About Us: Advisory Board
Advisory Board
The Xceedium Advisory Board was formed to bring together executives from enterprise and government industries that provide specific expertise to help Xceedium build on its early successes and continue its growth paths. Each member of the Advisory Board brings a wealth of experience to support the global expansion and strategic development of Xceedium.
Mark Vayda, Vice President of Global Sales
BearingPoint, Inc.
Mark Vayda has over 25 years of management and executive experience in sales, marketing, consulting and partner program management. He currently oversees over $3 billion in revenue, serving the financial, government and commercial markets. His experience at BearingPoint, as well as his leadership roles at Oracle, Digital Equipment and Informix Software brings a wealth of experience to support the global expansion and strategic development of Xceedium.
As executive vice president of global sales, Mr. Vayda leads BearingPoint's worldwide professional sales force and the development of global sales strategies. Mr. Vayda is also responsible for the company's Alliance Partner Program. Before being named to his current position in 2004, Mr. Vayda served as sales leader for BearingPoint's general business practice and previously as the company's global Oracle solution leader and segment leader for BearingPoint's utilities practice. Before joining BearingPoint in 2002, Mr. Vayda spent six years at Oracle Corporation, where he held various leadership roles, including group vice president of Oracle's communication and utility sales organization. Mr. Vayda has also held sales roles at several large hardware and software companies, including Digital Equipment and Informix Software.
Mr. Vayda has many years of solid background and expertise in the delivery of compliance and security solutions to major enterprise and government customers – expertise that is invaluable as Xceedium builds and capitalizes on s solid global partner and channel strategy.
Donn B. Atkins
IBM Corporation
Donn B. Atkins is a widely respected industry pioneer, recently retired after 30 years at IBM. In his last position as General Manager, IBM Global Business Partners, he led IBM's go-to-market efforts with 100,000 business partners around the world, driving over one third of IBM's revenue. He first joined IBM in 1977, and later held a number of sales and management positions that led to his most recent string of top ranking global executive posts, which included Vice President, Worldwide Software Sales and Marketing (2002-2004); General Manager, Latin America (1999-2002); General Manager, Software Sales, Americas (1998-1999); and General Manager, Worldwide Personal Software Products (1997-1998).
In addition to serving as a member of IBM's Worldwide Management Council, Mr. Atkins founded and chaired the Latin America Basic Education Initiative, which brought together global and regional corporations to promote quality education across the region by establishing partnerships with local government entities and businesses. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Jefferson College and received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. Donn brings an impeccable track record of connecting with partners and customers around the world in his global expansion efforts at IBM. As a member of the Advisory Board, he will lend his expertise to Xceedium's worldwide growth efforts.