Actian CEO and leadership

Lewis oversees the Finance, HR and Legal departments. Lewis joined Nexmo from Citrix Systems where he was the Vice President of Finance & Operations for the Enterprise and Service Provider Division. Prior to Citrix, Lewis held leadership roles at industry leaders such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Avaya.

Finance Executive with over 25 years of successful leadership of all finance functions for companies in the software, life sciences and renewable energy industries.

• M&A - involved in multiple exits and numerous acquisitions and well versed in evaluating deal terms and conducting due diligence from both the buy and sell side

• IPO - guided multiple companies through the registration process including filing S-1, clearing SEC comments and strengthening the finance function to be able to meet public company requirements

• Financing - raised over $300 million in debt and equity financings

• Leadership - proven ability to build strong teams that perform at a high level

• Business Partner - strategic advisor to CEO, executive team and board of directors

• Strategic Planning - expert in creating processes and systems to develop accurate budgets and forecasts as well as performing long range planning and running scenario analysis

• Software Revenue Recognition - extensive knowledge of both perpetual and subscription licensing models and corresponding revenue recognition rules

• Incentive Compensation - development of effective sales and executive compensation plans that align individual and team goals to corporate targets

• Tax, Treasury and Risk Management - adept at setting up and maintaining legal entities, international tax structures, transfer pricing arrangements, insurance programs and cash management systems

• Integration - finance team lead on six separate post-acquisition integrations of systems, processes, people and legal entities

• Communication - proven ability to effectively communicate with board of directors, shareholders, customers, peers and employees

• Service Providers - long history of working effectively with public accounting firms, tax consultants, insurance brokers, valuation experts and investment banks

• Company Size - experience working in organizations of all sizes from early stage startups to billion-dollar public companies

Melissa Ribeiro is a solutions-focused Senior Executive, Thought Leader, and Board Member with 20+ years of success across the SaaS, Software, High Tech, Media, and Entertainment industries. Leveraging extensive experience leading organic growth and global integration, she is a valuable advisor for an organization developing synergies in cross-functional departments from C-suite to individual contributors or looking to leverage and integrate top systems across the world. Her broad areas of expertise include advising people strategies into business, outsourcing, executive coaching/mentoring, and company culture.Throughout her executive career, Melissa has held leadership positions with Actian Corporation, Deluxe Entertainment Group, Opera Mediaworks( AdColony), Thomas Reuters, and YAHOO INC!SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS• HR and Business Disruptor• Full cycle M&A (HR)• Total Rewards Design and Implementation• Talent Acquisition | Employee Development• Change Management• Retention Strategy• Building and Leading Global HR Organizations• Compensation and Benefits• Employee Relations• Organizational Development• Performance Management• HR Systems Expert (e.g., Workday)

Steve Padgett is a Global CIO at Actian and is based in Austin, Texas. He has worked as CIO at Tivoli; Director, IT at Dell; and VP, IT at PERVASIVE SOFTWARE INC. Steve studied at The University of Texas at Austin between 1978 and 1984.

Passionate Sales Leader that believes in leading from the front and working as a team. Experience internationally as a General Manager and as a North America based functional leader in Sales Management, Business Development, Strategic Alliances, PreSales Management and Marketing. Majority of career has been focused in the Information Management and Security Industry with hardware and software based solutions. Most recent involvement with developing GTM Cloud Strategies and SaaS offerings and helping companies transition to the Cloud.Specialties: Strong market vision, team building and execution/operational capabilities. Able to design winning GTM business strategies, build effective matrix win teams, and execute in multi-dimensional go to market models. Very effective in complex environments, creating innovation solutions, and building a hyper growth business.