Callidus Software Leadership

Executive Management and Board of Directors

 
Callidus Software’s executive team and board of directors have deep technical knowledge and years of experience creating large-scale enterprise solutions. They understand the compensation management challenges faced by large companies, and how those challenges must be met with automated, scalable and flexible solutions.

Leslie Stretch

President and Chief Executive Officer

photo of Leslie Stretch, President & CEO of Callidus SoftwareLeslie Stretch has 20 years of experience in building long-term customer and business partner relationships in the IT industry.

Prior to joining Callidus Software's executive board, Leslie worked for Sun Microsystems for nine years. At Sun, he held the position of Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales and was the Managing Director of Sun Microsystems U.K. Ltd. Before joining Sun, Leslie held senior sales positions at Oracle Corporation U.K. and was instrumental in accelerating the growth of its Scottish and Canadian operations. Throughout his career, Leslie successfully directed and motivated large sales organizations and facilitated strategic deals.

Leslie holds a B.A. Honors degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

V. Holly Albert

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

photo of V. Holly Albert, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Callidus SoftwareV. Holly Albert brings more than 20 years of global experience in legal, business, and operations to Callidus Software.

Holly is responsible for all corporate legal affairs relating to Callidus. Previously, she was vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Docent Inc. Prior to that, Holly served as vice president, general counsel and COO at Tradenable, Inc., an Internet financial services company.

She held executive positions at infoUSA.com and worked with Honeywell for 16 years, serving as the general counsel for Honeywell-Measurex Corporation. Holly is a member of both the California and New Mexico State bars and received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Jimmy Duan

Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific and Latin America

photo of Jimmy Duan, Senior Vice President of Analytics, Business Process Management, and SaaS Solutions at Callidus SoftwareAs Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific and Latin America, Dr. Jimmy Duan leads sales and alliances in the fastest growing markets. He is responsible for leading Callidus’ expansion into the emerging markets, maximizing our customer successes, and growing customer base.

Dr. Duan brings over 20 years of management consulting, technology sales and executive management experience. He has severed a variety of executive management roles at Callidus, including senior vice president of mid-market business and SaaS solutions.

Previously, Dr. Duan served as vice president of client services at Xactly, where he was responsible for defining SaaS solution strategies and managing service delivery and on-demand operations. Earlier in his career, Dr. Duan held professional services management positions at Quovera and Talus Solutions, and consulted with multi-national organizations in transportation, financial services, telecommunications, and high-tech manufacturing.

Duan holds a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech.

Ronald J. Fior

Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations and Chief Financial Officer

photo of Ronald Fior, Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations and CFO of Callidus SoftwareRon Fior brings over 20 years of hands-on experience in all aspects of corporate finance and operations. Most recently, Ron was Vice President of Finance and CFO at Ingenuity Systems. Previously, he served as Vice President of Finance and Operations and CFO at Remedy Corporation. He has also served as Senior Vice President and CFO at ITP Education Group and International Thomson Publishing Group.

Ron's experience extends to both public and private companies, from the start-up stage to companies with over $750 million in revenue. Ron holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a Chartered Accountant.

Michael Graves

Senior Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technology Officer

photo of Michael Graves, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Callidus SoftwareMichael Graves has more than a decade of experience in developing market-leading enterprise applications. Prior to joining Callidus, Michael spent several years at Oracle, most recently as vice president of development in Oracle's Applications Division. In that position, he managed the incentive compensation and territory management global development teams, and helped develop products for customers implementing complex sales force compensation systems.

Before joining Oracle, Michael was a financial analyst for the Clorox Sales Company, and created systems for processing compensation payments and customer chargebacks. Michael has a B.S. in Finance and Economic Analysis & Policy from the Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.

Lorna Heynike

Senior Vice President, Marketing

photo of Lorna Heynike, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Callidus SoftwareLorna Heynike has over 15 years of experience in developing and marketing enterprise-class applications.

At Callidus Software, Lorna has led the effort to develop a series of sales performance and broader enterprise performance management solutions. She also spearheaded the development of Callidus' cutting-edge line of SaaS sales performance products.

Prior to joining Callidus, Lorna worked for Oracle, where she managed incentive compensation, marketing and leads management solutions.

Lorna holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland; an M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and a B.A. degree with Honors from the University of California at Berkeley.

Saied Karamooz

Senior Vice President, Client Services

photo of Saied Karamooz, Senior Vice President, Client Services Saied Karamooz brings over two decades of technology services expertise, having worked closely with Fortune 1000 organizations in a variety of industries to design innovative solutions and to engineer system implementations that have resulted in significant, tangible, and sustainable business process efficiencies for his clients.

Prior to joining Callidus, Mr. Karamooz was a partner at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Saied holds a BS degree in Computer Science, an MBA, and an MS degree in Information Sciences from Pennsylvania State University.

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors provides valuable counsel on the development and distribution of Sales Performance Management (SPM) solutions.

  • Charles M. Boesenberg — Chairman of the Board of Callidus Software Inc., and former CEO and Chairman of the Board of NETIQ Corporation
  • William B. Binch — Lead Independent Director of the Board of Callidus Software Inc. and Executive Chairman of the Board and former CEO and President of SeeCommerce
  • George B. James — Retired Senior Vice President and CFO of Levi Strauss & Co.
  • David B. Pratt — Former Interim President and CEO of Callidus Software Inc. and former COO of Adobe Systems
  • Leslie J. Stretch — President and Chief Executive Officer of Callidus Software Inc.
  • Michele Vion — Former Group Vice President of Human Resources of Level 3 Communications
  • Mark A. Culhane — Executive Vice President and CFO of DemandTec, Inc.
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