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Management

ClairMail is led by an energetic, committed and experienced executive team that understands the mobile customer interaction needs of financial institutions.

• Joseph Salesky - President & Chief Executive Officer
• Peter Madams - Chief Technology Officer
• Steve Denebeim – Chief Financial Officer
• Bernard Fraenkel - Vice President of Engineering
• David Thompson - Vice President of Marketing
• Mark Uicker - Vice President of Sales and Business Development
• Ayelet Zadok - Vice President of Products and Services

Joseph Salesky

President & Chief Executive Officer

Joe Salesky leads ClairMail as President and CEO, drawing upon his 25 years of management experience in providing business solutions to the Fortune 100. Most recently, Joe served as the CTO of AppStream, and previously as the CEO and founder of PictureTalk, Inc. (presently Pixion) and Skytron Corporation. Additionally, he held key executive positions at nCUBE and Oracle.

Joe contributed to the development and received patents on technologies now part of enterprise infrastructure, including the original patent for web-conferencing. Joe holds a bachelor's degree in economics with an emphasis in corporate finance and computer science at the University of California at Davis.

Peter Madams

Chief Technology Officer

Peter Madams is responsible for the company's platform and technology direction as ClairMail's Chief Technology Officer. Previously, Peter held management positions leading the technical direction at Chordiant Software, Zadu, PictureTalk and nCUBE.

Throughout Peter's 25-year career in technology, he has been a successful innovator of many unique business applications in banking, trading systems, media and communications. Peter holds a master's degree in computer science from Manchester University, England where he graduated first class with honors and completed the International Executive program at Columbia University.

Steve Denebeim

Chief Financial Officer

Steve Denebeim brings 23 years of leadership experience to his role as Chief Financial Officer, where he is responsible for ClairMail’s finance, human resources, administrative and legal functions. His background includes domestic and international positions managing finance, administration, operations, business development, legal, outsourcing and acquisition strategies. His expertise in growing businesses has benefited a broad range of wireless and enterprise software companies, including TalkPlus (CFO), Equilibrium (COO/CFO), MarketTools (Vice President, Business Development) and Softline AG (Corporate Development).

Steve began his career in corporate and technology law, serving as Partner and Chairman of the Technology Law Department at Feldman, Waldman & Kline. Steve is a graduate of Stanford University and Hastings College of the Law.

Bernard Fraenkel

Vice President of Engineering

Bernard Fraenkel is responsible for leading the development and quality assurance of ClairMail's customer interaction platform and applications. Bringing 20 years of engineering experience, Bernard joins ClairMail from Sendmail, where as vice president of engineering he managed the company's technology strategy, product development and oversaw the engineering team. Prior to Sendmail, Fraenkel held VP of engineering positions at Persist Technologies, Bigstep, Scientific Learning and One Touch Systems.

David Thompson

Vice President of Marketing

David Thompson brings over 20 years of strategic marketing experience, with the last 14 years focused on businesses operating at the convergence of wireless, software and security. He is responsible for developing and implementing all marketing initiatives. Prior to ClairMail, David was vice president of marketing with PacketHop, a developer of mobile mesh networking software. Previously, David held positions of vice president of marketing and vice president, carriers and business development at Good Technology.

David also served as vice president of marketing with iPass, Inc. and was vice president of marketing, sales and operations at Corsair Communications. David holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University.

Mark Uicker

Vice President of Sales and Business Development

Mark Uicker is responsible for Sales and Business Development at ClairMail. Mark has over 15 years of success in sales management and business development with previous experience at Commtouch, Kaon Interactive, Elron Software and Inso Corporation. In each organization, Mark shaped the direction, developed processes and produced meaningful growth and market penetration.

Mark has spent his career building relationships with the Fortune 100 and other leading companies - including Wells Fargo, Hewlett Packard, Sun, Lucent, Avaya, Microsoft, Cisco, Sony, Siemens, IBM, Yahoo and AT&T. Mark holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire.

Ayelet Zadok

Vice President of Products and Services

Ayelet Zadok brings over 15 years of experience as ClairMail's Vice President of Products and Services. Ayelet's proven leadership abilities and project management skills consistently resulted in exceptional products and customer references with Fortune 100 and Global 100 companies.

Prior to ClairMail, Ayelet held key management and technical positions at AppStream, Mobile Economy and Adapt Technologies Limited. Ayelet graduated with honors from Sivan College in Israel.