Management Team
Dan Clark | Founder and President
Dan Clark, Founder and President, is a transportation industry veteran. He possesses extensive operations and sales experience gained from years of working with leading freight carriers and companies with multi-million dollar supply chains.
Dan continues to deliver on his original vision of using best- of- breed cloud technologies to create an innovative intelligent transportation system that returns control and visibility to freight shippers at companies of all sizes.
As the Division Vice President of Operations and Sales at Central Freight Lines, Dan managed 23 separate facilities, that together generated $100 million in annual revenue. His responsibilities included overseeing the P&L, Operations, Sales and Process Improvement groups.
While filling various Director roles at the USF group of freight companies, Dan managed all aspects of operations and sales, and he worked directly with information systems to develop automated applications that allow users to achieve greater efficiencies.
Dan is a passionate thought leader on how technology is revolutionizing the logistics industry. You can read his unobstructed view of supply chain logistics in his blog Supply Chain 20/20.
Dan received his Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University.
Dave Lemont | CEO
Dave Lemont, CEO, has launched, grown, and guided numerous software companies from inception through dramatic growth and success. He is an expert in identifying industry-changing ideas and building winning go-to-market strategies. Dave served as CEO of Currensee, which created the first social network for the foreign currency (FX) market. Currensee was acquired by Oanda Corporation, one of the largest FX brokers in the world. Prior to that Dave was CEO of AppIQ, the leader in Storage Management Software. AppIQ was acquired by HP creating over a 6X returns for the investors. Immediately prior to joining AppIQ, Dave was CEO of Revit Technology, where he led the company through its successful 2002 acquisition by Autodesk. Earlier, Dave was Chief Operating Officer at Concentra Corporation, the leading provider of CRM solutions for product configuration, which he led to an IPO in 1996 and ultimately a sale of the company to Oracle Corporation.
Dave is the founder of Lemont Consulting and through this work has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs and been a member of eight different start-up boards.
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Bucknell University.
Hetal Joshi | VP of Worldwide Services
Hetal Joshi, Vice President of Worldwide Services, is a senior consulting leader with over 18 years of management consulting experience. He has successfully managed all aspects of transformation, from strategy definition to implementation of transformational initiatives. Hetal demonstrated proven ability to leverage best practices to achieve operational efficiency, cost savings and revenue growth
Prior to Kuebix, Hetal managed the Customer Experience & Process Transformation Practice at Cognizant, where he developed the go to market strategy and growth plans for the global business. He has also worked at Deloitte & Touche and built two start-ups from the ground up. Hetal has successfully built high performing teams of over 100 resources and managed business growth with profit-and-loss responsibilities of over $18 million.
Hetal holds a Masters Degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley University.
Emanuel Kadziela | VP of Engineering
Emanuel Kadziela, Vice President of Engineering, is responsible for managing the entire engineering organization at Kuebix.
Before joining Kuebix, Emanuel served as Senior Director of Engineering for OANDA Corp., where he managed a geographically dispersed engineering team, started new business lines and was involved in company-wide initiatives including the implementation of Agile processes. Another effort required re-architecting and rewriting core systems from a hodgepodge of languages, frameworks and code as old as 20 years. Prior to that Emanuel managed the entire engineering organization as Currensee, Inc.’s Director of Engineering. This included development, quality assurance and large parts of product development and research. Earlier in his career, he served as a senior software developer for Yodle Inc., a local search and online marketing startup.
Emanuel earned a Bachelor of Science degree from MIT.
Peter Lanell | VP of Sales
Peter Lanell, Vice President of Sales, has been successful in building and leading sales operations from initial product introduction to over $100 million in revenues. His sales acumen spans products, applications, markets and sales models and includes extensive experience in enterprise applications sales across a variety of disciplines including Product Life Cycle Management (PLM); Customer Relationship Management (CRM); and Supply Chain Management (SCM).
Prior to joining Kuebix, Peter was Managing Partner at CSO on Demand, a consulting company assisting early stage technology companies with the development and execution of their go- to – market strategies.
Peter’s executive sales leadership principles have been impactful in early stage companies such as nSuite (acquired by Symantec), Engineering Intent (acquired by Autodesk), Supplybase (acquired by i2 Technologies) and at Concentra (IPO). He has also held executive positions at GE, Oracle and i2 Technologies.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Northeastern University.
Mike Sofer | VP of Business Development
Mike Sofer, VP of Business Development, is a dynamic business leader with more than 25 years of experience impacting business decisions, growth and sales for both start-ups and growing companies. He has a strong track record of building ROI and profitable relationships with clients, business partners, and other third-party organizations.
Prior to joining Kuebix, Mike was the EVP of Business Development and Sales for Medical Search Technologies where he helped to grow the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies adoption. Mike’s deep understanding of the SaaS marketplace has driven sales for enterprise clients and improved channel effectiveness to grow companies revenue exponentially. Mike has also held senior sales positions at companies such as PeopleSoft and Echo Global Logistics.
Mike has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Indiana University.
Mike Doyle | VP of Product Management
Mike Doyle, Sr. Director of Product Management, is an expert in retail supply chain management and customer engagement strategies.
By combining his supply chain and consumer expertise, Mike implements initiatives designed to further engage current Kuebix customers and reach the millions of businesses everywhere that could benefit from Kuebix TMS.
Prior to joining Kuebix, Mike served for over 13 years at Wayfair, a leading online provider of home furnishing and décor. At Wayfair, Mike held a number of key roles, across multiple disciplines, and was instrumental in scaling the supply chain operation to support a $2 billion business.
Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College.
Sarah Clark | Sr. Director of Marketing & Communications
Sarah Clark, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications, oversees all marketing and corporate communications activities including lead generation, digital marketing, corporate communications, marketing communications, advertising, events and public relations.
Over her career, Sarah served as District Director for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. As one of the original team members at New York-based digital PR pioneer Middleberg & Associates (later acquired by Euro RSCG) Sarah created communication strategy and public relations campaigns for numerous start-up through enterprise companies and opened a Boston regional office. Sarah has offered consultant services through SClarkPR to Boston-area businesses and immediately before joining Kuebix in early 2015, she managed communications at St. Mark’s School.
Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Media Studies from Boston College.
Chris Conway | Sr. Director of Business Intelligence
Chris Conway, Senior Director of Business Intelligence & Analytics, is tasked with ensuring systems and processes are in place across the organization to capture information efficiently and deliver timely insights that enable informed, data-driven decisions.
Prior to joining Kuebix, Chris served as Director of Product Management at SmartStops.net, a provider of online portfolio monitoring and alert services that helps institutional and individual investors identify and manage risk.
Earlier in his career, Chris served as Sr. e-Business Manager at Silicon Graphics and Director of Market Development at ITM Software where Chris helped deliver the first integrated Business Management solution for IT. He has served in product marketing and business strategy roles at several early stage startups including Terraspring, a utility computing infrastructure company acquired by Sun Microsystems and Spoke, one of the first business focused social networking solutions.
Chris holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan.
Board of Directors
Dan Clark | Board Member
Dan is a transportation industry veteran. He possesses extensive operations and sales experience gained from years of working with the leading freight carriers.
As the Division Vice President of Operations and Sales at Central Freight Lines, Dan managed 23 separate facilities, generating $100 million in annual revenue. His responsibilities included overseeing P&L, Operations, Sales and Process Improvement groups.
While filling various Director roles at the USF group of freight companies, Dan managed all aspects of operations and sales. He worked directly with information systems to develop automated applications that allow users to achieve greater efficiencies and profitability.
Dan received his BS degree from Northeastern University.
Ray DeSabato | Board Member
Ray has an established track record of building successful, high-growth companies that offer innovative and value-added technologies. He has extensive experience developing and managing sales and marketing teams. Additionally, he is well versed in establishing company infrastructures, managing operations, directing new product development efforts and raising investment capital.
As the President of GTP Corporation, a technology-driven plastics reclamation company, Ray successfully created and led the company through a financial restructuring plan, resulting in a tenfold return for the company’s stakeholders.
As a Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of SynQor, Inc.®, an innovative power electronics company, he raised $45 million of equity and achieved annual sales in excess of $50 million, resulting in a fourfold return of capital to its investors.
As a Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Acumentrics Corporation®, a power company, Ray was instrumental in the launch of the company. He also played an integral role in building its sales and marketing strategies, which enabled the company to secure commercial and government contracts.
Ray was also the Worldwide Business Unit Manager at American Power Conversion (APC). During his tenure, he achieved a growth rate of more than 100 percent for a $270 million division.
Raymond earned a BSIE degree from West Virginia University.
Jamie Goldstein | Board Member
Jamie is an experienced founder and investor in early stage companies. Prior to Pillar, Jamie was an investing partner for 18 years at North Bridge Venture Partners. His active investments include, Actifio, Plexxi, Layer3 TV, and O3b Networks.
Prior to Northbridge, Jamie co-founded PureSpeech, a venture-backed speech recognition software and applications company that was acquired by Voice Control Systems [NASDAQ: VCSI] and subsequently sold to Nuance [NASDAQ: NUAN]. Jamie also co-founded WattsUp?, a company that sells consumer electricity meters, and remains in business today.
Jamie grew up in the Boston area and is a graduate of MIT in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Jeremy Sclar | Board Member
Jeremy’s bio is coming soon!
Rick Sousa | Board Member
Richard (Rick) Sousa is a successful entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience. He began his career by starting a local transportation business operating off dock trucking, warehouse and container yards, and container leasing facilities. He founded the first double-stack rail facility in New England. Today, Intransit Container is New England’s leading double-stack terminal operator and intermodal service provider.
Rick is a founder and investor in more than a dozen companies in the transportation, real estate, software and medical device industries. His businesses have generated over 350 jobs in Massachusetts.
In addition to his business endeavors, Rick is a U.S. Navy Veteran and passionate philanthropist with a focus on causes that benefit children, education and social services.
