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Sam Jankovich, Chief Executive Officer and President
As Chief Executive Officer and President of EnterConnect, Inc., Mr. Jankovich is taking his vision of enterprise portals delivered in a software as a service (SAAS) model to the market. In this role, Mr. Jankovich will define the overall company strategy and set standards in the on-demand portal space. Prior to founding EnterConnect Inc., Mr. Jankovich was instrumental in driving the direction and revenue growth of Enterpulse, the company that originally incepted the EnterConnect™ product and spun off EnterConnect, Inc. Mr. Jankovich launched Enterpulse's portal strategy, which serves as the foundation of many of its offerings, and led to the creation of the premier intranet/extranet portal product, EnterConnect™.
While at Enterpulse, Mr. Jankovich orchestrated the merger of his former company, Groundswell, with Enterpulse, and secured and sustained successful partnerships with industry leaders such as BEA Systems (and its acquisition, Plumtree), Interwoven, and Documentum. He led Enterpulse's strategy around service-oriented architecture (SOA) and software, which helped double Enterpulse's size and expand into five new markets (Chicago, Dallas, New Jersey, New York, and San Jose).
Mr. Jankovich has held key executive roles for former companies in the computer telephony and CRM industries, including PwC, marchFirst, Groundswell, and CTI Interactive, which he founded. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Washington State University.
Dean Galland, Chief Operating Officer
Dean Galland has more than 18 years of management experience in systems engineering, software development and systems integration. As COO of EnterConnect Inc., Mr. Galland oversees daily operations, supports the strategies set forth by the CEO, and is responsible for overall business results.
Prior to EnterConnect Inc., Mr. Galland served as regional vice president for Enterpulse, where he managed the company's West Coast presence, growing its business and mentoring its staff. Deeply involved from an executive account leadership perspective for premier clients in the West, Mr. Galland was responsible for ensuring that the emerging needs of complex systems were met through program management, systems integration, and Q&A support. Mr. Galland also provided client executives with strategy and design recommendations, including how to connect business objectives to portal initiatives that serve the needs of customers, suppliers and employees. He facilitated numerous organizational, creative, and developmental programs and played an essential role in managing client teams. Some of these esteemed clients included Visa, Symantec, Verizon Wireless and Lockheed Martin.
Prior to joining Enterpulse in November of 2001, Mr. Galland was a practice director with Groundswell. In the past, he has worked for both Lockheed Martin and KPMG. Mr. Galland graduated with a bachelor of science in computer science from Colorado State University.
Michael Wainstein, Chairman
Michael Wainstein is the Chairman of EnterConnect, Inc. The founder of Private Capital Group (PCG) in 2001, Mr. Wainstein is focused on emerging growth companies, and saw the opportunity for EnterConnect and its unique position in the enterprise portal software space. As Director, he will steward the overall strategy and advise on business and financial matters.
PCG has invested and has interests in a wide variety of companies, from new media ventures to staffing and energy; Mr. Wainstein himself has been investing in and completing reverse mergers since 1997. Beginning with the sale of Wireless USA, a wireless reseller which he founded; to Wealthhound.com WLTH: OTCBB (f/k/a Bridgeport Telecommunications); to the reverse of Cimnet CIMK:OTCBB, a leading provider of software to the manufacturing sector. Mr. Wainstein has assisted numerous companies through the reverse merger process in a variety of fields from software to hospitality and most recently pharmaceutical. Mr. Wainstein has also made direct investments and assisted in either founding or turning around a number of businesses such as Petcarerx.com, a leading online pet pharmaceutical company, and Priority Staffing Solutions, a nationwide provider of light industrial personnel. Mr. Wainstein is a graduate of New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a graduate of New York Law School. He is admitted to the New York Bar.