Management Team

Neeraj Sangal, Founder and CEO

Neeraj was the founder and CEO of Tendril Software, which was acquired by BEA/Webgain. The Tendril product, StructureBuilder, was at the core of Webgain's model based development strategy. Tendril was a pioneer in UML models for Java - it was the first to come up with seamless code and model synchronization capability. Tendril was also the leader in applying this capability to the creation, verification and deployment of Enterprise Java Beans.

Neeraj was previously founder and CTO of Metrix Network Systems and was responsible for the creation of the NetMetrix suite, an award winning application for Network monitoring and analysis. Metrix was acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) and HPs related product offering was merged with it. At HP, Neeraj eventually headed up a development organization located at three different geographical centers. Neeraj focused on management practices, software process improvements and on the use of tools for running an effective distributed development organization.

Neeraj holds an MS in Computer Engineering and MEng in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Neeraj has published articles and papers in magazines and conferences. Neeraj holds patents related to UML and DSMs.

Frank Waldman, Founder and VP Sales and Business Development

Frank brings over 20 years of experience building companies, markets, channels and strategic partnerships in a number of industries including engineering software, consumer electronics, manufacturing and product development services. Frank has presented Lattix at many technical conferences and workshops around the world, including the International DSM Conferences where he also serves on the Scientific Committee. Prior to founding Lattix, he was responsible globally for building channels and strategic partnerships for the Product Lifecycle Management software business of Eigner (acquired by Agile Software (AGIL) in 2003). Frank holds BS and MS degrees from MIT and has been awarded patents in a wide variety of technologies.

Ev Jordan, Founder and Board Member

Ev, as VP of Advanced Technologies, oversaw the development of Eigner's product lifecycle management software solutions with a focus on J2EE, Extensible Markup Language (XML) and other Web-based technologies. Previously, Ev served as Vice President of development for FabConnect until its acquisition by Eigner in 2001. At INSO Corporation he was responsible for Corporate Products, including the multi award-winning Quick View Plus (QVP) and Outside In Server (OIS). Ev also served as a member of the management team at EBT through its acquisition by INSO, where he managed a large team responsible for building the XML/SGML based DynaText publishing system, a cross platform, multi-lingual electronic publishing system. Ev holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brown University.

Matthew Russell, Board Member

Matt has been a successful entrepreneur and investor for almost 30 years. He has been responsible for and served on the Boards of numerous successful startups including Tendril Software, FabConnect, and VitalSigns Software. Matt was a founder and CEO of Metrix Network Systems, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard. Matt holds a BS from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.