Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 19, 2001
SCOTT SILK is Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at
ePresence, Inc. He joined the company in January 1999 and is
responsible for overseeing the company's sales and marketing
activities. These responsibilities include management of the
sales force, sales team development, corporate marketing,
advertising, public relations, the development of strategic
alliances and acquisition activity. Prior to joining the company,
he was President of North American Operations and Vice President
of worldwide marketing at Gentia Software, Inc., a leading
supplier of enterprise business intelligence software. In this
capacity, Mr. Silk played an instrumental role in identifying and
creating new application opportunities and repositioning the
company as a provider of analytical software applications, while
maintaining the company's core business. Mr. Silk took the
leadership role in restructuring the organization and
establishing new business relationships that resulted in the
company's return to profitability in North America. Prior to that
he was Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of Unisys Corporation.
Mr. Silk's experience includes an extensive career of taking on
progressively more responsible positions in sales, marketing and
general management at companies including Unisys Corporation,
Ally Software and Actium Corporation. He holds a BS in Business
Administration from Ohio State University and an MBA from
Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Profile
the company?
Mr. Silk: This is actually quite interesting. We started as Banyan
Systems, a software leader in network
