Chris Atkins

CEO & President

Atkins is the visionary leader and founder of Nuage and leads a team of skilled technology, marketing and sales professionals in the development of the company’s Social Business Collaboration suite. Atkins has more than 35 years of industry experience and a keen understanding of how to maximize the benefits of technology for client success. Prior to Nuage, Atkins founded Metafore LLC, which was acquired by Kalypso LP, where he served as a Partner.

Wilma Flanagan

COO

Flanagan is a dynamic, results-oriented executive with more than 30 years of experience assisting clients achieve strategic goals and profit from the use of information technology. She has an extensive, global network and has attributed her career success to the partnerships she has developed, whether with a client or a business partner.  Prior to Nuage, Flanagan served as a Partner at Kalypso where she led the development of the PLM Technology Practice and most recently, the Social Product Innovation Consulting Practice, one of the first in the industry to leverage social media and social technologies to accelerate the front end of innovation for businesses. Flanagan held a variety of senior leadership roles at Computer Science Corporation (CSC) and Unisys Corporation.  She is a former CIO and past President of a LA-based Organization of Women Executives and was recognized by the Worldwide Who’s Who for Excellence in Social Business Solutions in 2012. In her current role with Nuage, Flanagan leads product development, global business development and partnerships.

Larry Lombard

CFO

Lombard has a plethora of experience in finance and executive management over a wide field of industries from hi-tech to software to oil & gas. He has been the President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of many companies over the years, both public and private, including Enova Systems, US Hybrid, OAG Holdings, PDA Solutions, and Gentry Steel.  He has been involved in early stage companies as well as initial public offerings and listings of companies on exchanges both domestic and international.  As the Chief Financial Officer of Nuage, Lombard is responsible for administration, finance, investor relations, legal and compliance matters.

Ken MacKenzie

VP, Product Development

MacKenzie is a senior software developer and software development team Director who has built and delivered a wide range of products, including computer hardware, operating systems, shrink-wrapped products for artists and engineers, IT technologies, and Java standards. His background includes managing teams from 5 – 160 members at Unisys, Autodesk, Macromedia (now Adobe), Forté Software, Sun Microsystems, and Amazon. He has also worked in IT with two organizations and as a product marketing consultant at Regis McKenna, Inc. At Nuage, MacKenzie drives product definition, coordination of the development team, partnership with the marketing team for product improvement, and works closely with development to choose the technology used to deliver value to customers.

Sunil Savaram

Senior Director, Technology & Development

Savaram is the Co-founder and Director at Plural Technology Pvt. Ltd and has a broad range of experience in implementing enterprise applications around, PLM, ERP and CRM. He brings a unique blend of software experience in Enterprise Mobile Applications, Cloud Applications, Enterprise Application Integrations and Social Media Integrations. In his current role with Nuage, Savaram provides technology direction for developing and delivering products that include the latest in technology and usage trends.

Surya Kumar

Director, Social Product Development

Kumar is the Co-founder and Director at Plural Technology Pvt. Ltd and has headed delivery of several large PLM and Enterprise Application Implementations globally. His experience in setting up and managing offshore delivery centers for end-to-end software development and support will assist Nuage in delivering high quality software and profitably. In his current role with Nuage, Kumar drives the overall technical product strategy as well as the development of collaboration tools to combine social computing and new product development. He also plays a critical role in the design of Social Product Development software and the management of R&D in creating exciting new tools.

Marsha Averett

Executive Director, Customer/Sales Support

Averett brings more than 30 years of experience in Product Marketing, Customer Support, Sales and Partner Marketing to her new position at Nuage. She is proud to be a part of this vital new solution and its promise of transforming the way we do business. Averett has implemented turnkey marketing programs worldwide and successfully managed and led the development of new business with strong technical competence. She has built and trained winning sales teams and co-marketed with major partners such as Microsoft and Oracle. Averett has developed and lead support teams of hardware and software professionals providing global customer and sales support for fortune 100 companies. Her strong customer focus has helped her identify the importance of Social Business Collaboration solutions from Nuage as a major improvement in how businesses operate, providing subscribers with a competitive advantage. Averett’s focus at Nuage is providing sales and subscriber support, customer marketing strategies and implementing solutions that will enhance our customer and partner relationships.

Kathleen Tinajero

Director, Marketing

Tinajero began her marketing career as project manager at a grass-roots university marketing agency in Southern Illinois. She went on to work as a marketing project coordinator in the insurance industry before joining the Nuage team in November, 2011. In her current role as Director, Marketing, Tinajero has the pleasure of spreading the Nuage message via strategic marketing and creative advertising that aim to communicate both the outstanding benefits of Social Business Collaboration and Nuage's innovative solutions. Her focus on marketing strategy includes branding and awareness, media and communications, online/mobile marketing, video marketing, social media, and print and digital collateral.