Compiere Executive Team

Don Klaiss

President and CEO

Don Klaiss, president and chief executive officer of Compiere, is responsible for company strategy, organization and operations. Don brings to Compiere over two decades of global executive leadership experience in the enterprise software industry.

Prior to joining Compiere, Don spent fifteen years at Oracle Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President, Applications. At Oracle Klaiss was instrumental in growing the company's enterprise applications software into a multi-billion dollar business. He also developed Oracle's entire industry-leading suite of manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, asset management and CRM service applications, building and running a 2,500 person applications development organization. Prior to his time at Oracle, Klaiss held senior management positions at technology firms including Ask Computer Systems, Inc., NCA Corporation, Covalent Systems Corporation and Hewlett-Packard.

Don holds a Bachelors degree from Rutgers University and a Masters degree from Stanford University.

Stuart Bagshaw

Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer, Stuart Bagshaw drives Compiere's go-to-market strategy and leads the company's global sales and marketing organization. Stuart brings more than twenty years of experience leading international and channel operations across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Prior to Compiere, Stuart served as president and chief executive officer of Sapias. He was responsible for corporate strategy and oversaw the growth and adoption of Sapias' intelligent asset management solutions resulting in a successful acquisition by Wireless Matrix. Stuart has held a number of senior leadership positions throughout his career with companies including Knowmadic, Inc., Covigo, Inc. and ILOG, Inc. Bagshaw's international experience includes sales and leadership positions with Apple, Sequent, Xerox Corporation and Gemplus.

Stuart started his career in the Royal Air Force where he gained his engineering qualifications in communications and computer systems.

Jorg Janke

Founder and Chief Architect

Jorg Janke is the founder of the Compiere ERP & CRM open source project and Chief Architect for Compiere, Inc. As the driving force behind Compiere's initial success, Jorg has more than 25 years of combined business and technical experience. Jorg currently focuses on product architecture, design, development and training.

Before founding Compiere, Jorg was Director Enterprise Systems in Oracle's Application Development Division (Redwood Shores, CA) and Manager Business Applications at the European HQ of Unisys (London).

Jorg holds a German BA in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

Sunny Hemant Gosain

Vice President, Development and Customer Support

At Compiere, Sunny Gosain heads Product Development, Global Customer Support and is our Chief Information Officer.

Before joining Compiere, Sunny served as VP of Applications Development at Oracle where he managed Oracle's Supply Chain Costing and Asset Management application product lines. His organization brought new supply chain products to market and captured significant market share in the asset-intensive and service industries. He also held management positions in Oracle's Professional Services division. Earlier, at MCI Systemhouse, Sunny ran the IT division for a manufacturing company where he delivered and supported systems for accounting, production, logistics and distribution.

Sunny holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Delhi and an MBA from University of Arkansas. Sunny is APICS certified and holds several software patents.

Kyle Rosier

Director of Sales, Americas and Asia Pacific

Kyle Rosier leads Compiere's sales organization within the Americas and Asia Pacific regions. In this role, he is responsible for both supporting the Compiere Partner Network and direct sales. Kyle is focused on ensuring customer success with Compiere's suite of support, training and service offerings.

Prior to joining Compiere, Kyle has thirteen years of experience in enterprise software including management, sales and sales consulting roles at Oracle Corporation and Agile Software. His career has spanned roles supporting both small growing companies and large global organizations while always concentrating on using applications software to solve business problems.

Kyle holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was a Carter Fellow. Kyle is APICS certified.

Bill Freedman

Director, Marketing

Bill Freedman oversees Compiere's outbound marketing efforts including lead generation programs, positioning and branding, media and analyst relations, and e-marketing.

Over an eighteen year career in enterprise software, Bill's focus has been on creating software solutions that are easier to acquire and use. Before joining Compiere, he ran a marketing consultancy serving enterprise software companies. Bill has held executive marketing and product management positions at Linux email pioneer Scalix, IT service management leader Remedy (acquired by BMC Software), database giant Oracle, and small business accounting innovator Solomon Software (acquired by Microsoft).

Bill earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Chicago and a Masters degree from Duke University.