Timothy Jones
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jones has over 15 years of executive experience starting new companies and developing new businesses in the technology industry. Prior to Buzzient, Mr. Jones was CEO of BionTTech, a Georgia Tech spin-off company that focused on explosive detection for homeland security. Mr. Jones identified BionTTech after helping launch the east coast office of Mohr, Davidow Ventures (MDV), an early stage venture capital firm with over $1B under management. Previously, Mr. Jones was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Eba Systems, a mobile and wireless application company for customer relationship management (CRM) that was acquired by Iormyx. Mr. Jones was also the founding Vice President of Business Development of CRM software company OnDemand, which was acquired by Chordiant Software.
Mr. Jones has worked as a key contributor with two early stage companies from early stage through IPO; database vendor Sybase (IPO 1991) and systems management company OpenVision Technologies (IPO 1996). Mr. Jones started his career in the International Division of Oracle Corporation.
Mr. Jones holds a S.B. in Management Science from MIT, a M.S. in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University, and a MBA from MIT as a Sloan Fellow. Mr. Jones has served as a member of the Committee of Visitors and an Information Technology Panel Reviewer for the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program since 2001.
Dean Nomura
Vice President of Solutions
Mr. Nomura is responsible for customer solutions and integration.
He has over 15 years of experience as a software professional in both established and entreprenuerial ventures spanning a wide breadth of enterprise software. He has successfully supported sales forces as an individual contributor, builder and manager of pre-sales teams. He has spent his career helping customers in a variety of vertical industries map their business needs to software solutions.
Prior to Buzzient Mr. Nomura was with Idiom Technologies, a leader in Globalization Management Systems, and Perfect Commerce, a provider of Spend Management solutions. Earlier in his career, he held various senior sales engineering positions at Mobileum, EBA Systems, ChannelPoint and Scopus Technology/Siebel Systems. His entry into the technology world was in the RDBMS space with Ingres Corporation.
Mr. Nomura holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jeff Hull
Development Manager
Mr. Hull is Development Manager at Buzzient Inc.
He has had years of experience developing web-based software and Internet applications in the Web Analytics and Social Media Analytics spaces for both B2B and B2C markets. He has applied his expertise in the areas of product development and systems design to LAMPy and other technology platforms. Prior to Buzzient, Mr. Hull held a position at Compete, Inc. where he developed the technology behind their Ad Impact click-through analysis tool.
Mr. Hull holds a degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.
Scott Sullivan
Head of Sales
Mr. Sullivan is responsible for direct sales.
He has over 25 years of experience in both established and entrepreneurial ventures spanning enterprise software and services. Prior to Buzzient, Mr. Sullivan spent 7+ years with Oversight Systems, Inc., the leading enterprise software organization within the Continuous Transaction Monitoring and Analytics market. Mr. Sullivan was instrumental in establishing Oversight’s market leading presence with Global 1000 organizations. Before Oversight, Scott worked for a number of early stage entities including Net Perceptions, KnowledgeX, Scopus Technologies, OpenVision and ViewStar, in both individual contributor and leadership roles. He started his technology career at McCormack & Dodge where was part of the sales team for enterprise financial and human resources solutions.
Mr. Sullivan holds a B.S. in Management from Alfred University and a MBA with a concentration in Finance from Clarkson University.
Denice Sakakeeny-Smith
Head of Finance
Ms. Sakakeeny-Smith is responsible for Finance & Accounting.
She has over ten years of financial leadership in public and private software firms. Prior to Buzzient, Ms. Sakakeeny-Smith was Director of Finance at Intronis, where she led Finance & Accounting efforts for this expansion stage cloud back-up and recovery provider. Before Intronis, she was at Aspen Technology (NADQ: AZPN), where she led worldwide corporate finance efforts for the global Professional Services organization. Prior to Aspen Technology, she was the Director of Finance at OrderMotion, a SaaS-y order management platform for the D2C space.
Earlier in her career, she worked in various analytical and controllership roles in the Boston start-up community, including HubX (acquired by SynXis) and InsightShare. She started her finance career as an analyst at Advantage Schools (acquired by Mosaica Education) where she was the firm’s second full time finance hire.
Ms. Sakakeeny-Smith holds a B.A. in Sociology and African & African American Studies from Brandeis University and a M.S. in Accounting from Suffolk University.
