About Liquidware Labs
Founded in 2009, Liquidware Labs™ is an innovative provider of desktop virtualization solutions for next-generation physical and virtual desktops, including VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop, and Microsoft Windows 7. The company's Stratusphere™ and ProfileUnity™ FlexApp™ solutions have been described by analysts as the industry's first 'On-Ramp to VDI,' providing a complete software suite that enable organizations to decouple users and applications from the operating system and to cost-effectively migrate them to virtual or physical platforms, and then monitor them to optimize the user experience and prevent issues from developing. Liquidware Labs solutions are available through a global network of certified partners.
The Liquidware Labs executive team is comprised of veteran technologists and experts with hands-on knowledge of virtualized environments and solutions. Because of their decades of combined software development experience and depth-of-expertise in virtualization and thin technologies, our management is constantly asked to provide their perspective on trends, and speak at virtualization events around the world. Liquidware Labs management also actively participates in and supports the virtualization community and contributes to its shared knowledge.
Management Team
 David Bieneman has a track record of success in virtualization startup companies, having launched Vizioncore Inc. in 2002 as a software development company focused on enhancing Citrix Systems. At Vizioncore, he led a talented team of technology professionals through professional service consulting engagements and product development that solidified Vizioncore’s reputation for excellence. In early 2004, after recognizing a gap existed in the burgeoning virtualization industry for software tools to support VMware ESX Server, he led the development of esxRanger (subsequently vRanger) to handle hot backups and recovery of virtual machines. Vizioncore grew to a multi-million dollar business that set the standard for image back-ups and disaster recovery in the virtualization community. In 2007, Vizioncore was acquired by Quest Software, and David left to found Liquidware Labs to innovate new solutions to address next-generation virtual and physical desktops. With more than 20 years’ experience working with thin client and virtualization technologies, David is very active in architecting cutting-edge technologies to complement existing virtualization platforms and enjoys engaging the user community as a presenter on a range of topics including VDI and desktop transformation best practices. David remains passionate about the business benefits that virtualization brings to organizations, both large and small, and is often a featured speaker at industry events.
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 Tyler Rohrer co-founded Liquidware Labs after leaving a key role within VMware's Enterprise Desktop Team. Previously, he was a partner at FOEDUS, a very successful consulting organization that was acquired by VMware in 2008. Tyler's professional services experience and knowledge within VDI deployments is legendary. As an evangelist and recognized authority on the topic, he is a regular contributor to industry forums and speaks nationally on topics such as application and desktop virtualization, as well as Cloud Computing. As an economist, technologist, futurist, and theoretical physicist - his perspectives and counsel on advanced desktop architectures are sought after by the largest corporations in the world.
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Chris Akerberg is currently Liquidware Labs President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Chris came to Liquidware Labs to spearhead sales, marketing and worldwide channel development in 2011 from his role as VP of Global Sales for Applications Monitoring and Server Virtualization solutions at Quest Software, which he joined with the acquisition of Vizioncore. There, he built a powerful channel for Vizioncore's products, and drove double-digit sales growth year-over-year. Chris has more than 15 years' experience in executive sales management and marketing positions in the high tech industry. He has held senior sales management positions with Sprint, Barracuda Networks and Acer, where he specialized in developing markets, implementing channel strategies and driving sales programs for new technologies. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS) from Northern Illinois University.
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Sonja Pelichet came to Liquidware Labs from her previous position as a managing partner at DUNES Technologies SA. Sonja was a founder of Dunes Technologies USA prior to its acquisition by VMware in 2007. Residing in the Lausanne Switzerland Region, Sonja is head of all overseas partner and customer activities in Europe, Africa, India and the Pacific Rim. Prior to Dunes, Sonja held several key positions at Dell Inc., where she was a pioneer for Dell's Global Account Program. Sonja is known for her ability to expand an organization’s international presence and exposure through her extensive experience and relationships with many well established large organizations and companies across the globe.
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Jason Mattox is known for his world-class knowledge and leadership in virtual end user computing. From the early 1990s, he was building on-demand desktops in server based computing environments with users hosted in the datacenter. As a founding member of the team, Jason spent almost nine years at Vizioncore as CTO prior to its acquisition by Quest Software where he continued to serve as the Director and Chief Technologist through early 2011. Jason regularly contributes to industry blogs on a number of virtualization topics and remains excited about using his considerable expertise to build affordable, yet scalable enterprise level software to bring desktop virtualization to the masses.
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David Feathergill joined Liquidware Labs as Chief Software Architect. In this role, he focuses on accelerating the pace and raising the bar on software development practices at the company. David’s experience in virtualization technologies spans almost a decade, having joined Vizioncore in 2002 as a developer of a suite of tools to support Citrix MetaFrame professional engagements. He played a key role in creating software development best practices at the company, while continuing to add more robust functionality to virtualization products. David holds a B.S. in Telecommunications Management from Illinois State University.
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As chief financial officer, Evan Rogoff is responsible for financial and administrative matters for the company. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a former Certified Turnaround Professional who has been working with rapidly-growing technology companies for over a decade. Evan previously founded Rogoff Financial Services to provide financial and operational advice to early-stage software companies. His clients raised more than $100 million of capital and were honored in the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 program. Before that, Evan was part of the management team at an IPO candidate internet company and also manager in the corporate financial consulting practice of Arthur Andersen. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Technology Executives Roundtable and has been an active speaker and member of numerous technology organizations. He holds a B.B.A., having graduated with high distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
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Grace Krokidas joined Liquidware Labs as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. In this role, she is tasked with building on the company’s successes to increase its visibility with media and analysts, as well as to drive awareness and education for customers and collaboration with partners. Grace was a force in making Vizioncore a “household name” in the virtualization community by providing strong support for the user groups, bloggers and evangelists who launched themselves in the early days of the industry. Previous to Vizioncore, she created marketing strategy and channel programs for Zebra Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Ricoh Business Systems and DeVry University, among others. She has an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management and a B.A. in Communications from Loyola University in Chicago.
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Joseph Ahn is responsible for developing and managing Liquidware Lab's APAC (Asia/SE Asia) business unit. Prior to this role, he served as APAC Director of Systems Consulting group at Quest Software's Server Virtualization division. Joseph was one of the start-up members of Vizioncore, a very successful virtualization solutions software company, later acquired by Quest Software in 2007. Prior to that, Joseph was the founder and CTO of two technology start-up software companies in California. He is a virtualization expert and has consulted and architected virtualization transformation solutions for many Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Due to his technical expertise, Joseph also serves as the lead Solutions Architect for APAC. Joseph is multi-lingual and fluent in three languages.