Meet the MuleSoft Team

Greg Schott, President and CEO

Greg Schott is a software industry veteran with over 15 years experience building and leading high growth technology companies from early stage through IPO.  Greg was previously Senior Vice President of Marketing at SpringSource, where he led the company's marketing positioning, product marketing and demand generation efforts. Prior to SpringSource, Greg served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Agile Software (acquired by Oracle) where he led all product management, corporate marketing and industry marketing efforts and helped lead the company through a 600% increase in revenue and IPO.  Greg also served as Agile's Vice President of Corporate Development.  Before Agile, Greg served as Vice President of Marketing and Vice President of Operations at DG Systems (NASDAQ: DGIT), where he helped build the company from startup to a profitable public company. Prior to DG Systems, Greg was a case leader at The Boston Consulting Group, and he also held management and engineering positions at Westinghouse and IBM.

Greg has served on two public company boards (Sonus Corp. and VerticalNet). Greg holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BS, summa cum laude, in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Ross Mason, Founder and CTO

Prior to founding MuleSource (now MuleSoft), Ross Mason was Chief Executive Officer of SymphonySoft Limited, an EU-based company providing services and support for large-scale integration projects.

Previously, Ross was Lead Architect for RaboBank and played a key role in developing one of the first large-scale ESB implementations in 2002. He has also worked with NatWest Bank, Credit Suisse and UBS.

Ross founded the open source Mule^® project in 2003. Frustrated by integration "donkey work," he set out to create a new platform that emphasized ease of development and re-use of components. He started the Mule project to bring a modern approach, one of assembly, rather than repetitive coding, to developers worldwide.

Ross holds a BS (Hons) in Computer Science from Bristol, UK.

Michael DiFilippo, Chief Financial Officer

Mike brings over 20 years experience in financial leadership positions supporting high-tech and other enterprises ranging from start-up to large multinational. Before joining MuleSoft, Mike was SVP Administration and CFO of Intelleflex, an RFID systems company, where he had responsibility for Finance, HR, and IT. He also held leadership roles at Symbol Technologies, BC Natural Foods, and DuPont.

Mike holds a BS in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.

Ed Dubrawski, VP of Services and Support

Ed has over 15 years of management experience leading services and support organizations. Prior to joining MuleSoft, he was Director of Training Marketing at SpringSource, where he increased training attendance by over 80% in less than one year. Before SpringSource, Ed was the founder and president of a software and services startup focused on improving business and government IT performance through managed services, consulting and data analytics. Previously, Ed has served in various management positions at SAIC, Bravanta, and DG Systems.

Ed has international business experience in Asia, Europe, South and Central America, and holds a BA in Political Science from the State University of New York at Fredonia.

Ken Yagen, VP of Engineering

A seasoned engineering leader experienced in developing enterprise software products, Ken has served as founder and VP of Engineering for several startups in the application infrastructure and IT governance markets. Prior to that, he was in a technical leadership role at BEA software on the security framework for the AquaLogic SOA platform. He developed the industry's first distributed entitlements solution that is still in use at leading financial institutions worldwide. Ken has also contributed to the development of several industry standards, including SAML and XACML and is a frequent speaker at developer conferences and user groups.

Ken holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Chris Purpura, VP of Corporate and Business Development

Chris brings over 18 years of experience in both private and public companies building out new markets and business models for enterprise middleware. Chris was most recently the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Aeris Communications, where he was responsible for marketing, alliances, and services.

Previously Chris led the new ventures and strategic alliances team at Platform Computing, the leading middleware company in enterprise grid and cloud computing. Chris has also held various senior executive level positions across marketing, product management, strategy, and alliances functions at GoldenGate Software (acquired by Oracle), Network Inference (acquired by WebMethods), and Aspect Communications. Chris also served as Director of Product Management at Oracle, where he led the initial market strategy and launch of Oracle's application server product division.

Chris holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Phil Bradley, VP of Sales

Prior to joining MuleSoft, Phil was the Vice President of Sales at SpringSource, an open source provider of Java infrastructure software. He also held leadership roles in sales for GroundWork Open Source, Documentum and Inktomi. Phil has more than 20 years of sales and management experience including more than three years in open source enterprise sales.

Phil holds a BS from the University of Massachusetts and an International Management degree from the University of New South Wales.

Mahau Ma, VP of Marketing

Mahau has over 13 years of experience in the technology and enterprise software space. Prior to joining MuleSoft in 2007, Mahau held various positions at TIBCO Software, including roles in sales enablement, customer marketing and partner marketing. Earlier, Mahau spent a number of years investing in enterprise software and networking startups at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Trinity Ventures.

Mahau started his career at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and holds an AB in Economics from Harvard University.