Executive Team
Donovan Jones
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
As President and CEO of CounterPath, Donovan Jones is responsible for all corporate and operational initiatives including the development and execution of the Company's corporate strategy. Donovan's leadership is instrumental in establishing CounterPath as a technologically innovative and high-growth company with a strong corporate culture.
Since joining CounterPath in 2005, Donovan has led the integration of three acquired companies, expanded CounterPath's portfolio to serve the expanding mobile VoIP market and grown the company's global customer base to over 280 Service Providers and enterprise vendors. Prior to CounterPath, Donovan worked in the investment banking industry and at TELUS, Canada's second largest telecommunications company. During his time with TELUS, Donovan held increasingly senior positions in Corporate Development and Client Solutions where he planned and executed a series of merger, acquisition and divestiture activities in the Telecommunications, Application Development and Data Network Integration space. He also was responsible for a $200M business unit focused on selling, implementing and managing enterprise voice, data and IP infrastructure.
In January of 2007, Donovan was awarded a regional top 40 under 40 award recognizing British Columbia's "brightest young business stars" under the age of 40. Donovan holds an MBA from the University of Calgary and an Economics degree from the University of Alberta.
David Karp
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer for CounterPath, David Karp manages accounting, finance, planning and investor relations, allowing the company to better execute on its strategic and financial goals.
David brings more than fifteen years of corporate finance and operating experience to CounterPath. While VP Investment Banking at BMO Nesbitt Burns, David raised hundreds of millions of dollars through equity financings and managing a number of merger and acquisition. Previously, David was CFO for Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. where he was instrumental in the company's successful initial public offering and follow-on financing. Prior to Chemokine, David was CFO for Neuro Discovery Inc., a publicly traded investment company focused on biotechnology investing.
David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, an MBA from the Ivey School of business in London, Ontario, and is a CFA charterholder.
Robert Brown
Vice President Marketing
Robert Brown is VP Marketing for CounterPath. In this role, Rob oversees the development and execution of CounterPath's marketing strategies and leads a team focused on delivering strategic marketing support for the organization, elevating the CounterPath brand worldwide and increasing shareholder value.
Rob brings more than 12 years of customer and product marketing experience to the team, primarily in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining CounterPath in 2006, Rob held multiple positions within TELUS Corporation, most recently serving as Director of Product Marketing for Centrex and Managed VoIP Services. During this time, he was responsible for various successful product launches and marketing programs focusing on growing the $140 million Centrex business across Canada, launching IP-One and IP Evolution. He also played a key role in driving the VoIP convergence mandate throughout the TELUS organization.
Robert earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), certificates in Executive Development and Internet Marketing from the University of British Columbia and a diploma in Entrepreneurial Management from BCIT.
Todd Carothers
Vice President, Product Management
As VP, Product Management, Todd is focused on bringing to market industry recognized end-to-end whole product solutions to drive Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) and Fixed Mobile Substitution (FMS) for pre-IMS and IMS operators.
Todd brings over 15 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Business Development to CounterPath. Prior to joining CounterPath, Todd served as VP, Marketing and Business Development at BridgePort Networks (acquired by CounterPath in 2008) where lead the company's development and marketing of the SoftMOBILE and MobileSTICK solutions that enabled secure mobile communications across the PC desktop. Prior to BridgePort Networks, Todd held marketing, product development and business development positions at Malibu Networks, Adaptive Broadband (formerly California Microwave) and Sciforma Corporation.
Todd holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, Chico with a minor in Computer Technology.
Michael Doyle
Vice President Technology
In his role as Vice President Technology, Michael Doyle will focus on helping to shape our product and solutions roadmap for broader applicability and evangelizing the total CounterPath solution to customers and partners.
Michael has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years and brings a wealth of experience and talent across a broad range of disciplines. He co-founded Ubiquity Software Corporation and as CTO he influenced the technological direction which created one of the world’s first and most successful SIP Application Servers. In 2000, he helped procure venture funding for the company, which resulted in one of the largest VC software investments in the UK. Ubiquity was named Innovator of the year in 2001 by the British Venture Capital Association and was the recipient of four national R&D awards. In 2007 Ubiquity was acquired by Avaya Inc. for $145M. Throughout his career, he has been pivotal in establishing strong revenue pipelines and has contributed to the successful sales of core products and services to companies such as BT, Global Crossing, Verizon, COMCAST, United Online, Motorola, NOKIA, Siemens and numerous other high profile clients.
Michael holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science from University College London. In 2006, he was named one of the Top 100 voices of IP Communications.
Michael Hryb
Vice President Sales
In his role as VP Sales, Michael Hryb leads an internationally-based team of sales executives to manage CounterPath's sales relationship and growth strategy for the company's 300+ wired, wireless, ISP and cable Carrier and Enterprise customers.
Michael draws upon over 20 years of business development and sales experience and has executed sales strategies to serve diverse markets including telecommunications, government, aerospace, defense, and security. Before joining CounterPath, Michael was VP Sales for DDS Wireless International where he significantly expanded the company's reach into foreign markets and was instrumental in securing recurring revenue opportunities. Prior to DDS, Michael worked for MacDonald Dettweiler and Associates (MDA) where he held progressively responsible positions in business development, sales and sales management. During his 8 years at MDA, Michael forged new vertical market channels for the company's complex Information System services and achieved notable successes for the Earth Observation Group and the Defense and National Land and Property Information Service (NLIS) programs.
Michael holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Professional Engineer (PEng) designation.
Mark Klagenberg
Vice President Business Development
As VP Business Development, Mark Klagenberg is responsible for driving strategic partnership initiatives for CounterPath including the development and execution of channel strategy and VAR programs, and the company's electronic commerce strategy.
Mark brings over twenty years of software industry experience in business development and sales executive roles to the CounterPath team. Previously Director of Sales at Loudcloud (now Opsware), Mark developed tier one financial services and telecommunications verticals for the company's Internet Managed Services offerings. Prior to Loudcloud, Mark was a Business Development Manager for Microsoft where he oversaw relationships with over 65 Microsoft partners to further their business plans within Microsoft business units and with potential investors. Prior to Microsoft, Mark held a senior sales position at Clarity where he developed a reseller relationship that ultimately led to the company's acquisition by Nortel Networks.
Mark holds a Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of Manitoba.
Sylvain Marcotte
Vice President Engineering
As VP Engineering, Sylvain Marcotte supervises the production of all development as well as customer specific solutions while ensuring the highest level of quality with the minimum costs.
In his role, Sylvain draws upon 15 years of software engineering experience in the Telecommunications and Semiconductor industries. Prior to joining CounterPath in 2005, Sylvain was Senior Software Engineer at Mattson Technologies where he led a team in the development of a HMI for a highly sophisticated semiconductor processing machine. Prior to Mattson, Sylvain worked for five years as a customer software engineer for Brooks Automation completing various projects for semiconductor companies such as Applied Materials, Varian Semiconductor, Eaton Corporation, Samsung Electronics and Sandia National Labs.
Sylvain holds a Bachelor's degree of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia.
Jim O'Brien
Director NCG Customer Engineering
As Director NCG Customer Engineering, Jim O'Brien directs CounterPath's customer engineering team responsible for architecting customized solutions for CounterPath customers and well as integrating, deploying and supporting CounterPath's mobile VoIP solutions.
Jim has over 12 years of experience in VoIP and mobile engineering, development and deployment. Before joining BridgePort Networks in 2004 (now CounterPath), Jim was responsible for designing and deploying custom wholesale and enterprise VoIP services for Level(3) and Genuity customers, as well as managing a team of engineers which provided marketing, sales, and operations support. Earlier in his career Jim lead a group of engineers who were responsible for new product direction, development, and customer integration within GTE Internetworking's IP Telecom group.
Jim holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jim has 10 patents issued or pending.
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