Savvion was founded in 1994 when Dr. M. A. Ketabchi assembled a seasoned management team to build the business, develop the leading Business Process Management technology and grow a large and respected base of customers. Fostering an environment with a balance of academic strengths, technology leadership and business acumen, the Savvion management team continues to propel Savvion forward as a leader in the Business Process Management revolution.

Download high resolution photo Full Color Black & White	Dr. M.A. Ketabchi President, CEO and Founder Dr. Ketabchi was a Full Professor at Santa Clara University and the director of the Object and Multimedia Technologies Research Laboratory when he founded Savvion in 1994. Under his leadership Savvion launched the first BPM product in the market in 1999, has built a strong customer base consisting of leading enterprises around the World, and has reached profitability and growth. Prior to Savvion he worked with many companies including Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Fujitsu in developing their business and product strategies. Over the past 15 years he has been engaged with many Savvion customers and partners in helping them improve their business through BPM and building BPM-enabled business solutions. Dr. Ketabchi is well known for his pioneering research in business process management technologies and methods, process centric domain-oriented business solutions, object-oriented database management systems and application development technologies. Over the last 20 years he has published and presented extensively in these areas and has made significant contributions to advancing the state of the art and technologies in BPM and process centric domain-oriented business solutions. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
	David Yehle Senior Vice President Direct Sales David Yehle is the Senior Vice President of Direct Sales responsible for direct license revenue and field operation. Yehle brings more than 20 years of high technology sales and sales management experience for industry leading companies. Most recently Yehle was the Vice President of Sales for the Western region and telecommunications verticals at Savvion. Before joining Savvion, Yehle held multiple sales leadership positions for Vitria Technology. Prior to Vitria Technology, Yehle was Vice President of Sales for Parametric Technology. Mr. Yehle holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University.
	Rod Squires Senior Vice President, Channel Sales Rod Squires is the Senior Vice President of Channel Sales responsible for all worldwide channel revenue, including solution resellers, systems integrators and OEM. Squires brings more than 20 years of sales and sales management experience at leading enterprise technology companies. Most recently Squires was the Vice President of Sales for Eastern US and Europe. Prior to joining Savvion, Squires was the Regional Sales Director for Vitria Technology from 1999 to 2003. Prior to Vitria Technology, Squires was the Regional Sales Director at Parametric Technology. Rod began his career at Xerox Corporation where he spent 12 years in progressively responsible sales management and leadership positions. Rod earned a bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.
	Sam Hon Vice President, Professional Services Mr. Hon serves as Vice President of Professional Services and leads the global business process consulting, implementation and training services at Savvion. Prior to joining Savvion, Mr. Hon was responsible for process development and management at AT&T/Cingular Wireless where he lead process improvement, standardization and technology introduction initiatives for AT&T/Cingular Wireless’ Network Engineering and Operations unit. Prior to that, Mr. Hon held several management positions at Telcordia Technologies leading consulting, product line management and technical services organizations. He received his MBA degree from Fairleigh Dickenson University and Master抯 degree in Computer Sciences from Polytechnic University of New York.
	Dr. Phanendra Garimella Senior Vice President, Engineering Dr. Phanendra serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering and leads the global development team responsible for all Savvion product research and development. Prior to joining Savvion, Dr. Phanendra worked for 4 years as a research scientist at Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL), National University of Singapore, leading the research work on multimedia object database management systems and as a senior engineer at Wipro Systems Ltd., Bangalore. He has published extensively in major industry journals and proceedings. Since joining Savvion in early 1997, he has managed several key programs in the areas of Object Oriented Databases and Business Process Management. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Automation from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and has been a member of IEEE since 1996.
	Kaushal Mashruwala Managing Director, Savvion India Mr. Mashruwala serves as Managing Director of Savvion India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Savvion, where he is responsible sales, consulting and product operations. Mr. Mashruwala joined Savvion in 1995 as one of the very early employees of Savvion where he worked with high technology leaders including Fujitsu, IBM and Computer Associates in the area applying cutting edge technology to their products. In 1999, Mr. Mashruwala moved to India to set up business operations. Prior to Savvion, Mr. Mashruwala was a director for a manufacturing company. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications from Gujarat University, India and Masters of Science in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University, California.