Wayne Haubner

“A visionary and a people's person is how I would describe Wayne. Having worked for him for few years now, I consider it a privilege to get to work closely with him and learn a lot. He is an innovative leader who is looking to bring out the best in people. Always on the lookout for enhancements and innovations in technological space, he is a keen learner of things. It's amazing how quickly he grasps new concepts. A champion of customer needs, he is looking for ways to deliver good quality products and service to end customers. He works with the teams to develop the culture of making our customers successful. Developing talent, be it hiring & encouraging interns in an organization, or identifying people across the organization who are willing to take up challenging assignments and move them in those roles, is his strength. A keen promoter of agile, he has been instrumental in getting teams to collaborate more and deliver good quality products quickly. ”

“Highly technical CTO fueling growth through competitive differentiation Wayne and I worked together at Frictionless Commerce, a venture capital funded software startup that was acquired by SAP. As CTO and Chief Architect, Wayne was responsible for the short and long-term technology vision required to fuel the growth of the Frictionless e-Sourcing product, the first of it's kind in the industry. Under Wayne’s leadership, Frictionless Commerce pioneered the application of several core technical innovations in the earliest days of cloud computing including multi-tenancy, horizontal scalability, global world class security, and codeless client customizations. These Frictionless innovations helped define the strategic sourcing on-demand market place and set us apart from all competitors. In my role as Director of Product Management, I worked closely with Wayne on product strategy and on leveraging our technology platform to differentiate us. That collaboration with Wayne is truly one of the fondest memories of my career as we created one of the best enterprise software products I've ever worked on. Wayne's skills as a CTO and a strategic leader are truly unique. I am amazed at the ease with which Wayne translates corporate strategy and client business requirements into elegant technology solutions. Under Wayne’s leadership we were able to deliver high value business solutions to our Global 2500 clients in the areas of strategic sourcing, spend analytics, award optimization, real-time auction bidding, and full text search. Without hesitation, I would recommend Wayne as a technology leader, visionary, and strategist. He has a proven track record as a critical and valued member of the executive leadership team. He is equally comfortable working with engineers, sales, marketing, executives, clients, board members, and investors. Wayne has my highest recommendation.”