Management

Vivek Ranadivé

Chairman and CEO

Mr. Ranadivé founded TIBCO in 1997 with the vision of bringing real-time technology into the mainstream. His acclaimed New York Times business bestseller The Power of Now: How Winning Companies Sense and Respond to Change Using Real-time Technology (1999) has been widely used in academia and been the subject of numerous interviews. His subsequent book, The Power to Predict (2006), shows the impact of predictive business on mainstream companies from Procter & Gamble to Harrah's and reveals how companies can break new ground in their quest to anticipate customers' needs, create new opportunities, and predict and sidestep unwelcome surprises.

Mr. Ranadivé has appeared as a featured expert on real-time computing on CNBC and in publications such as The Economist, Fast Company, and Red Herring. Mr. Ranadivé has consistently been recognized as a visionary for the future of business integration, securing him a place in InfoWorld's 2002 Top Ten Technology Innovators. He was recognized by Ernst & Young as a 2002 Software Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2008, he was named the South Asian CEO of the Year by SAMBAA. He was also featured in “Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath,” a New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Outliers, as an example of innovators who win by “breaking the rules.”

Prior to founding TIBCO, Mr. Ranadivé was president and founder of a UNIX consulting company. Previously, he held management and engineering positions with Ford Motor Company, M/A-Com Linkabit, and Fortune Systems. Mr. Ranadivé is a frequent presenter on such topics as the future of integration, enabling real-time business, and unleashing the power of information across enterprises to become more competitive. Mr. Ranadivé earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. He received both a Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sydney Carey

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Carey joined TIBCO in 2004. Prior to TIBCO, she was Chief Financial Officer at a number of companies: Vernier Networks, Pacific Broadband Communications and Entera. Ms. Carey has also held a variety of positions with Network Associates, including Vice President of Worldwide Sales Finance and Operations. Ms. Carey holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University.

Bill Hughes

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Mr. Hughes is responsible for TIBCO's Legal functions. Prior to returning to the US in 2003 as General Counsel, he had been the company's European General Counsel, based in London, England. Between 1989 and his joining TIBCO in 1999, Mr. Hughes held several in-house Legal positions in the technology industry in Europe and the United States. Prior to 1989, he worked in private practice in the areas of corporate, finance and intellectual property law. Mr. Hughes holds a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School and a B.S. in Management from Canisius College.

Tom Laffey

Executive Vice President,
Products & Technology

Mr. Laffey joined TIBCO in 2002 and is responsible for Engineering, Global Support and Educational Services. Prior to TIBCO, Mr. Laffey was a co-founder of Talarian Corporation, a provider of middleware, where he was responsible for engineering and product direction. He has over 25 years experience in software and has published over 30 articles in recognized scientific publications. Mr. Laffey has an M.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic and a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

Ram Menon

Executive Vice President,
Worldwide Marketing

Mr. Menon is responsible for Product Strategy, Product Management, Product Marketing, Field Marketing, Corporate Communications, Branding and Customer Programs worldwide. Prior to this role, Mr. Menon served as the Chief Strategist of the company, responsible for defining and executing corporate strategic initiatives, including new product strategy, M&A direction, and emerging vertical markets. Prior to joining TIBCO, Mr. Menon was with Accenture, a global consulting firm, where he specialized in supply chain and e-commerce strategy, consulting with Global 1000 companies. Mr. Menon holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and pursued graduate work in Industrial & Management Engineering.

Murray Rode

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Rode has been with TIBCO (and its predecessor company) since 1995 in a variety of roles. In addition to his general responsibilities as COO, Mr. Rode is also directly responsible for various functions, including finance, corporate development and IT. Prior to joining TIBCO, Mr. Rode was a management consultant with a major international consulting firm, where he worked primarily in the areas of technology strategy and planning and business process re-engineering. Mr. Rode holds a B.A. from the University of Alberta, Canada.

Murat Sonmez

Executive Vice President,
Global Field Operations

Mr. Sonmez is responsible for TIBCO's worldwide sales and field operations. He joined TIBCO in 1994 and has held a variety of executive positions including general manager of EMEA operations and chief marketing officer. His professional background includes EVP of Operations at Centrata, a utility computing software firm, and engineering and product marketing positions at Consilium, a Manufacturing Execution Systems software provider. Mr. Sonmez holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech.