THE BASHO MANAGEMENT TEAM

The Basho Management Team brings together sales executives and technologists who, through experience, have implemented sales process analytics to drive greater sales and revenue. Learn about the team:

Earl Galleher, Chairman and CEO

As the Chairman and CEO, Earl Galleher leads the company’s global expansion, drives the commercial launch of Basho’s market-defining Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sales analytics platform, Basho Sell, as well as the continued growth of Basho’s professional services products. Prior to co-founding Basho Technologies, Earl served as Executive Vice President at Akamai Technologies, Inc. in addition to being a Series A investor. Working with Akamai’s founders prior to incorporation, he began as a consultant before joining the organization full time and played a vital role in establishing Akamai as the global leader in Content Delivery Network services. Mr. Galleher’s record of success in developing valuable Internet companies began in 1996 when he created and was President of the Web Site Management Services Division of Digex, Inc. He led Digex, now part of Verizon Communications, to become the world’s largest provider of dedicated Web Site Management Services for Fortune 2000 corporations, jointly led a successful IPO raising $48 million, and participated in selling the company for $178 million in June 1998. In addition to his role at Basho, Mr. Galleher is currently Chairman of the Board of KIPP DC, the fastest growing and highest performing Charter School system in Washington DC.

Antony Falco, Founder & COO

Tony Falco is a founder of Basho Technologies as well as its Chief Operations Officer. Tony directs product delivery, service delivery and oversees marketing for Basho. He has fifteen years of experience in the development of successful early-stage businesses. Prior to Basho Technologies, he held senior management positions at Akamai Technologies, DIGEX (now Verizon Business), and Oplayo, OY, a Helsinki-based start-up. As Vice President of Technical Services at Akamai, Tony designed and led the group that delivered Akamai’s award-winning service, support, and consulting offering. Later, as Vice President of Product Management at Akamai, Tony oversaw delivery to market of EdgeSuite, the successor to Akamai’s initial product offering, Freeflow. He also led the integration of products from two acquisitions (Intervu and Network24) into the Akamai product portfolio. At DIGEX, Tony designed and led the Strategic Accounts Group, an organization providing high-end services to strategic and high-value accounts.

Justin Sheehy, CTO

Justin Sheehy is Basho’s Chief Technology Officer. Justin came to Basho from the MITRE Corporation, where as a principal scientist he managed large research projects for the U.S. Intelligence Community including such efforts as high assurance platforms, automated defensive cyber response, and cryptographic protocol analysis. He was central to MITRE’s development of research for mission assurance against sophisticated threats, the flagship program of which successfully proposed and created methods for building resilient networks of web services. Before working for MITRE, Justin worked at a series of technology companies including five years at Akamai Technologies, where he was a senior architect for systems infrastructure giving Justin a broad as well as deep background in distributed systems. Justin was a key contributor to the technology that enabled fast growth of Akamai’s networks and services while allowing support costs to stay low. Justin performed both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Computer Science at Northeastern University.

Chris Kelley, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Delivery

Chris Kelley is the Senior Vice President of Sales & Delivery at Basho Technologies. He is responsible for leading a world class sales organization which helps salespeople and sales leaders drive significantly more productivity, predictability and transparency in their businesses. Prior to Basho, Chris enjoyed a 15-year career at Forrester Research where he was most recently the Vice President of Sales for their IT Client Group. In this role Chris oversaw the largest part of Forrester’s sales organization, leading a sales team of more than 110 salespeople focused on making IT professionals at Fortune 1000 companies more successful in their roles. Chris graduated Cum Laude from UMASS Amherst.

Marisa Linardos, Vice President of Finance and Administration

Marisa Linardos is responsible for managing Basho Technologies’ Finance, Human Resource, and Office Management functions. Marisa has 15 years of Finance and Accounting experience at start-ups and international consultancies specializing in financial planning and analysis, cash management, and financial reporting. Prior to Basho, Marisa was Corporate Finance Manager at Monitor Company Group where she was responsible for Monitor’s worldwide financial reporting, budgeting, analysis, and modeling for the consulting partnership. Prior to Monitor, Marisa provided financial consulting services to TIAX LLC, and held several corporate and operational Finance positions at Arthur D. Little. Marisa holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA from Bentley College.

Andy Gross, Vice President of Engineering

Andy Gross is Basho’s VP of Engineering. Andy manages the design and development of Basho’s SaaS offerings. He has ten years of software and distributed systems engineering experience. Prior to joining Basho, Andy held senior engineering positions at Akamai Technologies, Apple, Inc, and Mochi Media. In particular, he has specialized in architecting distributed systems that support rapid feature and footprint growth cost-effectively.