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CEO
Chief Sales Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Vice President of Finance
Vice President of Operations and Corporate Strategy
Director of Information Technology
Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in finance at Siena College. His interests include spending time with his family and continuing to broaden his horizons in the science and technology space.
Jim is a hands-on, service-oriented IT manager with deep experience in the software and technology sector. He enjoys solving new and never-before-seen technological challenges and solving complex problems. Jim is continuously improving the level of service provided to end-users and customers.
A passionate leader, Jim shares the goals of organizations with the technical team in order to facilitate their achievement. He enjoys working in hands-on situations, fixing things, and making things work.
Prior to Palisade, Jim was Data Integration Director at Premier, Inc, a leading healthcare technology provider, overseeing enterprise-level ERP data migration and conversion. In addition, he headed up the IT organization at Aperek, a SaaS provider of supply chain management solutions for healthcare providers. Jim also ran the IT function at Global Software, creators of Excel-based ERP reporting solutions.
Raised in Louisiana, Jim has lived throughout the South and currently enjoys spending off hours in the mountains near his North Carolina home.
Shawn is a seasoned software executive with a track record of successfully developing sustainable growth strategies, identifying the changes needed to implement them, and leading teams to successful outcomes for employees and shareholders alike.
Shawn leads a variety of operational and strategic areas at Palisade. From customer retention to process improvement, Shawn is a key bridge acting to unify interdepartmental functions. He also helps develop strategic planning initiatives in a variety of areas, including sales, marketing, and product development. In addition, he leads product management efforts in areas such as competitive analysis, pricing strategy, and market research.
Prior to Palisade, Shawn was Vice President of Product Strategy at BCC Software, the market leader in mailing software solutions, serving customers from mail service providers to Fortune 100 companies. At BCC, Shawn developed a strategy leveraging both inorganic opportunities and organic assets like brand position and existing core technology to penetrate existing markets, yielding over 50% revenue growth. He also overhauled the go-to-market playbook and led the acquisition and integration of a direct competitor. Before his VP role, Shawn held roles in product management and marketing communications at BCC.
An upstate New York native, Shawn is based in Rochester, NY, and spends as much time as time on the golf course as the weather will allow.
As leader of the financial functions of Palisade, Scott develops and executes innovative new financial strategies that directly impact the bottom line.
Scott’s remit includes financial reporting, process and systems improvements, analytics and cash management, all of which further enable the company to achieve its strategic goals of providing the best possible decision-making solutions to Fortune 500 professionals worldwide. Scott also works closely with Palisade’s equity partner Thompson Street Capital Partners to leverage their experience and expertise.
Prior to Palisade, Scott was Corporate Accounting Manager for PAR Technology, Controller at XPO Logistics, and Vice President at Tompkins Financial Corporation. He also led the Oneida Nation accounting function, and started his career in roles at BorgWarner and Ernst & Young. Scott is a CPA and holds a BS in Accounting from Siena College. Scott spends his downtime keeping his dog from eating the paneling off the walls of his house.
Chief Technology Officer
Mark has more than 30 years of experience in software engineering and brings a passion for delivering only the highest quality user experiences. His background blends deep, hands-on coding expertise with a talent for collaboration and leadership that crosses departmental lines.
Mark’s career began in the mid-80’s creating ERP applications for IBM systems, and joined Global Software in 1993 as an application developer. During this time, he was heavily involved in the development and architecture of Global Software’s IBM AS/400 ERP products, and was heavily involved in the development of the company’s flagship product Spreadsheet Server – the market-leading ERP reporting solution.
In 2000, Mark joined MediClick (a Global Software spinoff) as the Lead Architect, in the development of an early cloud-based ERP and materials management system for the healthcare industry. Mark later became Vice President of New Product Development and was instrumental in the company’s integration of newly acquired technologies.
In 2016 Mark re-joined Global Software as Chief Technology Officer, where his vision and dedication led Global Software to record growth before it was acquired by insightsoftware.
For over 20 years, Randy Heffernan has worked in nearly every department at Palisade, including sales, marketing, operations, and development. Working closely with sales and product teams, he has led product launches, entered new markets, and established Palisade offices in multiple new countries. During that time, the company has quadrupled in size and expanded its reach to become the dominant force in modern analytical decision-making and thought leadership.
Randy’s current focus is to take Palisade to the next level in its 30+ year history. Building on a market-leading product and a world-class sales force, he and his team are laying the foundation for the next generation of accessible, powerful spreadsheet-based analytics, with the goal of reaching segments who haven’t yet seen power these tools can bring. Through technological innovation, enhanced outreach initiatives, and operational improvements, Randy is dedicated to expanding Palisade’s footprint and improving the quality of decision-making throughout the business world.
Prior to Palisade, Randy helped lead the expansion of Enterprise Rent-a-Car in central New York. He also worked in the publishing industry assisting the sales team at Cornell University Press.
Randy earned a BS in Agricultural Economics and Business from Cornell University as well as an MBA from the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University and the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. He enjoys mountains, English history, and Star Trek.
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