Tim brings over 20 years of business experience in both large established and early stage companies to his role as co-founder and CEO of Trifectix.  Prior to Trifectix, Tim was co-founder and CEO of VaraLogix, an innovative deployment automation solution provider acquired by BMC Software.  Previously, he served as the initial CFO for several early stage software companies in Austin, including Innography and CoreTrace while also being an active angel investor.  From 2001 to 2006 Tim served as co-founder and CFO of BuildForge, a build process automation solution company, through to its acquisition by IBM.  Prior to BuildForge Tim worked as a manager in financial planning for the Playboy Entertainment Group and as a Financial Analyst with the Warner Music Group.  Tim holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Finance from California State University – Northridge.

Joe Senner is Chief Technology Officer, Co-founder of Trifectix and a developer of Orca application configuration automation solution. Before Trifectix, Joe co-founded VaraLogix, a deployment automation solution which was acquired by BMC Software. Prior to that, Joe co-founded and served as CTO of build process automation leader, BuildForge which IBM acquired as a centerpiece of their Rational BuildForge family.

Robin Fuller is a co-founder of Trifectix and Chief Software Architect of Orca, the company’s flagship application configuration automation and compliance solution. Prior to Trifectix, Robin co-founded VaraLogix which was later acquired by BMC Software as part of their application deployment and DevOps portfolio. Earlier in his career, Robin was a Senior Software Engineer for IBM/ BuildForge.

Robin holds degrees in Mathematics and Engineering from Trinity College in Dublin.

Kristy McDougal is a co-founder of Trifectix where she leads Product Engineering for Orca, an application configuration automation and compliance solution for DevOps teams. Prior to launching Orca, Kristy was a Senior Pre-Sales Consultant within BMC Software’s world-wide DevOps specialist team. Before BMC, Kristy held technical positions at VaraLogix, Virtual Bridges, Global Foundries, and Advanced Micro Devices. Her experience includes Unix systems administration, systems engineering, pre-sales consulting, and post-sales services.

Justin Boyson is a Senior UI Engineer for Trifectix and its flagship product, Orca. He is responsible for the intuitive experience and at-a-glance insights that Orca delivers. Before joining Trifectix, Justin was with a number of startups in Web and Software Development roles.

Brian Reynolds is an IT automation architect and devops evangelist for Trifectix and its Orca application configuration automation solution. Before joining Trifectix, Brian was an IT Infrastructure Engineer for Nelnet where he became a subject matter expert in PowerShell configuration management, orchestration and automation, Active Directory Domain Service and enterprise security, compliance and auditing. Brian is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

Shannon Heidemann is a technical sales professional with 10 years of experience in large enterprise and startup companies including Dell, BMC, VaraLogix and Hoovers. With her background in both hardware and software consultative sales, Shannon excels in problem solving and mapping customer needs to solutions that advance their strategy. Shannon has a bachelors in science degree from Texas A&M University.

From strategy through execution, Scott leads digital and traditional marketing at Trifectix.  Prior to joining Trifecitix, Scott was Director of M&A/ Marketing Planning and Operations for multiple software and services companies that Dell acquired to form the nucleus of their new Dell Software business unit. Before joining Dell, Scott held leadership positions in several technology and advertising services startups. Scott is a runner, hiker and board member for non-profit organizations. He has a masters degree in Operations Research and a BBA Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin.

John is Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Services at Orca. Balena brings more than three decades of highly successful experience rapidly growing revenue and market share in both large and early stage software technology companies. He brings deep domain expertise in DevOps, Cloud, Automation, Security & Compliance, ITSM and ITOM. Prior to Orca John was General Manager of BMC Software’s DevOps Line of Business where he penetrated the emerging DevOps market making two acquisitions and rapidly growing revenue by delivering a new DevOps solution, Release Lifecycle Management (RLM). Prior to BMC John was VP of Worldwide Sales and Services at Phurnace Software where he grew revenue 10 fold in one year prompting the company’s acquisition by BMC Software. John has also held leadership positions at Symantec and IBM.

As Director of Quality Assurance, Nisreen brings an extensive background in leading Test Teams and bringing quality products to market. Formerly with IBM’s Functional, and System Test groups, she worked on various Rational, Security Group, and Lotus products. Prior to IBM she was a hardware and systems engineer for DEC. Nisreen has a Degree in Electrical Engineering, with post-graduate work in Electronics, Computer and Communications Engineering.