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About Synapsis

Leadership Team

Our leadership team consists of individuals with proven record at Fortune 500 companies internationally:

• Lonnie Gillihan, President and Co-founder
• Andrew M. Wertkin, Chief Software Architect and Co-founder
• Prem Shankar, Director, India Operations
• Mark Williford, Director, Product Development
• Fred Reichenbach, Director, Services
• John H. Fox, Director, Business Development
  

Mark Williford, Director, Product Development

Mark Williford's expertise in the field of PLM and environmental compliance provides direction and leadership for the development of products and solutions for Synapsis. His excellent understanding of the technical aspects of the software applications and customers' needs are invaluable in providing quality solutions to the marketplace.

Mr. Williford has a background of working closely with customers for the implementation of IT solutions and work process changes. Since joining Synapsis, Mr. Williford has provided consulting services to Fortune 500 companies on the implementation of IT solutions and business processes to support environmental regulations.

His hands-on experience working with customers toward environmental compliance has been instrumental in the development of the EMARS solution. Prior to joining Synapsis, Mr. Williford worked for EDS where he was responsible for the project management of large PLM application deployments for Fortune 500 customers.

He was responsible for managing all aspects of EDS project engagements from the project definition - proposal and statement of work, to project execution and delivery. At EDS he assisted customers with the development of project requirements, management of project scope, management of budgetary constraints and development of technical resources. Mr. Williford also led a project team for the early adopter deployment of the UGS Teamcenter Enterprise Web Client.

He successfully deployed custom application interfaces to over 3000 users as the first Teamcenter Enterprise Web Client production deployment in the Northeast region of the United States. He developed recommendations for PLM strategy/vision for Fortune 100 clients and was a member of the team to research the potential expansion of EDS PLM applications outside of traditional discrete manufacturing markets.

Mr. Williford has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Simon School at the University of Rochester.