Karl Perron, President and CEO
With more than 16 years of leadership in enterprise software, Mr. Perron is an accomplished corporate strategist and line-of-business manager, and is recognized for his ability to quickly grow profitable businesses. Prior to OutPerformance, Karl was the Vice President and Managing Director for SAP AG's Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) business unit which in less than one year has emerged as the global leader in enterprise compliance applications. Prior to joining SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance Inc., Karl served SAP's family of companies since 1995 in senior management positions at SAP America, Inc. in sales, outsourcing services, and professional services, and at SAP Labs, LLC. in the development, testing, and global roll-out of SAP software. He has also held senior management positions at enterprise software and services startups including Paymetric Inc.; Murray and West Consulting; GK Intelligent Systems; and BlueStar Solutions. Karl earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Texas A&M University and completed an international business program at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico.

Suzanne Gueydan, Chief Financial Officer
Suzanne Gueydan's extensive background managing the finance organizations of growing software companies provides expertise and focus on all areas of the finance organization, including accounting, FP&A, HR, legal, facilities and administration. Prior to joining OutPerformance, Suzanne held positions as the Vice President of Finance at Lontra, Inc., a leading IT service portfolio software company, and at Valchemy, Inc., an M&A software company, during which time she completed its sale to IBM Corporation. She was also previously the Controller for diCarta, Inc., a contract management software company. Prior to diCarta, Suzanne was a client service audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (formerly Price Waterhouse LLP), where she focused solely on technology clients and actively participated in the IPO and M&A transactions of many of those clients. Suzanne holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Millsaps College and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Raj Valame, Senior Vice President, Product Development
Raj Valame is responsible for product vision, product deployment, and architectural direction for all OutPerformance products. She has over 10 years of experience in product management and application software development. Prior to joining OutPerformance, Raj was customer relationship manager within Tata-Unisys Consulting where she was responsible for delivering turnkey software projects executed in India, New Zealand, and the US for clients such as Cummins Engineering and Board of Equalization. Raj earned her Computer Engineering degree from University of Bombay and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Baruch Saeed, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Strategy
Dr. Baruch Saeed leads OutPerformance's next generation product initiatives, guiding advanced analytics, patents, beta projects and product requirements. He brings his experience as Founder and CEO of Pometrics, where he invented a pioneering enterprise profit improvement solution. Prior to Pometrics, Baruch worked at the Boston Consulting Group in the areas of strategy and performance improvement, advising executives and leading teams across a wide range of industries such as technology, pulp and paper, appliances, automobiles and airlines. Baruch has a B.S. in mathematics from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches graduate courses in Six Sigma as an Adjunct Professor at San José State University.

Oliver Braun, Vice President, Europe
Oliver Braun joins OutPerformance from BearingPoint, Inc., the global technology and consulting firm, where he was responsible for business development in the process industries. Before Bearing Point, Oliver was a sales executive at IBM responsible for key account sales in central Europe. Oliver has an MBA degree from London's Open University and a joint undergraduate degree in engineering and economics from the University of Karlsruhe.

Migo Hsu, Vice President Sales, Asia
Migo Hsu has extensive experience in management consulting, business development and marketing, as well as interacting with business owners and top management of diversified businesses. Before joining OutPerformance, Migo founded a consulting firm specializing in making strategic investments and launching new business ventures for various companies. Prior to that, Migo was the Executive Vice President of Panasia Media Group, a SoftBank subsidiary. She started her career as a project manager for an Internet company before shifting focus to business development and consultancy. Migo was born and educated in Taiwan. She holds a BA degree in Mass Communication from the Tamkang University and a MA in Communication Management from the University of Southern California.