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A Team with Depth and Experience |
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Gideon Harbour
Chairman |
Before founding Optial, Gideon Harbour ran the London
operations of a private investment trust focusing
on technology and real estate. Prior to 1995 he was
with the consulting firm McKinsey & Co working
in the Sydney and Atlanta offices. At McKinsey he
worked with clients in finance, insurance and the
steel industry, specializing in change management.
Gideon holds an MA from Oxford in PPE (Economics).
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Chris O'Brien
CEO & CTO |
Joint founder of Optial, Chris has
over 15 years experience in leading-edge system
design and technology. After commencing his career
in software development for retail and offshore
banking with Lloyds Bank in London, he moved to
Logica where he was involved in the design and
definition of workflow applications. Optial is
the result of Chris' research into extensible object
relational architecture and highly flexible and
scalable XML technology. Chris leads engineering
and development of the system and sits on the Board
of Optial.
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| Judith Graham
Chief Operating Officer |
Judith Graham joined Optial as Product
Director in 1999. Previously, she led the SAP initiative
to build profitability analysis and risk management
solutions for banks and corporate treasurers, in
her role as Development Manager in the SAP headquarters
near Heidelberg, Germany. During the ten years
she worked with SAP, Judith advised clients throughout
Europe in finance, oil, energy and manufacturing.
Judith is responsible for managing the global implementations
of Optial and has recently concluded a successful
roll-out with a client in 45 countries simultaneously.
Judith holds a BA from the University of Western
Australia.
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