SOFTWARE NEXT DOOR - Key Persons


Dan Federman - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Management Team
Dan has spent more than 25 years in all aspects of the software industry, with US and global experience.

Fernando Balderas

Fernando brings more than 20 years of simulation software design technology and service experience.

Héctor Terán

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • MX / Queretaro, Qro
Hector has over 20 years experience in the software development industry, both globally and internationally. Hector has over 20 years experience in the software development industry, both globally and in Mexico, encompassing a deep knowledge of telecom and banking industries. Mr. Teran graduated from Monterrey Tec. He also completed a master's degree at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City and taught Language Theory, Discrete Mathematics, and Compilers. Hector has extensive experience working with U.S. based software development teams and spent significant time in Dallas and Oklahoma. Early in his career, Hector was one of the founders of a software development company called Programas Ingenieria y Computadores, which he helped grow from inception to over $2 million in annual revenues. During the past eight years, Mr. Teran served as a senior software development manager for Sigma Tao Software, one of the leading software development companies in Mexico. He successfully managed a variety of projects, mainly focused on telecom network management. He also played a leading role in establishing best processes and software development practices that allowed Sigma Tao to attain the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CMMI level 5. Mr. Teran holds a PMP certification granted by the Project Management Institute and currently resides in the City of Queretaro in Central Mexico. Mr. Teran is currently a member of the advisory board of the Computer Science program at Monterrey Tech campus Queretaro.Mr. Teran serves as Vice President & General Manager of Software Next Door's Operations. He is responsible for implementing the best recruiting and screening processes to ensure SND project teams are staffed with top-level personnel, develops strategies to enable SND to work on projects that take advantage of the company's Mexican based resources, and implements and oversees development operations to ensure projects are on schedule and completed within budget and time constraints.

Jeanie Bunker - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing
  • Member of the Management Team
Jeanie Bunker has more than 25 years of multi-channel global marketing experience.

Jesus Casillas

Jesus has over 25 years experience in software development as a software engineer.

Jesus Lopez - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
  • Member of the Management Team
Jesus has significant experience, with over 14 years designing, building and maintaining large-scale object-oriented solutions.

Richard Wellner Jr.

Richard Wellner, Jr. has over 25 years of experience in software development and consulting. He specializes in new approaches to resource use efficiency and in finding large scale computational solutions to business and scientific problems. As Chief Scientist at Univa he was responsible for the flagship cloud product from both a technical and customer needs and usage perspective.

Scott Weldon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • VP of Strategic Partnerships
Scott has spent more than 25 years as a business development professional, serving the US IT industry.

Vinay Nulkar

Vinay brings more than 20 years of software development experience to Software Next Door.