The Team
Management
Brian Gee
Chief Operating Officer
Brian brings extensive enterprise I.T., business and operational experience from McKinsey & Company. Prior to McKinsey, Brian worked on product development for a number of companies in Silicon Valley, including K2 Optronics and 1stUp.com. He began his I.T. career at Accenture. Brian received both an M.B.A. and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University, and a Bachelors of Science in Physics from Harvey Mudd College.
Matt Graney
Product Management
Matt Graney is Vice President of Product Management at Krugle. He joined Krugle in late 2007, bringing more than 15 years of experience as a developer, sales engineer, product manager and market strategist. Matt came to Krugle after leading the Product Management team for ALM products at Borland Software, and prior to Borland, Matt spent over 5 years at Telelogic (now part of IBM Rational) in a range of roles from field sales to technical marketing.
Cheng Zhang
Chief Technology Officer
Cheng Zhang has a background in software engineering and I.T. project management. Cheng was CTO of ePower Networking Technology, a Chinese VOIP company. Prior to ePower, Cheng worked at Net2Phone as technical manager, after Net2Phone acquired Boston-based iKena. At iKena, he first worked as senior software engineer and later as technical manager. Cheng holds a Masters of Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and a Bachelors of Computer Science from Tsinghua University, China.
Mel Badgett
Marketing
Mel Badgett, Vice President of Product Marketing, has 16 years experience building and growing market-leading software businesses. Most recently, he was a principal at Porter-Sloan, a product management and marketing consultancy. Previously, he was director of E Business at Adobe Systems, and before that was the Director of the Graphics Application Business at Claris Corporation.
Bill Daniher
Business Development
Bill Daniher has been involved in the technology sector since 1992 when he joined Technology Strategies and Alliances, a consulting firm located in Menlo Park, Calif. Prior to Krugle, he held executive roles with Ziff Davis Media, AMP Incorporated and several venture backed companies. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to business school, he served as a Lieutenant in the US Nuclear Submarine Force.
Erik Haus
Engineering
Prior to Aragon, Erik as a product manager for Zuora, a provider of SAAS billing systems. Erik began his career in aerospace engineering at Aerojet/Northrop Grumman as a thermal analyst engineer. Erik received his BS from Harvey Mudd College, graduating cum laude where he was a Clark Foundation Scholar. He received both his MBA and MS in Computer Science from UCLA.