Luis Rivera, CEO

Luis has more than 14 years of experience in business development and international sales. He has managed sales and operations in countries throughout the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the UK. Before joining Lyris, Luis was Director of International Sales at Turbolinux. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College.

Joseph Lambert, Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining Lyris in 2005, Joe served as Director of Operational Accounting for Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. from 2001 to 2005. He served as a consultant to the New Boston Select Group, Inc. and as a Consultant / Interim Controller for Equilibrium Technologies in 2001. Prior to these positions, Lambert served as Controller of 1stUp.com Corporation. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Blaine Mathieu, Senior VP of Marketing

As SVP of marketing, Mathieu is responsible for driving brand and product strategy based on the company’s new Lyris HQ integrated marketing technology platform. Most recently, Mathieu held the position of general manager and vice president of product and marketing at Corel Corporation. He was responsible for creating global marketing and product strategies for a wide range of software products targeted at consumers, businesses and professionals. Mathieu also built Corel’s integrated marketing team, driving demand across both online and offline channels and implemented the company’s first-ever system for closed-loop tracking of marketing performance.

Mathieu held a variety of senior management positions at Corel Corporation, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Gartner Group and a range of other companies. He received his MBA from Athabasca University in Canada in 1999, and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1989.

Dave Dabbah, Vice President of Marketing

Dave is responsible for developing strategic branding, sales, and lead generation initiatives for Lyris, as well as growing its enterprise customer base through increased distribution of Lyris’ pioneering email solutions. Dabbah brings 14 years of sales and marketing expertise to Lyris and was previously Vice President of Business Development for Uptilt, a developer of hosted CRM solutions, where he played key roles in product development, branding, and sales strategy for the company’s automated sales solution. Dave studied communications at Cal State Fullerton.

Jason Han, Vice President of Sales

Jason has more than ten years of experience in software sales. Prior to joining Lyris, he managed Inside Sales teams at Turbolinux and Siebel Systems. Jason holds a bachelors degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Robb Wilson, Vice President of Technology

Robb Wilson brings over 12 years of extensive software development, digital hardware expertise, and management experience to Lyris. Prior to Lyris, Wilson served as Vice President of Software Development for Quris, the high-profile online marketing firm. He has also served in leadership roles in the Association for Interactive Marketing's Council for Responsible Email and the Email Processing Industry Alliance.

Sean Ryan, Vice President of Engineering

Prior to joining Lyris, Sean served as COO of BookSurge LLC, a print-on-demand and inventory-free distributor of books, playing a significant role in preparing the company for its eventual sale to Amazon.com. Previously, as one of four founders and CTO for ExactTarget, Sean was responsible for development of the company's hosted email marketing product. Before ExactTarget he served as Director of Software Development for Digital River where he was responsible for building and managing a centralized commerce platform supporting sites for large clients. He began his career working for a leveraged buy-out company followed by seven years at Accenture performing business process consulting and technology implementations for Fortune 500 companies. He received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Entrepreneurial Sciences from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Jeffrey Rothman, Director of Technology

Jeffrey has 14 years of experience in simulation, systems optimization, and performance analysis. Before joining Lyris, he worked with Hughes Aircraft, IBM, and Siemens of Munich, Germany. Jeffrey holds PhD and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.