MODIUS - Key Persons
Barry Ariko has over forty (40) years of experience in the high technology industry, and retired as the Chairman and CEO of Mirapoint, a provider of email and security appliances, which merged with Critical Path. Mr. Ariko was CEO of Extricity a B2B software company which he successful sold in 2001 to Peregrine Systems (later acquired by HP) and was the EVP and COO of Netscape Communications when it was sold to AOL in 1999. Mr. Ariko was EVP of the Americas for Oracle from 1994-1998 and grew revenue from $600M to $4.2B annually. He was with Tandem Computers, a manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems for thirteen (13) years, his last position being SVP Americas. He currently sits on the board of two public companies: Incyte Corporation (INCY)NASDAQ, a small molecule drug discovery company based in Wilmington, DE and is chairman of GLOBO, PLC, an AIM listed software company (GBO:LN) on the London Stock Exchange. Other directorships have included: Autonomy, Ltd. (LSE), an unstructured data search company based in Cambridge, UK recently acquired by Hewlitt Packard, chairmanship of InStranet, an industry leading knowledge base company acquired by SalesForce.com; as well as a number of other private companies. He successfully completed the Advanced Executive Management Program at Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and finished his BS in Management at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA.
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Our Chief Marketing Officer
Brett Udashkin joined Modius as our Chief Marketing Officer in December 2021 and brings over 35 years of technology sales and marketing experience. He has worked at leading firms such as Intel, Microsoft, and Rogers Communications.
While at Intel, Brett managed international sales teams in the computing and communications businesses as well as the Director for Intel of Canada .
While working in the US at a multibillion-dollar multi-channel technology vendor, he started up and led a > 30-person Enterprise Marketing team that won multiple vendor awards and industry recognition.
At Rogers, Brett was the Director of Strategic Partnerships, where he managed relationships such as Google, Amazon, Ericsson, and Samsung with a focus on inbound innovation.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University in Montreal, and was the recipient of the Sir George Williams Medal.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- President
- Expert
Craig Compiano is an expert business manager and entrepreneur with extensive executive management experience and a track record for developing successful businesses. He brings to the company and the industry, 30 years experience in business and systems development, operations, and finance. His prior accomplishments in software development for large commercial and public sector clients during his tenure at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) led to his current concentration on operational systems development and performance analytics for data centers, and the founding of Modius. Previously as Co-founder and Vice President of Paymap, Inc., Mr. Compiano prototyped, developed, and deployed an Electronic Payment System, that has been widely adopted by the banking industry. He was awarded a patent for this technology. Mr. Compiano has a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California, and an MBA Finance from UC Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Solution Delivery
Mark Carberry is our Vice President of Solution Delivery.
Mark previously served as our Vice President of Sales and is uniquely qualified to help customers implement their Modius OpenData solution on time and on budget.
He has a rich background in Telecom and equipment monitoring. Mark graduated from UCLA in 1999, where he majored in Cognitive Science.
As a developer, Mark gained valuable experience working with numerous technologies encompassing hardware, software, communication, and cybersecurity. Mark joined the executive team of DPS Telecom in 2002, where he served for ten years as Engineering Director and six years as Vice President of Sales.
Mark's experience as a product developer and Sales Engineer exposed him to real-world needs for which he skillfully and repeatedly developed practical solutions. The VoIP Orderwire products are just one example of Mark's innovation for an industry that is still popular today for creating IP phone service at radio sites without needing a central server. In addition, Mark is highly knowledgeable regarding SCADA protocols and best practices for monitoring and control. His expertise includes sensor instrumentation, remote telemetry units, and fault management systems.
Scott Mitchell is our Vice President, Sales. In this role, Scott owns revenue generation for the company and further developing our sales capabilities and resources.
Scott's experience includes significant leadership tenure at Verizon, Ericsson, and Rackspace. In addition, Scott has extensive expertise in the data center industry, including MTDC (multi-tenant data center) colocation, dedicated hosting, IaaS, cloud adoption and migration, data center managed services, and system integration, working with both Fortune 1000 companies and mid-market organizations to meet their mission-critical needs.
Steven Saltwick brings over thirty (30) years of experience in product management, marketing, and business development in both large and small companies, driving solution-marketing programs with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) in the financial, telecommunications, manufacturing, and public sector spaces. As a Director for HP and Compaq, he accelerated worldwide sales, doubling the existing market growth rate. As VP of Marketing for Tandem, Matrix Network Systems, and ClearCommerce, he developed innovative partnering programs with SAP, ACI Payment Systems, LSI, IBM, AMDOCs and other industry-leading companies in the U.S., EMEA, and APAC markets. A prolific speaker, Mr. Saltwick has lectured on the topics of strategic planning and product management at many global industry events. Mr. Saltwick holds a BA in Mathematics and Psychology from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN and participated in the nueropsychology Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published several papers on brain function in Medical research journals, including SCIENCE Magazine.