Committed to Delivering a World-Class Online Marketing and
Sales Solution
Topica
has built a leadership team of top people to serve you well. This
team understands the many challenges facing small and medium sized
businesses trying to generate sales through the online channels. The
Topica team is committed to delivering a world-class online marketing
and sales solution and to enabling our customers to "put the
sales back in online marketing." This leadership team working
with our great Topica team has delivered outstanding results to over
1500 clients. We look forward to helping you and receiving similar
feedback.
Max Henry, CEO
As Chief Executive Officer for over two and a half years, Max manages day-to-day
operations and provides overall leadership in delivering Topica's Online Marketing
and Sales Solution. Max has 29 years of experience leading Internet, consumer,
and business to business technology companies. With a strong background in sales,
business and financial management, he has a proven track record of success.
His experience includes founding and operating Humming Bird Leadership, a leadership
consulting and coaching firm serving clients worldwide. Before joining Topica,
Max served as CEO at PrivateExpress, where he built the world's first "Digital
Courier Delivery" Company, the "FedEx of the Internet". During
this time he was also the Chairman of Stardust Technologies for over 7 years
which was sold to Penton Media in 1999. Prior to Private Express, Max held the
position of President and Chief Operating Officer for Fabrik Communications
(sold to Critical Path), where he grew the organization from 5 to 75 people
in a two-year period to create the leading business messaging company as measured
by the Electronic Messaging Association (EMA). He also worked closely with Steve
Jobs for 4 and a half years to help build NeXT Computer which was eventually
sold to Apple for 400 million+. Max has held other leadership positions at Information
Access Company (sold to Thomson for 465 million), JSB President North America
(now SurfControl/Websense NASDAQ: WBSN 300mil Corporation) and U.S. West Information Systems (sold to US Telstar).
Jeffrey Lee, CFO
As CFO, Jeff is responsible for the daily operations of Topica's Finance
and Accounting departments. Jeff has over 20 plus years of management
and accounting experience in high technology companies including
ARGOSystems, where Jeff was an integral member of the cross
functional software and process implementation team and the financial
management team. More recently, Jeff was Controller at FastForward
Networks and helped to spearhead the M&A activities with Inktomi.
His experience also includes financial management roles at
Quicksilver Technology and a Sarbanes Oxley advisor at Applied Signal
Technology.
Walid Ezzeddine, VP, Customer Success
Walid has been with Topica since 2006 and is responsible for managing the
Customer Success team. Walid and his team provide marketing
consultation and technical support for Topica's largest
clients. Prior to joining Topica, Walid worked as a Project Manager
and copy-editor for a prominent newswire agency. He has over 8 years
of experience in customer support and internet marketing. Walid
holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Pre Law and Creative Writing
from American University.
Lindsay McMurdo, Senior
Marketing Director/Customer Success Director
As Senior Marketing Director, Lindsay is responsible for leading
Topica's marketing and branding efforts. Lindsay has been with
Topica since 2007 where she first started as a Customer Success
Manager. Working in both the Marketing and Customer Success
departments of Topica, Lindsay is able to give a hands-on creative
approach to her clients. She has over 7 years experience in the
customer service industry and over 3 years experience in marketing.
Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking and Art
History from Ohio University.
Maurizio Caio, TLcom Capital Partners
Maurizio is a founder and Managing Partner of TLcom Capital
Partners, where he focuses on network infrastructure and
corporate applications of communication technology since the firm
foundation in 1999. He currently serves on the boards of
PacketFront, Netscalibur in Italy, and Topica in the US. Prior to
TLcom, he was a founding partner of Bain & Company in Italy and
was - until April 1999 - a Director of Bain & Company, leading
the firm’s European telecom/technology practice, and serving
clients from the firm’s European and San Francisco offices.
Previously he was with McKinsey and Company in Europe, focusing
on technology and growth strategy. He has spent 15 years advising
CEO’s and senior management of European and Silicon Valley
telecommunications and technology companies on strategy,
operations, commercial development and partnerships. Maurizio has
a Summa cum Laude Laurea degree in Business Administration from
Bocconi University in Milan and New York University, and an MBA
from Stanford University. He also served as a Professor and
Research Fellow in Strategic Planning and Control at Bocconi
University in Milan and as an Instructor of Information
Technology at the Stanford University Graduate School of
Business. He is based in London.
Max Henry, CEO, Topica Inc.
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