Management Team

Chief Executive Officer & President

As the CEO & President of Perforce Software, Mark is responsible for leading the company and executing its mission to serve our customers. To his role, Mark brings three decades of experience in accounting, finance, operations and mergers & acquisitions, having served the last twenty years as CFO and COO for public and private equity-backed technology companies. Before becoming CEO, Mark served Perforce as COO/CFO, and helped drive four acquisitions and one sale of the company, while nearly doubling revenue. Prior to joining Perforce, he was COO/CFO of private equity-backed HelpSystems, Inc., and CFO at publicly held Xata/XRS Corporation.

Mark holds a B.S. in Accounting from Minnesota State – Mankato and is a Certified Public Accountant. Learn more about Mark >>

Chief Product Officer

Tim has extensive experience leading technology teams in high-growth software companies, including NetApp, SafeNet, and Secure Computing. Prior to joining Perforce, Tim was VP of Product Management at NetApp. He has a proven track record of creating products and solutions that enable customers to drive innovation and agility in medium to large enterprises with stringent security and compliance requirements as well as large, distributed development teams generating large data sets.

Tim holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Chief Financial Officer

Mike is a business-focused CFO with both a background in technology and proven experience making strategic contributions to growth-oriented companies. He has 26 years in finance and accounting, which ranges from entrepreneurial start-up to private equity growth to publicly traded environments. Most recently, he was CFO at Digi International, a Minnesota-based technology company. Before that, he had leadership roles at two other technology organizations, Trimble (Senior VP of Finance) and PeopleNet Communications (CFO).

Mike has a B.S. in Accounting from Saint Cloud State University.

Chief Legal Officer

Wes brings extensive leadership and legal experience in technology (and beyond) to his role as Chief Legal Officer at Perforce. He’s managed legal, HR, government relations, real estate, risk management/insurance, IT, franchising and international development, and M&A functions. Prior to joining Perforce, he was the General Counsel for 6 (private and public) companies — National Car Rental, Alamo Car Rental, AutoNation, Xata, Velocity Express, and HelpSystems. Wes also has 19 years of trial practice experience in federal and state court. And he was the former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Oklahoma.

Wes has a JD from the University of Oklahoma and a BS from Michigan State.

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Mark Ties

Chief Executive Officer & President

Tim Russell

Chief Product Officer

Mike Goergen

Chief Financial Officer

Wes Fredenburg

Chief Legal Officer