Management Team
Doug McNary
Chief Executive Officer
A 20+ year high-tech veteran, Doug has extensive experience in building and scaling successful IT infrastructure management software companies. Doug comes to VKernel from storage management vendor Onaro where as CEO he led the company to profitably and its successful acquisition by NetApp in 2008. Prior to Onaro, Doug was EVP of Corporate Development and Sales at Motive leading it to over $90M in annual revenue and a successful IPO in 2004. Earlier, he led Tivoli Systems’ initial sales efforts in the US and EMEA growing annual revenues to over $250M leading to its successful IPO and acquisition by IBM. Doug started his career with General Electric and has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Alex Bakman
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Alex is the founder and CTO of VKernel, providing the technology direction for the company. He is a serial entrepreneur with interests in Information Security and Audit, Compliance, Virtualization, and Online Marketing. Prior to VKernel, Alex founded Ecora Software (over 3,500 customers) and CleverSoft ($12 million in revenue), a software company acquired by Candle Corporation. Alex is a recognized expert in computer security, virtualization, and systems management. He holds many US and international patents and is a frequent speaker at VMWorld, ISACA, TechEd, ITSMF, and ITExpo. Alex graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a minor in business administration from the American University in Washington D.C.
Dan Kelly
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
As chief financial officer, Dan Kelly brings more than 25 years of corporate finance, strategic planning and management experience to VKernel. Most recently, Dan served as vice president and chief financial officer of geoVue, Inc, a venture capital funded software company that provides retail site planning solutions. Prior to joining geoVue, Dan was vice president and chief financial officer of Ecora Software, a privately held software company that provided configuration management solutions to more than 3,500 users. Prior to Ecora, Dan was VP Finance at Scribe Software, a venture capital funded software company that provided migration and integration tools. Dan also has 7 years experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he provided audit and consulting services to a diverse group of clients, including private technology companies. Dan is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Bryan Semple
Chief Marketing Officer
A 15+ year high-tech veteran, Bryan has spent the last 8 years working in server and storage companies focused on virtualization technologies. Semple comes to VKernel from NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) where he was the general manager of the storage virtualization business unit. Under his leadership, the group experienced record growth, expanded engineering operations to India, and built global awareness for NetApp’s industry leading storage virtualization solutions. Prior to NetApp, Bryan was VP of Marketing at Onaro where he established the company as a leader in storage management software and built the marketing processes that supported the company’s profitability and successful acquisition by NetApp in 2008. Before Onaro, Bryan was the VP of Product Marketing and Strategy at server blade virtualization pioneer Egenera. At Egenera, Bryan worked with early adopters of infrastructure and server virtualization technologies in the financial services industry as the company scaled from one to several hundred customers. Early career experience includes various sales and marketing management positions at FairMarket, Trellix and Sybase. Bryan holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the US Naval Academy and an MBA from Stanford University.
Ken Latimer
Senior Director Program Management
Ken has more than 31 years of experience in the development, manufacture, and marketing of high technology products. In his current position, Ken guides the generation and evolution of VKernel’s products while interacting internally and externally to meet desired demands. Prior to VKernel, Ken founded Net to Net Technologies and served as chairman and CEO growing revenues to $20 million for the provider of broadband access equipment. Earlier, he was vice president of engineering for Cabletron from 1993-1998, leading an organization of over 650 engineering professionals with an annual budget of approximately $100 million. Ken also spent 20 years with Unisys Corporation (formerly Sperry Corporation), where he was ultimately the general manager of the Intel Platforms Division. Ken served in the United States Navy from 1966 to 1970, and received his Bachelors of Science degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Utah