Management Team

The WebTrends executive team brings decades of diverse experience and a history of success to help global organizations like Microsoft, Coca-Cola, BMW, and Orbitz connect with their customers and optimize their online results. Combining extensive business expertise with technical acumen, they lead a team of talented employees to create innovative products and solutions for enterprise organizations around the world.

Alex Yoder Chief Executive Officer
	Alex Yoder, Chief Executive Officer of WebTrends, is responsible for the company’s worldwide operations and overall strategic vision. Alex has spent seven years at WebTrends focused on expanding the brand and delivering business value to global enterprises. Alex brings more than 20 years of leadership and strategic planning across sales, marketing and operations. He joined WebTrends in 2000 and has served in several key management roles in the sales organization. Most recently, Alex served as Vice President of Sales, North America for WebTrends. Prior to WebTrends, Alex served as Vice President of Sales for Touch Clarity, a behavioral targeting company. Alex has a BA in English Literature from Whitman College.

Paul Wilde Chief Financial Officer
	Chief Financial Officer Paul Wilde is responsible for finance and accounting, human resources and IT operations at WebTrends Inc. Wilde has more than 30 years of experience as a financial and operational executive in software and technology companies. In addition, he has held line responsibilities, including customer support, hosted software services, international sales and support, implementation services, product management and software product development. Prior to WebTrends, Wilde served as CFO of Corillian Corp., a public company offering online banking software and services. He also was COO and later CEO of Spear Technologies, CFO and VP of Asia Pacific/Latin America at Synon Corp., CFO for Viasoft Inc., and CFO and VP of international operations at Candle Corp. In addition, he was CFO for Informatics General Corp., a $225M public software company. Wilde began his career at Price Waterhouse & Co. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and earned his CPA credential in California.

Bruce Kenny Vice President of Engineering and Hosted Operations
	As Vice President of Engineering and Hosted Operations, Bruce Kenny oversees WebTrends' On-Demand (SaaS) and On-Premise software solutions. Bruce's career has spanned 19 years and with direct experience in all facets of the software business - Sales, Marketing, Service and most deeply, Software Development. Before WebTrends, Bruce led the Engineering and Hosted Operations team at Infopia Inc, a eCommerce solution company. Bruce also served as Senior Vice President of Products for Pivotal Corporation and as General Manager and Vice President at Simba Technologies Inc., the pioneer in standards-based data connectivity.

Nick Sharp Vice President and General Manager, EMEA
	As Vice President and General Manager of EMEA, Nick Sharp is responsible for WebTrends EMEA and Australasia strategy and day-to-day operations, including sales and marketing as well as technical support, training, implementation and business consulting services. Prior to being named General Manager, Nick served as WebTrends Vice President of EMEA Sales and Marketing for several years. In this role, he led EMEA's most experienced sales and marketing teams in the web analytics industry, developing deep industry expertise across key markets and building strategic relationships with many of the region's leading clients. Nick has 18 years experience in established and start-up technology organizations and was EMEA Sales Director at InfoLibria Inc., where he was responsible for defining, developing and executing sales strategies. Nick was also Group Sales Director at Tricom Communications and has held positions at Riversoft, Micom and CASE Communications. He has a BSc in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Loughborough University, UK.

Dave Canelis Vice President of Services
	As Vice President of Services, Dave Canelis is responsible for Client Services at WebTrends, which includes Professional Services, Technical Support, and Education / Training operations. Dave has an intense passion for customer success and brings more than 25 years of services leadership experience creating best in class professional services, customer support, and training organizations in enterprise software companies. Most recently, he served as Vice President Professional Services at Serena Software, a leading provider of enterprise Application Lifecycle. Prior to Serena, he has held senior leadership services positions with companies including Oracle Corporation, Oblix, and Gupta Corporation. Dave has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from California State University at Hayward and has an MBA from Santa Clara University.