Circle's Management Team has a wealth of experience in the IBM mainframe marketplace at a commercial, operational and technical level
Stephen Mason
Chairman
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Stephen has 40 years experience in mainframe computing. Starting out as an IBM engineer
on-site at Lloyds Bank, he has since held management and board positions in both public and
private companies in the IT sector. His experience in software, financing and M&A activity
provide strong leadership to Circle's strategy for it's mainframe clients. |
Geoff Cooke
Chief Executive Officer
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Since joining IBM in 1980, Geoff has worked in the mainframe, software and
distributed computing industries. His extensive sales management experience with
companies such as Computer Associates, Platinum Technology, Software AG and EMC² are
complemented by a strong understanding of the challenges of enterprise computing. |
Bill Bostridge
VP - North America
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Based out of our Boston office, Bill manages all aspects of business development and
sales activity for North America and has been with Circle since 2003. He has over 25 years
IT experience of which 20 years has been in sales and marketing management both in the UK
and in the US, Bill moved to the Boston area in 1994 and prior to his appointment at Circle,
had led successful UK company expansions into North America for WorkGroup Systems and
Swallow Information Systems. He works closely with Circle's North American clients to ensure
a successful outcome to each migration project, and invites you to contact him directly to
discuss your particular requirements. |
Stan Hoey
VP - Migration Solutions |
Stan has over 30 years practical experience in the IBM mainframe environment, spending
the last 20 years working with databases. Stan co-authored Redbooks in the 1990's,
including DB2 Disaster Recovery and Distributed DB2 Processing. He joined Circle Computer
Group in 1996 to work on IMS and VSAM to DB2 migration, and his team has helped many of
Circle's customers across the world to successfully and transparently migrate their
legacy applications to DB2. |
Jerry Burnett
Chief Technology Officer |
Jerry graduated from Southampton University in 1976 with a BSC Honours degree in
Mathematics. At the start of his career he briefly held roles as a Systems Analyst and
Programmer before joining Granada TV as a CICS Systems Programmer. This post he held for
6 years before joining CIRCLE in 1984 to work in the Software Development team where he
has remained to this day. Jerry has been involved with all of Circle's software products
and has worked with OS/390, z/OS, CICS, IMS and DB2 throughout his time at Circle. |
Elizabeth Munson
Chief Financial Officer |
Liz qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 1988 with Stoy Hayward and then
spent 5 years with Pitney Bowes Europe followed by a variety of finance and project roles in
the retail, healthcare and electronics sectors, including Philips Electronics, before
joining Circle in 2006. |