Lyris, Inc. Management Team
Our Executives Have Strong Marketing and Technology Backgrounds
- Luis Rivera, CEO
- Joe Lambert, Chief Financial Officer
- Blaine Mathieu, Senior VP of Marketing
- Robb Wilson, VP Technology
- Sean Ryan, VP Engineering
- Jason Han, VP of Sales
- Dave Dabbah, VP of Marketing
- Ray Polanco, VP of Client Services
Luis Rivera, CEO
Luis has more than 12 years of experience in business development and international sales. He has managed sales and operations in countries throughout the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the UK. Before joining Lyris, Luis was Director of International Sales at Turbolinux. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College.
Joe Lambert, Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining the Lyris, Inc., Joseph Lambert served as Director of Operational Accounting for Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. from December 2001 to August 2005. From March 2001 through June 2001, Lambert was a consultant and served as Interim Controller of Equilibrium Technologies. From June 2001 through October 2001, he was employed by New Boston Select Group, Inc., in which capacity he continued to serve as Interim Controller of Equilibrium Technologies. Prior to his work with Equilibrium Technologies, Lambert served as Controller of 1stUp.com Corporation. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California Los Angeles.
Blaine Mathieu, Senior VP of Marketing
As SVP of marketing, Mathieu is responsible for driving Lyris’ brand and product strategy. Most recently, Mathieu held the position of General Manager and Vice President of product and marketing at Corel Corporation. He was responsible for creating global marketing and product strategies for a wide range of software products targeted at consumers, businesses and professionals. Mathieu also held a variety of senior management positions at Adobe Systems, Gartner Group and a range of other companies. He received his MBA from Athabasca University in Canada in 1999, and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1989.
Robb Wilson, VP Technology
Robb Wilson brings more than 12 years of extensive software development, digital hardware expertise, and management experience to the company. Prior to Lyris, Wilson served as Vice President of Software Development for Quris, the high-profile online marketing firm. He has also served in leadership roles in the Association for Interactive Marketing's Council for Responsible Email and the Email Processing Industry Alliance.
Sean Ryan, VP Engineering
Prior to joining Lyris, Sean served as COO of BookSurge LLC, a print-on-demand and inventory-free distributor of books, playing a significant role in preparing the company for its eventual sale to Amazon.com. Previously, as one of four founders and CTO for ExactTarget, Sean was responsible for development of the company's email marketing hosted software product. Before ExactTarget he served as Director of Software Development for Digital River where he was responsible for building and managing a centralized commerce platform supporting sites for large clients. He began his career working for a leveraged buy-out company (LBO) followed by seven years at Accenture performing business process consulting and technology implementations for Fortune 500 companies. He received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Entrepreneurial Sciences from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Jason Han, VP of Sales
Jason Han has more than nine years of experience in software sales. Prior to leading Lyris overall sales efforts, Jason was responsible for driving significant growth in Lyris' hosted email marketing business. Previous to Lyris, he managed the inside sales team at Turbolinux and Siebel Systems. Jason holds a bachelors degree from University of California, Berkeley.
Dave Dabbah, VP of Marketing
Dave Dabbah is responsible for developing strategic branding and lead generation initiatives for the Lyris solutions. Dave brings 12 years of sales and marketing expertise to Lyris and was previously Vice President of Business Development for Uptilt, a developer of hosted CRM solutions, where he played a key role in product development, branding, and sales strategy for the company’s automated sales solution. Dabbah studied communications at Cal State Fullerton.
Ray Polanco, VP of Client Services
As VP of Client Services, Ray is responsible for ensuring that our customers' experience with Lyris is as positive and productive as possible. Ray comes to Lyris from Pinnacle Systems/Avid Technology where he was Director of Technical Services and Support. Prior to that he headed the support team at Zhone Technologies and held related positions at Ascend Communications (Lucent Technologies), Madge Networks, and IBM. Polanco studied Computer Sciences at San Jose State, he also holds various technical, leadership and management certificates.
