Josemoan Podian - Founder and CEO
Josemoan Podian, is the chairman of the board, founder, and CEO for Listopica. Mr. Podian has over 18 years of experience in consumer product marketing, administration, import export and international trade.
Joe's primary responsibility is focused on building the business infrastructure to cultivate Listopica's global operations and rapid expansion as a company. He leads Listopica's strategic planning, management and development, sharing responsibility for Listopica's day-to-day operations.
Before founding Listopica, Mr. Podian worked as a Managing partner of Exeim Trade International and also held a Sales executive position with Caprihans India ltd. Podian received a Masters in public Administration from University of Madras, a post graduate diploma in Marketing Management, and a bachelor's degree from University of Kerala.
Tim Eisenhauer - Vice President, Technology
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Tim Eisenhauer, Senior Vice President, has over 10 years experience in the information technology field, specializing in Web engineering, Internet marketing, usability, and high profile website design.
Before joining Listopica, Tim has worked primarily as a .NET consultant and developer in various industries, including Mortgage, Financial, Government, and eCommerce - planning, building, and deploying informational, interactive, transactional, workflow oriented, collaborative work environments, and online communities / marketplaces.
Raja Sandhu - Vice President, Creative Direction
Raja Sandhu, Creative Director at Listopica, adds to the formula a fuel of inspiration coupled with a spark of creativity. Having been schooled in the Arts and attending college with a focus in marketing, Raja has a unique paring that makes for the ideal background in the field of Visual Communication. For the last 3 years, Raja has been working as an independent freelance consultant in the areas of graphic design, corporate identity, interactive-multimedia design, business naming, marketing, and branding. Along the way, he has worked with award winning artistis such as Snoop Dog and Norah Jones. In the corporate sector, Raja has provided consultations to Ajilon, Merchant Logix, and Celestrio. Raja also volunteers his time to non-profit organizations and currently holds the web consultant position at CUSO.
Vivek Thakur - Vice President, Engineering
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Vivek brings to Listopica his passion for Microsoft ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, and AJAX, which he also expresses as an author of several technical articles in ASP.NET and as a Star level contributor in ASP.NET forums. His passion has been formally recognized with the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award by Microsoft in April 2007.
Though his expertise lies in Microsoft's .NET platform, Vivek is comfortable in J2EE and C/C++. He has a deep interest in programming, chaos theory and artificial intelligence, and is a strong advocate of chaos theory in software systems and management.
Besides his love for software architecture and design, Vivek also focuses on project management skills and has good experience of managing small to medium sized projects. He has also conducted training sessions and provided tutoring.
He is a strong advocate of Chaos Theory in software systems and management.
Vivek received his Bachelors degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi. An avid lover of different music genres, he plays lead guitar player in his band, TechTonica, writes songs, and composes music. He also loves playing football and working out in the gym.
Shivam Guness - Senior Software Analyst
Shivam brings to Listopica his deep interest in programming and software development using the Perl, Php, C++, Java, and C# languages. His short list of interests includes: .Net Framework 1.1/2.0, Net Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX), object oriented programming using Java, C# or C++; Agile Development including using XP or SCRUM; .Net Remoting; Web Services; Ajax; Php, Perl and ASP.Net web development; IM, VoIP Technology such as SIP(RFC3261); and XML, XML Schema and XML Transformation.
He is skilled and comfortable in many computer languages, databases, operating systems, and application design and architecture programs. And Shivam is very keen on learning new technologies concerning different fields related to information technology and computers.
He holds a number of certifications including his MCAD.Net certification, and maintains membership in a number of technology organizations, including the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and the British Computer Society (MBCS Level).
Besides programming languages, Shivam brings his written and spoken fluency in English and French. He received his Bachelor of Applied Science (Information Technology) from the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Aleksey Odintsov - Senior Software Architect
Aleksey brings a decade of software development experience and his expertise in .NET to Listopica, previously working with a range of languages and technologies, including Delphi, PHP, C++, and C#. He has concentrated on the .NET technology since its release and it continues to be his primary focus.
Since 2003, Aleksey has worked as a .NET architect and as an offshore software development team lead on a variety of projects that include: desktop applications, windows services, service applications, N-tier distributed applications, and web applications and webs services built with the .NET technology.
Aleksey is completing his Physics Department coursework at the Novosibirsk State University in Russia, where he continues his education in business, studying management in the University’s Economics and Management department.
Tony Spaeth - Vice President, Brand Strategy
Tony Spaeth's expertise in using identity as a corporate leadership and marketing tool is internationally recognized, with over 40 years and an impressive roster of Fortune 500 clients, including directing teams that produced such corporate brands as Pfizer, Dow Jones and Eastman Chemical. His specialties include: clarifying strategic vision through identity, diagnosing corporate and product identity needs, corporate positioning and brand platforms, and nomenclature systems and name development. Starting at pioneering identity firm Lippincott & Margulies, Tony contributed to the industry's formative years, later provided marketing and brand management and consulting for American Home Products, NW Ayer advertising, and others. He served as corporate vice president and director of marketing of several Citibank business units, before establishing his independent identity advisory firm.
Tony has lectured for Harvard Business School, Design Management Institute, and other professional audiences, has written on identity for The Conference Board, Adweek and others, and maintains an identity website widely viewed as a global information resource and teaching tool. He studied architecture at Princeton and received his MBA from Harvard.
William Lee Henthorn - Director of Marketing
William Lee Henthorn is the Director Marketing at Listopica, Inc. Mr. Henthorn has provided marketing services since 1996, including creating and executing marketing strategies, marketing campaigns, copywriting, and sales training.
Past clients include an Oracle database consultancy, where he served as Interim Director of Marketing & Sales, and the Honolulu Symphony, where he proposed and implemented a corporate market expansion program. Henthorn also provided finance consulting as Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist for a dot-com retailer. Before that, Henthorn owned and operated a resort and commercial real estate brokerage for 12 years, representing institutional and individual investors from 13 countries and specializing in tax-deferred exchanges. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A. in Economics.
Sini Thomas - Director of Search Engine Optimization
Sini Thomas oversees search engine optimization (SEO) as well as administrative responsibilities, including human resources. She has been with Listopica since June 2005. A graduate of Kannur University, India, Ms. Thomas previously was Technical Faculty and manager in Electronics and Communication Department at Universal College of Engineering, responsible for the day-to-day operations of IT department. She also managed the company's recruiting issues and assisted financial manager in preparing and analyzing the financial growth. Her expertise is based in designing strategic SEO plans that address both internal and external initiatives.
Denise Vivas - Marketing Director, Latin America
Denise Vivas brings her unique combination of strong language, marketing, sales, customer service, IT, production, and management skills in developing and expanding Latin American markets for Listopica.
Her experience includes: serving as Channel Manager Wal-Mart for Vistaflor Corporation in Bogota, Colombia, where she managed $25 million in sales including key accounts of Wal-Mart, FTD, and Wegmans; introducing 80 new floral products in five months, leading a 134-person work team, and producing 1 million units weekly at C.I. Jardines De Los Andes; and designing and developing C++ tools for production systems in France.
She is a native speaker of Spanish and fluent in English, French, Chinese, and German.
Denise received her Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotà, Colombia.