Executive Team

Dave Sikora

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
David Sikora founded Digby in 2006, with a goal to accelerate the convergence of mobility and electronic commerce.. He is a veteran of the software industry, having been CEO of several successful public and venture backed private companies during his 25 year business career. He has served as the CEO of Pervasive Software (NASDAQ: PVSW), Question Technologies, Ventix Systems, and Forefront Group (NASDAQ: FFGI, acquired by NASDAQ: SKIL). In addition, he has served on the boards of several public and private companies, including TippingPoint Technologies, Motive, AG Tech, ClearOrbit, Troux Technologies, and Powered, Inc. He is also active in various Austin technology and community organizations.

Sikora has an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Lance Obermeyer, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer
Prior to joining Digby, Dr. Obermeyer was the Senior Director of Technology at Pervasive Software (NASDAQ:PVSW) in Austin, TX. (2002 – 2006) where he led Pervasive Software’s technology and product management efforts including new product technology, acquisition due diligence, product management, product marketing, and engineering oversight.

Prior to Pervasive Software, Dr. Obermeyer was a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Liaison Technology, Austin, TX (1999 –2002). Liaison (acquired by Forest Express) an enterprise level content management provider. During his tenure, Liaison filed for five patents, and was awarded one United States patent.

Dr. Obermeyer holds a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. His research focused on merging databases and artificial intelligence. He also holds a B.S. in Finance from Florida State University.

Mike Dansby

Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Digby he was a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting LLC, and served as the National Practice Leader for Accounting Advisory and Remediation Services. He specialized in interim management, financial process reengineering and merger & acquisition support across multiple industry sectors, including high technology manufacturing, energy, mining, construction, apparel, software, and aerospace / defense.

Previously, Mr. Dansby served as CFO with several venture-backed companies including Hire.com and Question Technologies, as well as Controller for Trilogy, Inc. He also spent over eight years in various capacities with United Technologies Corporation including CFO of a semiconductor subsidiary. He currently serves on the board of Tego, Inc., an RFID tag innovator and supplier.

Mr. Dansby began his career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with Arthur Andersen & Co. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

Keno Helmi

Chief Sales Officer
Keno joins Digby as Chief Sales Officer with responsibility for worldwide field operations. With more than 16 years of high-tech sales experience, he has held senior leadership roles at companies including Clarify, Amdocs, and Opsware. Most recently, Keno ran the Global Accounts Organization at HP Software with a revenue responsibility of $500 million and managed a team of over 120 sales professionals.

Keno holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a minor in English and a Master of Science in economics from Auburn University.

Eric Newman

Vice President of Products
As Vice President of Products, Eric helps brands leverage the power of the Digby Localpoint Mobile Platform with focus on leveraging location, marketing, commerce and anlytics. During his 18 year career, Eric has ridden the cutting edge of a number of online revolutions at a variety of successful startups including Pluck (now part of Demand Media), Powered, DataBeam (now part of IBM) Direct Hit (now part of Ask Jeeves) and Question Technologies (now part of Motive Corporation). He holds an M.B.A. degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and B.A. degrees in Information Systems and Marketing from the University of Cincinnati.

Stanley Wang

Vice President of Research
Stanley brings over 20 years of development and management experience to Digby. Prior to joining Digby, Stanley was co-founder and CTO of Movaya Wireless, Inc, a leading provider of mobile digital content delivery off-deck. During his tenure, Stanley established and managed a wholly-owned subsidiary in China focused on architecting and developing first class commerce platforms for mobile digital content.

Stanley holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Electronic and Science Technology of China.

Dan Lowden

Vice President of Marketing
Dan Lowden joins Digby as Vice President of Marketing, responsible for all aspects of the company’s brand strategy and marketing. He brings 15 years of experience in mobile services and mobile devices through his roles at top technology companies including AT&T Wi-Fi Services where he was Vice President of Marketing, Wayport (acquired by AT&T) where he was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, and IBM where he was North American ThinkPad Brand Manager and World-Wide ThinkPad Segment Manager. Dan holds an MBA in International Business from Rutgers University and a B.S. in Finance from Rider University.

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