Leadership

Our executive management team is a group of highly experienced software professionals whose goal is to define SilkRoad technology as a world-class company of innovation and excellence through its products and services.

Our executives are also committed to customer care and welcome the chance to hear from you. Please feel free to contact a member of our executive staff directly at any time, for any reason.

Andrew J "Flip" Filipowski, Chairman & CEO
Mike Cullinane, EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Brian Platz, EVP, Chief Operating Officer
Matthew Roszak, EVP, Corporate Development
Chauncey Kupferschmid, EVP, Chief Sales Officer
Bryan Cruwys, Vice President of Client Services

Executive Chairman and CEO, Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, is one of the world's most successful high-tech entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and industry visionaries. The former COO of Cullinet, the largest software company of the 1980's, was also the founder and CEO of PLATINUM technology, inc. Flip grew PLATINUM into the 8th largest software company in the world at the time of its sale to Computer Associates for $4 billion dollars, the largest such transaction for a software company at the time. Upside Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Information Technology. A recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year Awards from both Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch, Flip has also been awarded the Young President's Organization Legacy Award and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty award for his work fighting hate on the Internet.

Mr. Cullinane oversees SilkRoad's financial operations including treasury, finance, accounting and legal affairs. Mr. Cullinane previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Lakeview Technology, Inc. Mr. Cullinane served as Chief Financial Officer of Divine, Inc. from July 1999 to May 2003. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Platinum Technology, Inc. from 1988 to June 1999.

Brian Platz is responsible for providing all of the technology and services to deliver SilkRoad's state-of-the-art web applications, content solutions, and collaborative content systems that allow a business to share information across its value chain. Before joining SilkRoad, Platz was the Vice President of product management for divine, inc. where he led the product strategy and direction for divine's widely recognized and award winning content management and collaboration products. Platz brings a 12-year career in developing Internet products, e-business initiatives, e-commerce solutions with a variety of high-tech start-ups, including Zentropy and Glabalist Internet Technologies, and InfoBand, an Internet consulting company he founded in 1995.

In 1996, Platz co-founded A List Apart, the highly acclaimed Who's Who of Internet developers that has grown into one of the largest and most popular independent development Web sites. He also was a fellow founding member of the Web Standards Project, a group formed to push Microsoft and Netscape to adhere to common standards.

Chauncey Kupferschmid is SilkRoad technology, inc.'s Chief Sales Officer. In this role, Mr. Kupferschmid oversees SilkRoad's global sales operations and business development.

Prior to SilkRoad technology, inc., Mr. Kupferschmid served as Senior Vice President of Customer Services for divine, inc. His responsibilities included world wide technical support for all divine products, as well as presales systems and field engineering. Before joining divine, Mr. Kupferschmid served in executive and entrepreneurial roles for over 20 years. He capped a nine-year career at PLATINUM technology, inc., by serving as the company's Senior Vice President, Field Operations. In that position, he was responsible for pre-sales systems, engineering, and consulting services for more than 160 products. Previous to joining PLATINUM, Mr. Kupferschmid led product strategy, design, and development efforts at DBMS and STS/SKK.

Mr. Roszak is a co-founder of SilkRoad and oversees its corporate development activities including strategy, alliances, acquisitions and financings. Mr. Roszak is also managing partner of SilkRoad Equity LLC a private investment firm. Prior to SilkRoad, Mr. Roszak served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Divine, inc. (NASDAQ: DVIN), an enterprise software firm. Previously, Mr. Roszak was a principal with Advent International and Keystone Capital Partners. During his career, Mr.Roszak has invested and managed in excess of $500 million of equity capital in a broad range of industries, and has experience in executing a broad scope of transactions including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; corporate and transactional financing, including private equity, venture capital, mezzanine and conventional financings; public offerings, private placements and financial restructurings.

Bryan Cruwys serves as the Vice President of Client Services for SilkRoad technology, where he is responsible for the global operations of Professional Services, Technical Support, Training, and Data Services. Mr. Cruwys brings to SilkRoad a broad range of strategic and business expertise, which spans more than 20 years.

A results-oriented leader with a proven ability in providing strategic, business, technical, and project leadership, who in addition to starting his own successful businesses, has been part of several start-up enterprises, IPO’s, as well as turnaround/reorganization efforts. His is an original member of the Big Idea Forum, a Chicago-based group of entrepreneurs, which provides guidance to fledgling companies. Mr. Cruwys graduated from the University of Illinois and received his Masters from the University of Chicago.