The eQ Management Team
Gopal Nagarajan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gopal Nagarajan has had a distinguished career, with proven success in leading early stage software companies to the world stage. He brings rich experience in all aspects of building profitable businesses from the ground-up - Strategic planning, P&L management, Human Resource Capital management, Customer Care and Business Development.
Most recently, Mr. Nagarajan led OpenPages Inc.'s turnaround from the content management space, to a cash-flow-positive global-leader in the corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) market. The company received Inc 500 recognition as the "fastest growing private software company," twice during this period. Mr. Nagarajan was a key member of the OpenPages Corporate Executive Team, serving as Vice President of Customer Services and Support, and Vice President of Field Operations.
Prior to joining OpenPages, Mr. Nagarajan was Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services for Object Design, Inc. (later renamed to Excelon Corporation, NASDAQ: EXLN), the #1 Inc "Fastest Growing Company" in 1994. Mr. Nagarajan initially served as a Support Engineer and quickly grew through the technical and management ranks to lead the worldwide Services organization. During his tenure as Vice President, Global Services grew 73% growth in 2 years, with 120 consultants spanning 7 worldwide regions. Excelon Corporation was a world leader in technology infrastructure, providing middleware and XML data storage products. Excelon Corporation was acquired by Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS).
Earlier, Mr. Nagarajan was a Technical Consultant at Digital's Advanced Technology Group. At CMC Ltd. (now part of Tata Consultancy Group), Mr. Nagarajan worked on the Software R&D team that automated the complex Indian Railway Reservation System network that carries 14 million passengers daily.
Mr. Nagarajan received a B.S. degree in Physics from Madras University, an M.S. in Computer Science from Syracuse University, and an M.S. in Business Administration from Boston University.
Peter A. Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer
Peter Morgan has helped lead a variety of entrepreneurial software ventures from conceptualization to worldwide success. The most recent of these efforts, prior to founding eQuilibrium Solutions, Inc., was OpenPages, Inc., of Waltham, MA, where he completely repositioned the original company, moving it from a niche player in Content Management to a (cash flow positive) world leader in Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance Management, achieving #29 on the Inc 500 for 2006. Morgan served as a key member of the OpenPages Corporate Executive Committee; Board Secretary, and Corporate Vice President in charge of Marketing Communications, Product Planning, Business Development, and Strategic Relations. Prior to joining OpenPages, Morgan was also Founding Vice President in charge of Marketing and Business Development / Strategic Relations at Qiave, Inc., an operating system security toolset developer. He was an "A" round investor in the firm, first serving as strategic consultant, startup launch team member, and primary contributor to achieving a $70M acquisition valuation in 7 months. Qiave was acquired by WatchGuard Technologies of Seattle, WA, where Morgan provided oversight of the initial consolidation efforts.
His professional business experience began as a charter employee of Software 2000 (which went public as Infinium Software, NASDAQ: INFM) an applications software development company focused on the F1000 B2B marketplace, where he rose to become a member of the Corporate Executive Committee, Corporate Vice President, International Market Development and Strategic Relations; and Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales. He moved on to another privately held software developer, FlexiIntenational Software (NASDAQ:FLXI) where he served as Vice President Marketing, and as an active member of the Corporate Executive Committee.
Prior to entering the business world he lived and worked abroad as Director, Graduate Teacher Training Program, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China. He received a B.S. (Dual Major) Communications/English, and a M.Ed. (Knowledge Transfer Technologies) in English from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, and later earned a Certificate in Administration and Management from Harvard University Extension, Cambridge, MA.
Thomas P. Gloria Ph.D., Chief Knowledge Officer
As the Chief Knowledge Officer of eQuilibrium Solutions Corporation, Dr. Gloria has more than 19 years of professional experience in sustainability management consulting and information technology engineering design. His work encompasses product innovation; environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle management (LCM); methods and policy implications regarding greenhouse gas emissions inventories; and energy efficiency feasibility analysis. Dr. Gloria is a Task Force leader for the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Life Cycle Initiative on Life Cycle Impact Assessment and a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North American LCA Advisory Group. Dr. Gloria has worked with several private & public sector clients conducting life cycle assessment studies and sustainability related work including: Armstrong World Industries, Cargill, C2C Holdings, Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer brand), Codelco, Comalco, EILEEN FISHER, Grow-Design, Herman Miller, Interface, International Zinc Association, International Copper Association, International Council on Mining & Metals, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Kraft Foods, Levi Strauss & Company, Lock 'N Pop, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Nike, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Rio Tinto, SC Johnson, Samsung, Silgan Containers, and Timberland, and the U.S. EPA. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tufts University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering from the University of Connecticut.
Don Mitchell Ph.D., Vice President of Engineering
Don Mitchell has over 20 years of experience building and leading successful software product development teams. From startups, to boutique consulting firms transitioning to software product firms, to technology rich, but product poor emerging firms seeking to become reliable delivery organizations, Don’s signature approach begins with alignment of business planning, and then drives the product roadmap from a customer-driven perspective, building both the team and technology to meet the market's needs.
Most recently, Don headed up product development for ConnecTerra, leading their integration into BEA after its acquisition. Don’s team delivered over 25 releases under his leadership, assuring productivity after the BEA acquisition and aggressively integrated the products into BEA's WebLogic product suite, sales, support, and delivery operations.
Before ConnecTerra, Don converted ProfitLogic from a boutique consulting company to an ASP and on-site product delivery company for Retail Optimization. Commanding a distributed development team including an Indian outsourcer, he established the product development process, and drove the first releases of two new products, and guided the regular releases of the flagship product, leading to the firm’s acquisition by Oracle.
At i2 Technologies, Don directed the scheduling product line which i2 bought from the boutique consulting and tools company, Optimax. He built the product portfolio, development process, and product management processes into the most highly referenceable offerings in the i2 portfolio.
Don founded two software product companies -- one analyzing and tracking the profitability of futures trading (hedging), and one for enterprise project management using repeatable processes and shared resources. His project management product won the Demo 95 award as well as other accolades.
Don is an avid cyclist, commuting (sustainably) to eQ each day by bike. Don has a PhD in Cognitive Science (Artificial Intelligence) from Northwestern University, and was an early certified Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute.
Andrew Wolff, Vice President of Product Management
Andrew Wolff brings over 20 years of hands-on experience creating leading edge collaboration, performance management and analytical business solutions for the Global 2000 market. At eQuilibrium, he is encharged with defining and building the Enterprise Management Sustainability Suite.
Prior to joining eQuilibrium, he held a number of Director and VP positions in Product Marketing, Product Management and Software Development at private and public software companies. He has worked with some of the largest corporations in the world to define and deliver software applications and management products. Of particular note: At DYS Analytics, he initiated and managed the creation and delivery of a new breakout management suite for enterprise IM (which contributed 35% new license revenue in its first year) and subsequently lead the definition of a messaging policy compliance engine which is now the linchpin to their future.
As part of the founding team, and during his 7 years at Centra Software (was traded on NASDAQ:CTRA, subsequently purchased by Saba), he developed a line of live enterprise business collaboration solutions by turning a concept into an enterprise class product line, growing the customer base to over 775 Global 2000 customers.
Early in his career, while at Banyan Systems, he designed, justified, delivered and marketed 2 of the 3 Banyan VINES server product lines as well as created multiple new software extensions.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and the Wharton Business School.
