| Cyril Rayan, Co-Founder, President & CEO. Cyril Rayan has 20 years of experience in high-tech companies principally in the software and semiconductor industries. Prior to founding Resiligence, Cyril was CEO of Mindbrook, Inc., a company which developed compliance management software. Before Mindbrook, Cyril was a Product Manager at Zilog, Inc. where his responsibilities included developing product specifications, interfacing with the engineering team to develop products and also interfacing with customers and partners globally. He has conducted business in 13 nations to develop partnerships and customers. Mr. Rayan is an accomplished speaker, lecturer and the author of an award winning leadership book “Moving from Vision to Reality”. Cyril holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, an MS in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University, and a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Mumbai.
William Olinger, Co-Founder, CTO. Mr. Olinger has over 20 years of software design and development experience across a variety of platforms and languages at companies including several Fortune 500 firms. He has diverse experience across multiple industries including pharmaceutical, home health, and global manufacturing. He has engineered and developed client-server financial systems, web-based remote administration tools, and health agency management systems and software, and has trained end users of his products and software applications worldwide. As CTO at Resiligence, Mr Olinger has engineered, designed and developed our TipNow software-as-a-service platform.
Dave Shoquist, CFO/VP Business Development. Dave Shoquist has over 20 years of director and executive level experience in financial and accounting management roles. He has worked in both privately-held and public high-tech companies including Raychem and New Focus, Inc. Dave has been instrumental in establishing financial planning and reporting systems, building financial infrastructure, raising capital, and driving profitability for start-ups and rapidly growing companies. He has also performed extensive due diligence and business valuation work for several business acquisitions. In his roles as Controller and Treasurer at New Focus, Inc., Dave played a critical role in positioning the company for a successful IPO and secondary funding round totaling just under $500M. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and an MBA degree from Santa Clara University.
Lia Soetje, VP Sales. Lia Soetje has 20 years sales experience including Global Account Management roles at tier 1 semiconductor companies such as National Semiconductor, Analog Devices and ON Semiconductor. In these firms she has been responsible for managing and driving global sales teams with annual revenues of $60M. Lia has received multiple sales awards for achieving sales growth in excess of 25% year on year for consecutive years, and several “top supplier” awards from her customer base. Lia is a committed and focused leader and mentor with comprehensive abilities in leading cross-functional geographically dispersed teams, and is regarded for exceptional interpersonal communication skills. |
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