth strategies and oversees all operational aspects of Powered. He brings over 25 years of senior management experience to the company.
Mr. Ellett's combination of vision and leadership drives the company's continuous pursuit of innovative interactive marketing solutions for blue chip clients.
Mr. Ellett most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Docent, Inc., a leader in enterprise learning and business performance management, which recently merged with Click2Learn to create SumTotal (NASDAQ: SUMT). He led Docent from its series A funding through a successful IPO and to the number one position in its market. Previously, Mr. Ellett also led the education businesses at Oracle and EDS.
Mr. Ellett holds a B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University.
Vice President, Business Development & Director
In his role as Powered's vice president of business development, Paul Franz is responsible for driving revenue at Powered. He brings over 17 years of finance and operational experience to the company and has been the driving force behind Powered's growth.
Prior to joining Powered, Mr. Franz served as Chief Operating Officer at a high-tech advertising firm whose global clients include technology leaders Honeywell, Micron, and Motorola. He also held executive and director-level positions at three technology startups in the Austin area with market focus on commodity management, procurement, inventory management, and ERP solutions. He previously served as a commercial lender at Bank One in Texas.
Mr. Franz holds an M.B.A. from The University of Notre Dame and a B.A. in economics from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Vice President, Engineering
Mr. Green serves as vice president of engineering at Powered and brings over 12 years of experience in steering technology products from initial design to widespread commercial use. He has significant industry experience in the telecommunications, biotechnology, and e-commerce technology sectors.
At Powered, Mr. Green drives the technology vision and directs all aspects of product design, architecture, and development. His expertise, gained through leadership roles in five startup companies, lies in managing the iterative process of new product development to meet market demands.
Mr. Green holds two software patents in DNA identification and has an established record of building and maintaining large, high-performance development teams.
Bringing more to his role than engineering abilities, his business operations and marketing knowledge allow him to serve as a liaison between engineering, product marketing, and strategic initiatives to anticipate and exceed customer expectations.
Prior to joining Powered, Mr. Green led engineering efforts at several well-known e-commerce companies, including Question Technologies and Living.com. At Orillion, a leader in telecommunications monitoring systems, he led development and deployment of its distributed management systems at some of the world's largest carriers, including WorldCom and KDDI. One of the first employees at Visible Genetics, he helped build it into a publicly traded company (VGIN) and leader in the emerging field of pharmacogenomics.
Ron Green has a B.A. in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas, Austin and an MSC in Adaptive Systems from the University of Sussex, England.
Vice President, Client Services
As Powered's Vice President of Client Services, Jim Sink is responsible for the delivery and operations of marketing solutions to Powered clients and ensuring their long-term success.
Mr. Sink has spent his career leading global service
organizations for technology, telecommunications and wireless companies.
Before joining Powered, Mr. Sink served as vice president of Customer
Experience for the WhisperWire Group of Convergys, a global leader
in integrated billing, employee care and customer care services.
Prior to Convergys, Mr. Sink served as vice president of Global
Services at 724 Solutions, a leading wireless solutions provider
for the financial services industry. In addition, he served as a
professional services executive at Lotus Development, a division
of IBM.
Vice President, Marketing
As vice president of marketing, Buck Krawczyk manages
all marketing operations for Powered including product marketing,
corporate marketing, and brand development. With over 25 years experience
in a variety of executive and management positions, Mr. Krawczyk
brings significant marketing knowledge and breadth to the Powered
management team.
Prior to joining Powered, Krawczyk was the vice president
of marketing at Lombardi Software where he was responsible for corporate
marketing activities during the company’s rapid growth in
the business process management (BPM) space. Krawczyk has also held
global executive marketing roles at Vignette Corporation and General
Magic. Earlier, he was the vice president of global operations for
Hodkins Simone & Searls, now Publicis Technology, where he managed
worldwide operations.
Mr. Krawczyk holds a B.S. in Business Administration/Marketing
from Colorado State University.
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