Silect Software Leadership Team
Harold Dyck, President & CEO
With over twenty years in IT, Harold Dyck is a thought leader in the Microsoft tools market. After attending Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, Harold spent several years at IBM then moved on to work as a pre-sales engineer at Microsoft After several years of progressive success with Microsoft, he moved on to become the founder of MessageWise, a provider of enterprise management software solutions, which he subsequently sold to Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) in 2000. Following the sale of MessageWise, Dyck was Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at Venture Coaches, where he reviewed and assessed investment opportunities in a range of technology startups. Today, Harold serves as Silect's President & CEO leading its business and execution strategy.
Juli Ackerman, Vice President of Corporate Development
Juli Ackerman has held positions in virtually every facet of the business, including software development, marketing, product management, sales, mergers & acquisitions and business development. As vice president of corporate development, Ackerman leads the company's marketing, partner programs and global sales expansion. Prior to joining Silect in the summer of 2008, Ackerman was an executive at Quest Software during the company's highest growth period between 1997 and 2006.
Randy Roffey, Director of Product Management
Randy Roffey leads Silect's product management team, building product requirements and mapping customer feedback into the product direction. A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Roffey has extensive experience in managing corporate software applications through global deployment and support responsibilities. Most recently, Roffey was a senior pre-sales engineer for Hypersoft, a vendor of email management software solutions based in Europe. Previously, Roffey held senior systems engineering roles at MessageWise and Quest Software. In addition to these roles, Roffey has extensive sales experience in consulting services and consumable goods where he set national records for sales growth.
Paul Chehowski, Director of Product Development
Paul Chehowski leads Silect's research and development team for MP Studio and CP Studio. He has worked in many senior development roles in the high tech field with well known companies such as Corel and Mitel. Based on his work at Mitel, Chehowski was assigned as a co-inventor on a patent issued in both Canada and the U.S. in 2000 titled "System for interactive control of a computer and telephone." Chehowski was also an active member of the USB standards organization where he was a major contributor to the USB Communications Device Class 1.0 standard, which involved working closely with many major corporations including Microsoft, Intel, Nortel and Logitech. He holds a computer science degree from the University of Waterloo.
Eric Auckerman, Director of Sales
Eric Auckerman brings sales and sales management experience to Silect Software in the software industry from such diverse platforms as Oracle database tools, web advertising engines, non-linear editing tools, and Network Systems Management technologies. Mr. Auckerman has focused his career on sales entrepreneurship with emphasis on take high-value technologies to undeveloped markets. His professional background also includes experience in business development and partner management. Mr. Auckerman has worked for such companies as Quest Software, Lecco Tech, NetGravity, and FWB Software.
Nicole Priatel, Director of Marketing
Nicole Priatel is responsible for Silect’s global brand and product positioning, web, interactive and event marketing. Ms. Priatel has held positions with IBM, Cognos, AssetMetrix and Espial, and has been responsible for a wide range of marketing initiatives from worldwide product launches and lead generation/nurturing efforts to the creation of comprehensive go-to-market strategies for tackling new global markets. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her inventive approach to creating software buzz, while remaining laser-focused on the company’s bottom line.