Prior to the acquisition of Ardent Software by Informix in 1999, Foy served as executive vice-president of engineering at Ardent. In addition, he was the founder, president and CEO of Constellation Software. Brian Staff is vice-president of marketing at Informix Software. Brian has been in the computer industry for 25 years and in sales and marketing for the past 20 years. Much of his career has been focused on marketing high-end solutions with large databases at their core.
Staff has a Ph.D. in computer science and has published papers on database technology.
Neil McMullan is senior vice-president and general manager of American sales operations at Informix Software. McMullan was also previously president and CEO of Sequoia Systems, and began his career at Honeywell Information Systems and Sperry Univac in Europe. Schmidt brings to Informix more than 20 years of experience in management and marketing within the information technology industry. Prior to joining Informix, Schmidt was vice-president of marketing at ViryaNet. Alan Grady is vice-president of the services organisation for Informix Software.