Management

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

• Pete Daffern – Chief Executive Officer
• Joe Salesky – Founder, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer
• Todd Clyde – Vice President of Worldwide Sales
• Gary Dowdy – Vice President of Professional Services
• Dave Galloway – Vice President of Customer Advocacy
• Donald MacCormick – Vice President of Product & Engineering
• Peter Madams – Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder
• Robert Miller – General Counsel
• Michael Ofstedahl – Vice President of Business Development
• Mark Slippy – Vice President of Human Resources
• Carl Tsukahara – Chief Marketing Officer

Pete Daffern
Chief Executive Officer

Pete Daffern leads ClairMail as CEO, bringing more than 20 years of operational and business leadership experience in the technology sector. Prior to joining ClairMail, Pete was CEO of technology company Purisma, where he directed the company's strategy and operations with a focus on growth through valuable solutions, customer service and business development initiatives. D&B acquired Purisma in October 2007.

Before Purisma, Pete was President of AIM Technology, a provider of applications for contact centers. Previously, Pete was Vice President, Worldwide Business Development, Alliances and Corporate Development for Vitria Technology. Pete also spent more than 10 years at Seagate Software, where he held numerous management and sales positions, including General Manager EMEA. Pete holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics (Honors) from Sheffield University in England.

Joe Salesky
Founder, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer

As Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Joe Salesky is focused on driving the company's product vision and forging strategic relationships between ClairMail, its customer and partners. Joe is the Founder and former CEO of ClairMail and is a respected thought leader in the mobile banking and payments industry. Prior to ClairMail, Joe served as the CTO of AppStream. Previously, he was the CEO and founder of PictureTalk, Inc. (presently Pixion) and Skytron Corporation. Additionally, Joe held key executive positions at nCUBE and Oracle.

Joe has 25 years of experience leading companies and delivering solutions that serve the Fortune 100. 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.

Todd Clyde
Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Todd Clyde is responsible for the strategy and management of ClairMail's worldwide sales organization. Todd has over 20 years of sales and executive management experience in both technology and professional services-related industries. Prior to ClairMail, Todd was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Alliances at Purisma, a leading provider of solutions-driven master data management (MDM) software for enterprises. Previously, Todd was Vice President of Sales and a founding member of DigitalThink, an e-learning technology and services company. After an Initial Public Offering in 2000, Todd continued to build and lead various sales functions, including International Sales, Channels & Alliances, Product & Field Marketing, and Sales Consulting. Prior to that, Todd spent 13 years selling and managing professional IT consulting services including ten years with Andersen Consulting.

Todd holds a B.A. in Management Science from U.C. San Diego.

Gary Dowdy
Vice President of Professional Services

Gary Dowdy is responsible for the worldwide implementation and deployment of the ClairMail mobile banking solution for customers. Prior to ClairMail, Gary was Vice President of e-Business/New Media at Cardinal Health, where he had responsibility for the company's global public and private Web sites and other electronic channels. During his ten-year career at Cardinal Health, Gary held various e-commerce, technology, communications and marketing positions at the VP level. Previously, Gary was co-founder and president of two technology companies specializing in the automation of distribution centers and creation of software development products. In 1993, he received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, presented by the United States Small Business Administration.

Gary holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Arkansas and a Master of Business Administration from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.

Dave Galloway
Vice President of Customer Advocacy

Dave Galloway leads ClairMail's technical support and consumer adoption teams, bringing over 20 years of experience in the areas of customer support and loyalty. Prior to ClairMail, Dave was Vice President of Customer Care at Crystal Decisions, where he led the technical support and customer loyalty groups. Following the acquisition of Crystal Decisions by Business Objects in 2003, Dave became Group Vice President of Customer Support, leading a global team of over 500 people.

As a member of the executive team at both Crystal Decisions and Business Objects, Dave has extensive experience with all facets of the software industry.

Donald MacCormick
Vice President of Product & Engineering

Donald MacCormick is responsible for leading the product development and quality assurance of ClairMail's proactive mobile banking platform and applications. Donald brings over 20 years of wide-ranging technology experience, including 17 years (through three successive acquisitions) at SAP, Business Objects, Crystal Decisions and Holistic Systems, where he held a variety of product management, product marketing and corporate strategy roles.

Donald has a mathematics degree from the University of Bristol and a masters in the Foundations of Advanced Information Technology from Imperial College at the University of London.

Peter Madams
Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder

Peter Madams is ClairMail's Chief Technology Officer and a co-founder. Prior to ClairMail, 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.

Robert Miller
General Counsel

Robert Miller is ClairMail's General Counsel. Robert brings over thirty years of corporate legal experience as General Counsel, Consultant, Executive, and Member Board of Directors for a wide variety of industries across a breadth of companies, including ADAC Laboratories, Divex, Eclipsys, Circuit Semantics, Applied Microsystems, Castelle and Read-Rite Corporation. Robert also founded numerous companies, including iPerform3D, MxPlay, vmusicsystems and Dissolution Information Services.

Robert began his legal career with Levinson & Lieberman in Beverly Hills. Robert holds a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Marymount University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Michael A. Ofstedahl
Vice President of Business Development

Michael Ofstedahl is responsible for ClairMail's alliance partnerships and business development activities. He brings over 25 years of experience successfully leading and building privately held and publicly traded technology companies. Prior to ClairMail, Michael was President and CEO of GoWare, a consumer-facing mobile content aggregation software company. Previously, Michael was President and CEO of SiliconStor, a storage subsystem technology provider, that developed innovative interface/interconnect technology for large system OEM's that was sold to LSI Logic. Before SiliconStor, Michael was President and CEO of Velio Communications, an ASSP/SOC provider that sold to LSI Logic and Rambus and prior to that was Vice President of Worldwide OEM Sales for Adaptec, a market leader in enterprise storage solutions, where he was responsible for over $500M in annual sales.Michael Ofstedahl is responsible for ClairMail's alliance partnerships and business development activities. He brings over 25 years of experience successfully leading and building privately held and publicly traded technology companies. Prior to ClairMail, Michael was President and CEO of GoWare, a consumer-facing mobile content aggregation software company. Previously, Michael was President and CEO of SiliconStor, a storage subsystem technology provider, that developed innovative interface/interconnect technology for large system OEM's that was sold to LSI Logic. Before SiliconStor, Michael was President and CEO of Velio Communications, an ASSP/SOC provider that sold to LSI Logic and Rambus and prior to that was Vice President of Worldwide OEM Sales for Adaptec, a market leader in enterprise storage solutions, where he was responsible for over $500M in annual sales.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from San Jose State University.

Mark Slippy
Vice President of Human Resources

Mark Slippy is responsible for leading ClairMail's Human Resources function. Mark has over 20 years of experience in Human Resource management, including work in early stage startups with QuadraMed, Bidcom and Wink Communications. Mark has led the Human Resource effort at the senior executive level since 1996 and brings a HR tool set focused on supporting growth, rewarding innovation and maximizing the potential of every employee. Mark's commitment to creating a "great place to work" has been central to his HR strategy in the past, and he brings that same focus to ClairMail. Prior to ClairMail, Mark served as the Human Resource Director for GMAC ResCap's Wholesale division, where he helped grow the division from 200 employees to 2,000, and, as part of the management team, supported the company's market position growth from 13th to 5th in 5 years.

Mark holds a Bachelors degree from the University of California, Davis and a Masters in Organization Development from the California School of Professional Psychology.

Carl Tsukahara
Chief Marketing Officer

Carl Tsukahara is responsible for leading ClairMail's marketing team. Throughout his career in Silicon Valley, Carl has uniquely combined strong technology domain expertise, tactical and executive roles in marketing, strategy and product operations with on-the-ground experience as a sales executive, sales manager and software developer. Carl has held multiple senior management roles, including the initial Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Vitria Technology, category creator for Enterprise Application Integration, Head of Product Marketing for Oracle's Database Operation, and Head of Field Marketing for Oracle's Americas Operation. Carl has also served as CMO for 6 other companies, in both staff and interim roles.

Carl holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.