Management Team
Metalogix's leaders deliver diverse experience and a history of success in the software industry. Combining technical savvy with business acumen, this team guides the creation of software solutions that support customers worldwide in their migration and archiving needs.
Chris Risley - Chief Executive Officer
Chris has over 20 years of software business experience during which he has led four start-ups resulting in one IPO and three sales to public companies. Most recently, Risley was the CEO of Nominum, Inc., an IP name and address software company.
Risley's background also includes service as CEO of NewChannel, an e-business service provider and as Chairman and CEO of ON Technology Corp., a network software provider. Risley led ON Technology's IPO in 1995, and within the next year, the company was listed as the 36th Fastest Growing Public Companies by INC 100. In addition, under Risley's leadership, ON's revenues grew by 2,700 percent over the next five years. Risley has also served as Entrepreneur-in-residence at Bessemer Venture Partners.
Prior to his achievements in the software industry, Risley spent 10 years with European industrial companies including BTR plc (now Invensys) and Advisor to the Chairman of British Aerospace during the company's turnaround.
Risley holds a B.A. Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Ivan O'Sullivan - Executive Vice President
Ivan O'Sullivan provides leadership and strategic direction in the development of Metalogix customer and partnership relationships. He brings more than 20 years of experience in enterprise application and infrastructure sales, marketing, and business development to Metalogix.
Ivan joins Metalogix from StreamBase Systems, the leader in high performance Complex Event Processing software for systems that analyze and act on real-time streaming data. Prior to Streambase, Ivan came from Signiant Inc, the Nortel spin-out company which is a leader in remote data management, where he was the senior vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to Signiant, Ivan was the vice president of worldwide corporate development at Clearswift, where he developed its North American operations and led worldwide business development activities.
Ivan was also the founding president for Elron Software, the leader in Internet policy management software, and founding vice president for ON Technology from its inception until after its successful IPO on NASDAQ. He holds a BA degree, honors - first class, from Thames Polytechnic (London).
Julien Sellgren - Chief Technical Officer, North America
Julien's top leadership qualities have played a central role at Metalogix since the company's founding. He has been an integral part of guiding the company to the success that it is today.
Prior to founding Metalogix in 2001, Julien co-founded Mindquake Software, one of the first internet software consulting companies in Vancouver, Canada.
Julien has extensive experience in the software industry, and specializes in the fields of pattern recognition, database systems, and human / computer interfaces.
Jozef Végh - Chief Technical Officer Europe
Jozef has been a leader in the software architecture business for over 10 years. He is the founder of a development center in Bratislava and is the author and chief architect of the Professional Archive Manager suite.
Prior to joining Metalogix, Jozef came from H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG. There he played a central role in the company's success. As a leader of the development team, Jozef was the mastermind behind H&S's core technologies.
Jozef divides his time between managing his team of developers in Bratislava and attending events and workshops as an expert in the industry throughout the world.