Leadership

Dean Rockwell, is the Executive Vice President, joining Vecima in January 2014 after serving on the company’s Board of Directors for two years.

With three decades of experience leading successful technology-intensive businesses around the world, Dean was most recently CEO of In Motion Technology. During his career he has worked extensively internationally and held roles including c-level, general management, business and strategy development, direct sales & sales management, product management, product development and operations.

Dean spent over twenty years as a senior executive with Scientific-Atlanta and Cisco as Vice President and General Manager of the Headend Systems and Digital Media Networks businesses.

Clay McCreery is the Chief Operating Officer, joining Vecima when they acquired Concurrent Technology Inc. in December 2017.

Prior to the acquisition, Clay served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Concurrent Technology since April 2015. Clay previously served at ARRIS Group (NASDAQ: ARRS), where he held the position of Senior Vice President of North American Regional Cable and managed revenue nearing $1 billion annually.Prior to ARRIS, Clay held leadership positions at C-COR (acquired by ARRS) and Highspeed Communications.

Kyle Goodwin comes from a financial technology background, with 15 years of experience leading the development and productization of mission critical applications in banking, insurance, and finance.

Kyle joined Concurrent Technology, which Vecima acquired in December 2017, in March 2016 to lead research and development of the company’s content delivery portfolio of products through a time of transition in the cable industry. He has led the creation of products for the IP video streaming space and continues to guide Vecima’s investments in the future of video in his current position as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Content Delivery & Storage. Kyle continues to lead new product creation as well as product line management for all the Vecima products.

Ryan Nicometo, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Video & Broadband Solutions, joined Vecima when the company acquired Concurrent Technology Inc. in December 2017.

Ryan joined Concurrent in July 2015 as Vice President of North American sales and held the position of SVP of Product for Concurrent prior to the organization being acquired by Vecima Networks. Prior to joining Concurrent, Ryan held leadership roles at ARRIS Group, CCI Systems, and Motorola. While at ARRIS, Ryan managed $800M of revenue annually as Regional Vice President of Sales, a continuation of sales and technical sales roles he held at the time ARRIS acquired the Motorola Home asset from Google.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering for Michigan Technological University and a second Bachelor of Science degree in Scientific & Technical Communications from the same university.

Dan Gledhill, Senior Vice President of Global Sales, joined Vecima through the acquisition of Concurrent Technology Inc.

Since starting with Concurrent in 2015, Dan has helped more than double the number of active cable and telco providers served. Prior Concurrent, Dan held sales roles at ARRIS Group and Motorola where he supported more than 100 cable operators with products spanning video, data delivery, and the access network.

Dan holds Bachelor’s degrees in Material Science & Engineering from Columbia University and Physics from Colgate University.

Laird Froese is the Senior Vice President of Research & Development of Video Broadband Solutions, joining Vecima in 1997. Within Vecima he has held several leadership positions and has been directly responsible for numerous major projects. Laird’s strong background in project management, employee management, and software development has ideally positioned him to lead Vecima’s industry leading Research & Development team.

Laird is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, with a Bachelor of Commerce in Computational Science.

Barry Smith, Vice President, Client Services, joined Vecima when the company acquired Concurrent Technology Inc. in December 2017. Barry joined Concurrent in September 2007. Over the last 10 years, he has worked tirelessly to strengthen relationships with our customers, streamline processes, and grow our Service business. Barry has played a pivotal role in modernizing our Support infrastructure and ensuring we can support a growing customer base, across multiple verticals, within complex environments. Prior to Concurrent, Barry held similar roles at Convergys and MediaOne (acquired by AT&T).

Gerry Vreeswijk is the Director, Human Resources, joining Vecima in February of 2018.

With more than 15 years experience building and leading the talent management capability for high growth, fast paced international technology companies, Gerry has developed high performance talent in support of the organization’s strategic business vision to drive business growth.

Gerry is responsible for guiding all elements of human resource management as the company grows its business globally with an exceptional workforce, developing Vecima as a top choice employer.