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Management Team
Tim McElwee Tim McElwee, CEO and Founder

Prior to co-founding the Proficio Group, Tim was CEO-President of Imperito Networks. During Tim's tenure, Imperito transitioned from a managed services model to offering integrated security access software, closed 300 customers, signed strategic agreements with global telecom and services companies, and raised $6M of new capital. Tim has held multiple senior executive positions including VP of Worldwide Sales and Service for both Phoenix Technologies (Nasdaq PTEC) and Ramp Networks (acquired by Nokia). Tim has a proven track record of developing sales organizations, channels, and partnerships in multiple industries across global markets. He brings our clients domain knowledge on the networking, storage, security and business services as well as OEM, channels and enterprise selling models. Tim studied business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
   
John Humphreys John Humphreys, COO and Founder

Prior to co-founding the Proficio Group, John was VP of Marketing and Business Development at BRECIS Communications (acquired by PMC-Sierra). During his tenure at BRECIS, the company achieved significant milestones including launching 8 new products and securing design wins with leaders in the security appliance and wireless router markets. Prior to BRECIS, John was VP of Product Marketing at Ramp Networks (acquired by Nokia). He also held management positions with Madge Networks, Ungermann-Bass, The Ask Group, and Hewlett Packard. John brings our clients over 20 years of experience in helping execute breakthrough-marketing strategies and forming channel and partner relationships. John's global marketing experience spans high tech hardware, software, and consumer products. He has an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management with a focus on marketing.
   
Ilan Stern Ilan Stern, VP and General Manager, SE Asia

Prior to joining Proficio Group, Ilan founded a number of leading system integrator businesses in Thailand focusing on the enterprise market in areas related to operational efficiency improvement, outsourcing and leveraging information technology to achieve corporate strategies. Ilan also ran a telecommunications solutions business in Thailand that focused on providing leading local carriers access and transmission solutions to their corporate customers. Prior to these business ventures, Ilan was a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting where he worked for 12 years. Ilan brings to Proficio Group domain expertise in business development, supply chain management, financial management, IT implementation and corporate strategy. Ilan has lived and worked in South East Asia for more than 25 years.
   
Benny Wan Benny Wan, VP of Channel Sales

Benny is an experienced sales leader with more than 16 years of experience in the Asia Pacific market. He has held senior management positions Check Point Software, Pointsec Mobile Technologies, and Stonesoft. Benny has an impressive track record of building revenue generating channel partnerships and opening new markets. He holds an honours degree in Computing Science from Staffordshire University in the UK and a Diploma in Electronics Engineering from the Singapore Institute. He speaks English, Mandarin, and Malay fluently.