About Pyramid Analytics

The Company

Pyramid aims to deliver a BI platform that provides business users with the tools needed to gain insights about their business in a way that is natural, does not require any particular technical skills while allowing a depth of analysis comparable to the best applications available. Furthermore, in a singular tool, we've set out to satisfy both the casual data consumer as well as the power analyst.

Business users have come to expect intuitive, advanced office applications on their desktops, but must still navigate archaic and complex tools when querying with their organizational datasets. Pyramid is challenging that paradigm through innovating both the design and function of BI applications. We believe that work done in one tool, say the OLAP analytics tool, becomes immediately and seamlessly available and accessible in the other tools on the platform, such as the dashboard application or the report publisher. Creating a synergy between BI reporting modalities is a cornerstone of the Pyramid Analytics suite.

Microsoft

Pyramid is a Microsoft Gold Partner for Business Intelligence and ISV; as well as being an alumnus of the BizSpark One program.

The Team

Pyramid Analytics is based in the Netherlands with operational centers in Israel, the EU and the USA.

It has brought together a team of software engineering and BI professionals specialized in enterprise-quality, highly scalable Rich Interface Applications (RIA) delivered via the web using the latest technologies and approaches based primarily on the Microsoft .NET framework.

The key team members have significant experience in developing and successfully bringing innovative high-tech concepts to market, and have deep understanding of the principal market verticals such as finance, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing and media.

Leadership

Omri Kohl, Co-Founder and CEO: Omri is an experienced entrepreneur with strong strategic and managerial experience in both public and private companies. Omri's previous experience includes both co-founder/ CEO roles at a start-ups, as well as CEO of Multicenter, a public company providing online training courses. Omri has also worked in media and advertising for Israel's leading corporations. Omri studied economics and management at Bar Ilan University (MBA) and Management of International Business at NYU.

André Verdaasdonk, Vice President, Channel Sales & Strategic Alliances: Andre is an experienced business leader who brings a wealth of executive experience. Prior to joining Pyramid, Andre worked for several private and public IT companies in various national and international managerial positions such as, Parcland IT Solutions (acquired by DVE), CNS International, BWise (acquired by OMX), FileNET (acquired by IBM), MatrixOne ( acquired by Dassault), Oracle and Progress Software. Andre is specialized in the entrepreneurial management of fast growing sales and delivery organizations in an international environment.

Andre holds a bachelor's degree in science from the Avans University and a CPP in business administration. Andre resides with his wife and three children in the very beautiful state of Brabant, The Netherlands where he, in his scarce free time, tries to; play golf, practice equestrian, play tennis or drinks Belgium beers with friends when the weather is bad.

North America

Rob Wallace, Senior Vice President North American Sales: Rob has over 24 years of software sales experience in both private and public companies selling Business Intelligence (BI), Predictive Analytics and ERP systems to medium and large enterprises. Prior to joining Pyramid, he held sales leadership positions at Microsoft selling BI and Data Warehousing solutions to large enterprise accounts. Rob joined Microsoft in 2006 as a result of the acquisition of ProClarity, the leading third party provider of BI analytics for the SQL platform, which later became Performance Point Server. Rob began his career in public accounting and later held CFO positions for emerging companies. He is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Washington.

Peter Sprague, Vice President of Services and Sales Engineering: With over 12 years of experience in BI solutions, Peter Sprague has helped some of the world's largest organizations make better decisions. Peter is known for a solution-based approach to business analytics and a hands-on commitment to customer success. Mr. Sprague's prior experience includes nine years at Knosys, ProClarity and the Microsoft PerformancePoint team in a variety of development and customer facing roles Peter also spent several years implementing BI solutions and mentoring BI teams. More recently, Peter was working on the launch of SQL Server 2012 as a member the SQL Server product team.

Matt White, Account Executive, Central and Eastern US: Matt has been working in the technology space for over 18 years, specializing in both creating BI solutions from the ground up, and selling consulting services on the Microsoft BI stack. Matt worked for both ProClarity and Microsoft selling BI end solutions to both SMB and Enterprise customers. Matt earned a Bachelors of Arts from University of California at Santa Barbara.

United Kingdom

Steve Cowell - Regional Head, UK & Ireland: Steve adds 24 years' experience to the team having built his career in bringing Business Intelligence solutions that provide tangible benefit to Enterprise and Mid-market clients. Having started his career with Information Builders, he left to establish Gentia Software in the early 90's where he spent 7 years as Sales Manager and Sales Director, including participating in Gentia's successful IPO in 1996. Leaving Gentia in 1999, he built and ran ProClarity UK, prior to its acquisition by Microsoft. Steve's passion for great technology led him back to Pyramid, where he joined the team to be responsible for establishing and developing northern European markets, including running the UK and Ireland business. Steve holds a Business Studies degree and, when he's not with his family, having spent many years racing car's competitively, Steve can be found trackside photographing race and equestrian events for major publications - he recently photographed the London Marathon and claims he ran half of it with full camera gear!

David Bailey - COO, UK & Ireland: David brings 24 years' experience as a management consultant. A mathematics graduate from Cambridge University, David was trained by Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), before co-establishing his own firm in 1990, which he sold to Hitachi Consulting in 2007. David then led Hitachi Consulting's UK operation for two years, achieving significant organic growth and acquiring Edenbrook in 2009, adding on a significant Oracle and Microsoft ERP and BI capability with both offshore and managed service components. A previous President of the Management Consultancies Association and an advisor to Professional Services organisations ranging from niche domestic firms to major multi-nationals, David is well versed on strategic and operational matters. In his free time, David scuba dives in warm water and is an increasingly passionate wildlife photographer - his annual safari fix is the first thing to go in the diary each year!