Leadership Team

Led by an experienced management team with over 125 combined years of experience in the software industry, every Qvidian employee shares our mission of helping our customers improve the effectiveness of their sales organizations.

Lewis Miller
President
David Blume
Vice President, Sales
Jim Eliason
Chief Financial Officer
William A. Geers
Vice President, Operations
Brian D. Vass
Vice President, Marketing
 
Lewis Miller

President

Lewis Miller (Lewie) is a 30-year veteran of the software industry. As President of Qvidian, he is responsible for the combined company's overall development and growth. Prior to Qvidian, Lewie was Chief Executive Officer of Synergistics, Inc. from 1996 to 2001 where revenues grew from $800,000 to $8 million. During that time, he developed segment-leading CRM and Knowledge Management software products.

Prior to Synergistics, Lewie held the President/CEO position at The Future Now, Inc. where he grew revenues from $3 million to $800 million and actively participated in the company's IPO. He has also held sales and sales management positions with IBM. Lewie's educational background includes an M.B.A. in International Economics and a B.S. in Finance, both received from Bowling Green State University.

 
David Blume

Vice President, Sales

David is responsible for new business sales in our major global markets, managing Qvidian’s direct sales force and strategic channel partners. Having entered the IT industry in 1979, David brings over 20 years of international sales management experience to Qvidian gained in the enterprise software solutions space, and has worked in the UK, US and Australia. For the past 10 years David has specialized in the field of sales effectiveness in areas such as compensation management and proposal automation. Prior to moving into the software sales arena in 1987, David was a technical consultant developing and implementing mainframe-based systems.

 
Jim Eliason

Chief Financial Officer

Jim Eliason brings over 20 years of venture back finance experience to his position of Chief Financial Officer at Qvidian, where he oversees all aspects of finance, legal and human resources. He joined Qvidian from Desktone, a privately held, venture-backed company that provides a virtual desktop hosting platform that enables desktops as a service for enterprises.

Prior to Desktone, Eliason was CFO for Empirix, a provider of testing and monitoring tools for voice and data applications. Prior to that he held the position of CFO for Narad Networks, a telecommunications provider of broadband solutions to cable operators, where he helped raise more than $30 million of venture capital over two rounds of financing as part of a re-start team. Earlier, Eliason was Vice President of Finance for SilverStream Software, a provider of web application platform software, where he was involved in the company's IPO and secondary offering, raising over $250M and concluding with an acquisition by Novell.

Eliason held the position of Corporate Controller for Concentra Corporation, an international manufacturer of configuration software, until the company's acquisition by Oracle. He also held manager level positions at MatrixOne, provider of business-to-business internet collaboration solutions, and at Arthur Andersen.

Eliason holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Bentley College and a B.S. in Accounting from Providence College. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Massachusetts.

 
William A. Geers

Vice President, Operations

William Geers (Bill) has over 30 years of experience in the information technology industry. He started his career with IBM in 1975. In 1982 he started his own information technology company, which offered a variety of services including custom application development. After selling this company, Bill joined Cincom Systems Inc., one of the world s largest privately held international software companies, and became the General Manager of Trans-Atlantic Sales for the Advanced Technology Group. Most recently, Bill was the Chief Operating Officer of Streamline Health. Throughout Bill’s career he has focused on enhancing operating results through a passionate focus on customer satisfaction and operational effectiveness and efficiency. Bill has a degree in Marketing from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

 
Brian D. Vass

Vice President, Marketing

Brian leads the marketing and business development teams at Qvidian. He is responsible for driving demand and awareness for Qvidian’s product and services. In addition, Brian’s team is responsible for Qvidian’s annual customer conferences in the US and UK. He is involved in Cincinnati’s volunteer community as a committee chair for the Western & Southern Open professional tennis tournament and is active in the Cincinnati chapter of the American Marketing Association. Brian holds a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from Miami University (Ohio).