Steven Levy is the chief executive officer at Verivo Software. Prior to accepting his current position of CEO in 2010, Levy served as a member of the Verivo Software’s board of directors. As CEO, he has led the company in dramatic growth, increased product investment, and expanded the reach of sales through his ability to
Sramana Mitra: This whole thing sounds horizontal to me. Are you applying this horizontal infrastructure to IT-specific problems? David Gibson: Some of the first steps you take is to make sure that the assets you have are protected. Those are many of the use cases people start with, but they branch out from there. Once
Sramana: This is a very crowded space. How do you differentiate yourselves from others? Carl Theobald: There are a lot of different companies in our space. There are billing companies that solve part of the problem by assisting with subscription management and billing. We provide a complete solution that goes beyond subscription management and billing.
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If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Carl Theobald is the CEO of Avangate, a e-commerce and partner management solutions provider for software-as-a-service companies. Theobald has held senior executive roles at both large enterprise and venture-backed software companies, including being a VP at Oracle, founder at RubiconSoft, and SVP at Serena Software. At
David Gibson is the vice president of marketing at Varonis, a company for data protection. David studied physics at Duke University and a BM in classical composition from the New England Conservatory of Music. He has more than 17 years of experience in IT as a systems and sales engineer, having worked for Time Inc.
Sramana Mitra: From an industry point of view, when you look around at what people are doing or trying to do, what is missing from the landscape? Rajat Paharia: If you are running a business or are a manager of a business, Facebook, Netflix, and Amazon all probably know more about your employees than you
Sramana: Who were your early adopter customers and what is it that made them converge to you? How did you clinch those deals? Suresh Shankar: Essentially we are building a choice engine in a way that gives you multiple ways to apply it to your needs. In one case we have been working with a