Gary brings to oDesk a passion for helping small businesses succeed and more than 17 years of experience in the enterprise software market. Before oDesk, as the VP of Worldwide Sales for Intellibank, he was responsible for building the sales organization, but Gary's enthusiasm for small businesses was born during his tenure as a Business Unit Executive for IBM's Rational Software Product Group, where he led Small and Medium Business sales for the Americas. Gary came to Rational through its merger with Pure Software, where he held sales, management and leadership positions.

Gary holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

Julio Leung – Senior Executive Vice President & Director, Achievo Corporation

Mr. Julio Leung joined Achievo in 2004 as Chief Financial Officer and served in that capacity through 2008. Before joining Achievo, he was the Corporate Vice President-Finance for six years at Solectron Corporation, a leading global electronics outsource manufacturer headquartered in the Silicon Valley. In that position, he supervised corporate controllership, regulatory compliance, financial planning and analysis, corporate tax, treasury, and capital market transactions including banking and rating agency relations, analyst/investor conferences and road shows. Previously, Mr. Leung was an international banker with Citigroup for over 20 years where he held key line positions in New York, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. During that period, he also had regional executive responsibilities covering North Asia encompassing the Greater China market. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Leung practiced as a CPA with Price Waterhouse & Co. in New York. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the New York State Society of CPAs. Mr. Leung received his Bachelor degree in accounting from Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Leung has been a member of the Board since 2006. He assumed his current position of Senior Executive Vice President as of the end of 2008. He oversees all corporate functions including corporate development, capital planning, banking and investors relations, corporate marketing and human resource management. He also provides coaching and guidance to operations relating to critical performance goals and business model issues.

Raju Reddy – Chairman & CEO, Sierra Atlantic

Raju is the founder and CEO of Sierra Atlantic. With over 2000 employees, Sierra Atlantic is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has Global Development Centers in Hyderabad, India and Guangzhou, China. Under his leadership, Sierra Atlantic has become a Best-in-Class Global IT Services company, and consistently ranked amongst best managed companies including the top 75 most Admired companies in Silicon Valley, Top 25 great places to work in India and Top 10 best employers in South China. Before founding Sierra Atlantic in 1993, he spent 10 years at Intel in software development, marketing and general management.

Raju holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from BITS Pilani and a Master of Science degree in computer science from Virginia Tech.

Raju is a member of the BITS Pilani Board of Directors and a Charter member of TiE Silicon Valley. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Puente, a Wharton School non-profit program which helps under-privileged communities worldwide gain access to technology. Raju also co-founded SIPA (Silicon Valley Indian Professional Association) along with other young Indian engineers from Silicon Valley in 1987.

Robert Franz Janssen – Director, Outsource Brazil

Robert Janssen, a dual citizen of the United States and Brazil, graduated in International Business and Information Systems from San Diego State University, began his career in the information technology sector in 1986.

Robert is an Advisor to the Softex program, one of the Brazilian government’s industry promotion agencies, since 1998. The program is designed to help Brazilian IT companies foster business relationships and penetrate different markets around the globe. He is directly responsible for providing guidance at designing and overseeing the market development strategies.

He is also a managing partner of Outsource Brazil, an international business development advisory, focused in providing tailored intelligence and objective execution, for companies wanting to establish profitable business alliances and penetrate international markets. He has extensive experience in international business, and great understanding how the cultural differences influence the business environment and have an impact on the desired outcome.