Executive Team

Mark Sochan, Chief Executive Officer

As CEO, Mark is responsible for driving overall corporate strategy and building key strategic partnerships. Before joining Partnerpedia, Mark was the Vice President of Business Development at SAP where he was responsible for the SAP NetWeaver Partner Program and the launch of the SAP Developer Network. Mark holds a BASc of Computer Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.

Geoff Mair, Chief Technology Officer

As CTO, Geoff is responsible for driving overall product vision and direction for the company. Geoff has been recognized numerous times for this work including being selected for Business in Vancouver’s 40 Under 40 List and receiving UC Magazine’s Product of the Year award. Prior to Partnerpedia , he was part of Sitewerks in Seattle. Geoff has a Masters of Science in Journalism (MSJ) from Northwestern University and a BA Philosophy from the University of British Columbia.

Rick Brooks-Hill, Chief Operating Officer

Rick owns the client services business at Partnerpedia where he is responsible for managing existing enterprise accounts, professional services and customer support. Before joining Partnerpedia, he worked for six years as COO and CFO of Vitesse Learning Inc., one of the fastest growing US companies in 2004. Rick has an MBA from University of Toronto and a BAH from Queens University

Sam Liu, Vice President of Marketing

As vice president of marketing, Sam is responsible for all marketing strategy and operations worldwide. Sam brings over 20 years of industry experience in the enterprise, internet and wireless markets, as well as extensive experience with start-ups including two IPOs. Prior to Partnerpedia, Sam was responsible for worldwide marketing at Intelleflex and was a Director of Marketing at Sun Microsystems where he managed a $100M product line. Sam holds an MBA and a BS in Computer Science.

Richard Jackson, Vice President of Sales

As vice president of sales, Richard is responsible for all sales strategy worldwide. Richard brings over 20 years of experience in sales leadership positions in both hardware and software markets. Prior to joining, Richard was the area vice president at Citrix where he ran the UK, Ireland and South Africa business with annual revenues of over $80M. Later, he took over sales functions for the western region of the USA with annual revenues in excess of $100M. After 11 years at Citrix, Richard joined AppSense as VP of Channels for the western region. He also founded his own start up business in the mid 90's which was acquired by Westcon, part of the Datatec Group based in South Africa.

Michael Vax, Vice President of Engineering

As vice president of engineering , Michael is responsible for product architecture and development. Before joining Partnerpedia, he was the CTO of Elasticpath Software a leading provider of enterprise ecommerce platform. Michael has over 25 years of software development experience and a Masters of Science from Moscow State Institute of Radio-engineering Electronics and Automation.