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Phil been in the networking and data center industry for over 35 years at market leading companies like Intel and Cisco. Prior to joining Cerio, he lead the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for Intel’s differentiated systems-based solutions. He drove the market and industry adoption of Rack Scale Design as the leading platform for Hyperscale applications, as well as service development and deployment. He also served as a Vice President and Senior Vice President for Riverbed Technologies, BMC Software, and Cisco Systems. He led groups within those companies in a variety of projects featuring cloud services, automation, and innovative service provider models. Harris holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Willesden College of Technology in the UK.

An experienced CMO and software executive with over 26 years of experience, Trisha has established a successful career in marketing by building global software brands and industry categories, launching products into market, and creating high-performing teams. Prior to joining Cerio she held leadership positions at You.i TV, Mxi Technologies (IFS), and QNX Software Systems (Blackberry). Trisha is a proud Carleton University Alumni with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Sherri is a human resources executive with more than 26 years of experience, primarily in the technology sector. In addition to supporting the strategic business planning process, she has been focused on organizational development, total rewards, talent management, and training and development. Prior to joining Cerio, Sherri held leadership positions with Bridgewater Systems, Nakina Systems, Nuvo Network Management, Crosskeys Systems and Mitel. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Carleton University.

Greg’s thirty-plus years of experience in engineering, business development, sales and marketing includes managing the largest Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design center in Canada for a major-multinational semiconductor corporation; founding a private Canadian company involved in the successful development of components for multi-channel wireless communications across three continents; leading the reverse-take-over (RTO) of a publicly traded company to grow and expand a multi-channel wireless communications business; and raised tens of millions of dollars of investment and driven hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for both commercial and military enterprises.

Tim is a Chartered Professional Accountant with a deep understanding of running a finance organization. He graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Commerce with an accounting specialty. Prior to joining Cerio, Tim was a Finance Officer at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre. Tim is responsible for the financial accounting and controls of the business.

Matt brings 25 years of deep technical and business expertise to the role of CTO at Cerio, where he is responsible for overall product vision and strategy. Prior to joining Cerio, Matt held various customer-facing technology positions at high-growth companies, including systems engineering, product management and product marketing. He is an expert strategist, analyst and visionary who has delivered on transformational product concepts across five generations of network architectures and has been awarded 22 patents.

An active HPC community member, Matt is a sought-after speaker with recent presentations at SC21, ExaComm, MVAPICH User Group Forum, and Dell HPC Community. Matt holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with First Class Honours from Queen’s University and is a registered P.Eng.