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| Executive Team |
| Axentra's Executive team and founding partners are seasoned industry professionals who are committed to delivering state-of-the-art computer and communications convergence solutions. |
| Marc-Antoine Benglia, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Marc-Antoine Benglia is co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Axentra Corporation. Before joining Axentra's Executive team in the spring of 2003, Marc-Antoine served as Chairman and President of Hemera Technologies Inc., a leading digital image content provider and digital image management tools developer he co-founded in 1997. During his tenure at Hemera, Marc-Antoine established one of the largest collections of digital images in the world, amassing more than 1.5 million digital image files sold through web, catalog and retail channels worldwide. Prior to co-founding Hemera, Marc-Antoine occupied a managerial position in the European Public Relations Department of Corel Corporation and served as Director of Sales and Marketing at G&A Imaging Ltd., a developer of business-to-business software. Marc-Antoine actively participates on the boards of several Canadian high technology companies and not-for-profit organizations. A Harvard Business School OPM graduate (Harvard University, Boston, Mass), Marc-Antoine also holds a Masters Degree in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Université Laval (Québec, Canada). |
| Eric Lefebvre, Co-founder and Executive Vice President of Business Development |
Eric Lefebvre is Executive Vice President of Business Development for Axentra and has over fifteen years of experience in strategic business and marketing. Before joining Axentra, Eric held several management positions at Mainsoft, GraphOn and Corel Corporation. At Mainsoft, Eric was Vice President of Business Development responsible for strategic development and partnerships with key players such as Microsoft, Compaq/HP and Computer Associates. At GraphOn Corp, Eric was also an executive of the company as Vice President of Business Development and Sales and contributed to a successful IPO. Eric also developed the European and Asian market and established a joint venture in Hong Kong to serve the Chinese market. At Corel, Eric was Director of Strategic Business and marketed new technologies and products with partners as well managing key alliances such as Compaq and Nortel. Eric was also a business consultant to small firms to assist in the design of the market strategy, product roadmap, developing sales channels and ecommerce. Eric has a Bachelor Degree from Maryland University and a Masters of International Affairs from the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs. The focus of his thesis was on conflict resolution and negotiations. |
| Mark Francischiello, Vice President, North American Business Development and Sales |
Mark Francischiello is Axentra’s Vice President of North American Business Development and Sales, developing HipServ’s strategic relationships that will contribute to accelerated revenue growth. Mark has more than fifteen years of diversified sales and sales management experience in the software industry, with a successful track record of rapid, profitable revenue growth in startup based companies. Prior to joining Axentra, Mark was Director of Sales at GraphOn Corporation, a technology leader in server-based computing software, where he contributed to a successful IPO and was responsible for North America sales and business development activities to increase corporate, channel and OEM sales. Prior to GraphOn, Mark served as Director of Channel Sales at Dr. Solomon’s Software, acquired by Network Associate, where he helped the organization achieve consecutive quarterly revenue growth. Mark’s experience also includes several years at Logicraft Information Systems, acquired by Microtest/HIS, a manufacturer of the first multimedia network storage solution for enterprise networks. Mark holds a dual bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Keene State College in New Hampshire. |
Antonio Maio, |
Antonio Maio is the Vice President, Research and Development for Axentra Corporation, responsible for the delivery of the HipServ platform and applications suite. As a member of Axentra’s executive team, Antonio is involved in defining and implementing the HipServ product strategy. Antonio joined Axentra in 2007 following 17 years in software development, customer and product management, where he gained extensive experience developing, managing and deploying high availability, client/server systems and e-business/e-commerce web applications. His unique experience leading development teams as well as managing customer and OEM relationships makes him ideally suited to lead the innovation and growth of Axentra's digital home software platform and applications suite. Prior to joining Axentra, Antonio held product, customer and senior management positions at TrueContext, Cactus Communications, Hemera, Entrust and Corel Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) and certifications in Art and Graphic Design (Florence, Italy), as well as Usability and Usability Testing (Bethesda, MA). Antonio is a technology enthusiast, driven to improve user experience and technology performance on every product and service that he manages. |