Executive Team
Bruce Berger, President and CEO
Bruce has over 25 years of experience in building successful, global enterprises. Prior to joining Marathon, Bruce was CEO of Reva Systems, a venture-backed company involved in RFID networking solutions acquired by Odin Technologies. Before Reva, he was President and CEO of Verrillon, another venture-backed company focused on delivering specialty optical fiber to the oil and gas industry acquired by AFL Telecommunications. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Digi International, a publically traded company involved in the device networking industry. During his tenure at Digi Bruce was responsible for the company’s embedded products and spent several years living overseas running the Company’s European and Asian operation. Prior to joining Digi, Bruce held a number of senior level positions in operations, product management, and marketing at AT&T Paradyne Corporation. He holds a B.S. in Marketing from Florida State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Tampa.
Dan Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer
Dan has a wealth of experience as CFO in venture backed, entrepreneurial companies. Prior to joining Marathon, Dan was CFO of PhyFlex Networks in Westford which was sold to Ciena Corp. Before PhyFlex, he was CFO of venture backed Sand Video, which he joined pre-revenue and helped grow the business successfully before it was acquired by Broadcom. Previously, he was CFO and EVP of Operations at NetSilicon. During his tenure at NetSilicon, he led the successful spin out of the company from its parent, managed their S-1 filing for their IPO and then its eventual sale to Digi International, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent a number of years in senior finance positions at Telebit, which was sold to Cisco Systems, and Apollo Computer. He holds a B.A. in Biology from Merrimack College and an M.B.A. from Southern New Hampshire University.
Jerry Melnick, Chief Technology Officer
Jerry is responsible for Marathon’s technology roadmap that is driving the convergence of high availability and virtualization technologies. Under Jerry’s leadership, Marathon is developing the first-ever fault tolerant-class software solution for virtual environments. Built in partnership with XenSource, this cutting edge product was awarded “Best New Technology” at VMworld 2007. Before joining Marathon, he held executive positions at PPGx, Inc. and Belmont Research as well as management and technical roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, where he was responsible for the development and deployment of mission-critical platforms to support enterprise-computing environments. He led a variety of system and product development efforts in the area of operating systems, network communications, database systems, and computing languages. Jerry holds a B.S. in chemistry from Beloit College and graduate work in computer engineering and computer science at Boston University.
Matt Wrabley, Vice President Of Americas Sales and Business Development
Matt brings more than 20 years of high-tech industry experience to Marathon. Prior to joining Marathon, he served as vice president of business development at Virtual Iron, where he managed OEM and reseller relationships with strategic global partners and consulting firms. Matt was also an executive vice president for Neoware, Inc., a leader in thin client computing. There, he developed and executed several large strategic alliances that helped the company grow from $11 million to over $100 million in revenue before being acquired by HP. Matt has also helped grow a number of other emerging technology companies, including CIDCO, Inc. where he led the effort that took a new Internet appliance product from zero to $10 million in revenue. Matt holds a B.S. in Economics from Shippensburg University and an M.B.A. from West Chester University.
Nick Turnbull, Vice President, International Sales
Nick is responsible for developing and managing Marathon’s sales operations across EMEA and Asia. Nick has secured strategic alliances with Distributors, ISVs and VARs to distribute and sell Marathon’s products to a wide range of market sectors including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, finance, media and IT infrastructure. He has over 12 years’ sales and business management experience within the EMEA IT market. Prior to joining Marathon Nick was Director of EMEA Channels at SonicWALL, where he played a lead role in the management and development of the EMEA channel. Nick also held various positions at Azlan Group Plc, including Business Development for emerging Cisco technologies in EMEA, including security and content networking.