Algebraix Data Leadership

CEO – Charles H. Silver

Charlie Silver has more than 25 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur.  Most recently he sold new media company RealAge Inc. to Hearst Corporation in 2007.  Charlie founded RealAge in the late 90s based on a ground-breaking business plan for building revenue and attracting customers.  Prior to his nine years at RealAge, Charlie built a series of profitable franchises in the retail and real estate markets.  After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1981, he spent the first few years of his career as a staffer for the governor of Michigan and for a U.S. Congressman.

Cofounder and CTO – Christopher M. Piedmonte

Chris Piedmonte is a software entrepreneur with a 25-year track record of creating innovative products and solutions to problems in complex information technology systems.  Chris is an expert in extended set mathematics and its applications in information technology, as well as Microsoft and LINUX products and technologies, object-oriented software analysis, real-time applications, systems design and development, and project management.  He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Cofounder and VP of Administration – David L. R. Stein

Dave Stein is a computer industry and start-up veteran.  He has been a director of 10 companies, cofounding four of them including Gartner Group.  As chief operating officer of Gartner Group, he developed and implemented the business plans, recruited and trained the staff, and managed operations from inception – growing recurring revenue to $35 million annually in six years while achieving renewal rates in excess of 95%.  He received a B.S. degree with distinction in Mathematics and Physics and did graduate work in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology.

Principal Mathematician– Gary J. Sherman, Ph.D.

Gary Sherman’s expertise in modern algebra, linear algebra, probability theory, topology and functional analysis uniquely qualified him to develop the extended set algebra that is at the heart of ALGEBRAIX technology.  During his 35-year tenure at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, he served for six years as Chairman of the Department of Mathematics.  During this period, he also served for 11 years as a reviewer for the American Mathematical Society and for 12 years as a Visiting Lecturer for the Society of Industrial & Applied Mathematics.  Gary received his B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics from Bowling Green University, and a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Indiana University.

VP of Sales and Business Development – Glenn Hout

Glenn Hout has had successful leadership roles in the business intelligence and database industry for more than 22 years. Glenn brings leadership and industry experience from Oracle, Information Builders, Hyperion Solutions and IBM’s DB2 development group where he worked early in his career. He has built strategic ISV and OEM partnerships in business intelligence with PeopleSoft, i2 Technologies, Comshare and others, which have generated significant revenue streams.  He received a B.S. Cum Laude in Computer Science from the University of Utah and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

VP of Sales, East Coast Region – Alan Webb

With more than 15 years of experience within the data warehousing and business intelligence industry, Alan has distinguished himself by constructing differentiated solutions and forming successful partnerships to bring the most effective, comprehensive, and competitive solutions to his customers.  At both Hewlett-Packard and Teradata, Alan was responsible for business development and directed the account pursuit strategies and solution teams, resulting in key strategic wins for the next generation of Business Intelligence at leading Capital Markets firms.  Alan held several positions over nine years at Teradata, including Sales Executive for Capital Markets in New York City, Global Financial Industry Consultant for Customer Management, and Regional Manager of Business Development for the Asia-Pacific/Japan Region in the Financial Solutions Division.  Alan is a graduate of the University of Washington where he earned a B.A. in International Relations.  He also attended Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, where he completed a one-year advanced program in Japanese language and cultural training.

VP of Engineering – Marc Marshall

Marc Marshall has 22 years of experience serving as an executive in software start-ups in seven previous software companies spanning database products, business analytics, numerical simulation and modeling, secure data delivery and software engineering tools. Marc has led teams in product development, custom development, services, technical support and training. While at Pervasive Software, he led the company’s database product engineering, services and worldwide support through a successful IPO with over 40,000 end users of the product on diverse platforms. Prior to his executive roles, Marshall spent 16 years developing data correlation software applications and signal processing algorithms and systems. He holds a BS degree and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rice University.