Enwisen Executive Management

Walter Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Walter (Wally) Smith joined Enwisen™ in July 2000 as a proven executive with a track record for creating growth and increasing profitability. Smith began his career at Advanced Analog, where he pioneered the military aerospace DC-to-DC converter market, creating a new market that grew from zero sales to over $100 million. The company was sold to Lambda in 1994. After a successful integration, Smith became the President and CEO of AOS, a manufacturer of patented computer accessory and corporate workstation products. After selling AOS to Herman Miller, he consulted to the technology / internet venture capital community. Smith is a board member of Keynomics, an internet-based software company.  He is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Growing Companies with a BS in Accounting from San Jose State University.

Deepjot Chhabra, President

Deepjot (DJ) Chhabra joined Enwisen in April 2006 to manage the product strategy and business development functions and was named President in May of 2007. Chhabra has over 20 years' experience in the HCM field and has held a variety of management positions in HCM and IT for organizations such as Oracle Corporation, Cisco Systems, SynOptics and Seagate Technology. Prior to joining Enwisen, Chhabra was Vice President of Global HCM Product Strategy for the Oracle and PeopleSoft HCM product line. During his 8 years at Oracle, he was also Vice President of Applications Development for a variety of Oracle HCM products. Chhabra graduated from Boise State University with a BA in Computer Science with a business emphasis. He is a frequent speaker and panelist in the HCM industry.

Elvira Echevarria, Vice President, Development

Elvira Echevarria joined Enwisen in October of 2007 as Vice President of Development. At Enwisen, Echevarria is responsible for managing and coordinating all application and professional services development efforts and processes, as well as quality assurance processes. Echevarria has over nine years of experience in Business Application Development, Imaging and Production Support, holding previously senior roles at Greenpoint Mortgage (Capital One). Echevarria graduated from Universidad del Pais Vasco with a BA in Journalism, and received her Master’s of Science in Organizational Development at the University of San Francisco and her Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems at Golden Gate University. 

Katie Neckermann Goldberg, Vice President, Customer Delivery

Katie Goldberg is the Vice President of Customer Delivery at Enwisen.  Goldberg is responsible for successful client delivery and ensuring ongoing client satisfaction. She has more than 15 years of HCM technology, benefits administration and project management experience. Prior to joining the Enwisen team, Goldberg worked at the Willis Group, where she was the Director of HR Consulting. She has held senior roles at BearingPoint and Arthur Andersen, where she handled and managed project teams implementing Human Capital technology solutions and benefits administration outsourcing. Goldberg holds certifications as Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Group Benefits Associate (GBA). She obtained her BA from Ohio University.

Barbara Levin, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Customer Community

Barbara Levin is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Community for Enwisen, bringing more than 20 years' experience in HCM software marketing and product strategy. Levin came to Enwisen in September 2004 as Vice President of Marketing and was promoted to Senior Vice President in October 2007. She is responsible for building Enwisen's tremendous market momentum and success and for driving strategies that maximize the involvement and partnership of Enwisen’s fast-growing customer community. Prior to joining Enwisen, she was the President of Barbara Levin Associates, where she contributed to the start-up marketing success of industry leaders such as PeopleSoft and SuccessFactors. She was also Senior Vice President of Marketing for iClick. Levin graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a BS degree and has been a frequent speaker and author in the HCM industry.

Melanie Lougee, Vice President, Product Strategy

Melanie Lougee joined Enwisen in July 2009 to lead product strategy and develop a compelling vision and roadmap for Enwisen’s future products. Lougee has more than 18 years' experience in the HCM field and has held a variety of leadership positions in HCM, IT, and consulting for organizations such as Oracle Corporation, Logitech, and KPMG Consulting. Prior to joining Enwisen, Lougee was Vice President of Product Strategy for Nakisa, Inc. which develops HR visualization software in partnership with SAP. During her five years at Oracle she managed product strategy for PeopleSoft’s flagship product PeopleSoft HRMS, and then went on to define and launch Oracle’s Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) offering. Lougee graduated from Santa Clara University with a BA in English.

Barry Maxon, Executive Vice President, Sales

Barry Maxon is Enwisen’s Executive Vice President of Sales, and has more than 15 years' experience in delivering HCM solutions that help companies maximize their investments in both employees and HC software. Prior to joining Enwisen in 1999, Maxon was a senior associate at A.T. Kearney, a leading international management consulting firm. Maxon earned a Master of Management in Marketing, Management Strategy, and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Maxon graduated cum laude with a degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

John McLaughlin, Chief Financial Officer

John McLaughlin joined Enwisen in February 2008, bringing a background in finance and accounting within a large-company environment, as well as human resources and entrepreneurial experience. He is responsible for accounting, financial reporting, and human resources at Enwisen. McLaughlin’s financial experience began in the consumer products industry, where he first served as an internal auditor, then later held leadership roles as a group Director of Planning and Analysis and a Divisional Controller within the General Mills organization. He also was deeply involved in strategic planning, acquisition review and analysis, and the start-up of international restaurant operations in Japan and Canada during his nine-year tenure with General Mills. John then co-founded a staffing firm in the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in accounting and finance positions. Over a 12-year period, that firm grew to four offices and 100 professional employees and was later sold to a national staffing corporation. McLaughlin has a BS/BA in Accounting from Northern Arizona University and an MBA from the Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management.

Roger Woehl, Senior Vice President, Technology and R&D

Roger Woehl has been with Enwisen since 1998, serving as the principal architect of Enwisen’s core technologies. In this role Woehl invented Enwisen’s patented intuitive interlinking content publishing system. Prior to Enwisen, Woehl was an engineering process efficiency consultant for companies such as Lockheed and Westech and served as the director of product development for an electrical interconnect company. He owns seven patents in this field, with products used by the U.S. military in craft such as Longbow Apache helicopters, Black and Sea Hawk helicopters and surface ships. Woehl has also run energy-conservation research projects for residential housing organizations and has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University at Chico. 

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