Renee Lorton - Chief Executive Officer

Renee Lorton joined Centrifuge ® in April of 2011. She has more than 20 years of software industry experience working with some of the most successful brands in the analytics sector. Most recently, Ms Lorton served as Senior Vice President at Cognos, Inc., SVP and General Manager at Peoplesoft, Inc., and as Global CIO at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She was a member of the Senior Management Team at PeopleSoft and Executive Management team at Cognos. Her expertise in business intelligence and performance management combined with her proven leadership guide Centrifuge as it expands into key markets. Ms. Lorton served as an Advisor to Centrifuge Systems from 2008 through early 2011.

Earlier in her Career, Ms. Lorton was CEO and founder of TaxLAB, a start-up that pioneered the automation of PC-based tax applications She has been twice recognized as one of the 'top most influential people in Finance' and is regarded a thought leader and industry spokesperson on corporate compliance and IT governance technology. She holds a Master's degree from Georgetown University, Bachelor's degree from Purdue University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Casey Henderson - Chief Technology Officer and Founder

Mr. Henderson has over 35 years of experience in software development specializing in artificial intelligence, complex information representation and visualization. He is the founder of Centrifuge. Mr. Henderson has played a key role in the design and development of several large scale systems critical to federal law enforcement, national security and the judiciary. Mr. Henderson's career has included extensive experience in the Intelligence Community, and he is a highly respected authority on topics of information analysis. Complementing his technology background, Mr. Henderson has a JD from Georgetown University Law School.

Brian G. Daum - Chief Financial Officer

Brian G. Daum joined Centrifuge as CFO in November 2007. Mr. Daum has 20 years of experience with fast growth companies, including over 10 years in executive management at venture capital-backed software companies. Most recently, Mr. Daum was COO and CFO of Arc Second, Inc. (now Nikon), which developed laser-based 3d positioning products. Prior to Arc Second, he served as CFO of Sandbox.com, Inc., which grew to be the Internet's 3rd largest sports site during his tenure.

Brian was Chief Financial Officer of Multimedia Medical Systems, Inc., a leading telemedicine and radiation therapy software company that was sold to Varian Medical Systems. He was also Corporate Controller of Atlantic Coast Airlines, a publicly traded United Airlines affiliate, where he participated in the company's IPO. Mr. Daum began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurial Services Group where he served emerging technology businesses. He holds a BS in Accounting from Lehigh University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Navin Ganeshan - Vice President of Products

Navin Ganeshan is a twenty-year management veteran of software products in various markets from enterprise financial products for Fortune-100 companies, to mobile apps for small-businesses.   Most recently, Mr. Ganeshan crafted a unified portfolio strategy across discrete business lines at Network Solutions, and launched several new products and programs in social, mobile and local marketing solutions.   His tenure included general management of the web-presence business, as well as running the Business Intelligence organization where his business-value-centric data strategies enabled Network Solutions to incorporate real-time intelligence and propensity modeling into all aspects of customer interaction.  His earlier career involved leadership roles spanning many verticals from finance at Checkfree (now Fiserv), insurance (AMS)  to consumer technology (Scientia Technologies).  He is a frequent speaker and writer in the areas of cloud services, analytics, social and mobile marketing.

Tony Agresta - Vice President of Marketing

Tony Agresta joined Centrifuge as Vice President of Marketing in June 2008. Mr. Agresta has 25 years of experience in the analytics, business intelligence, and database marketing segments for early stage, mid size and large enterprise software companies.

Prior to joining Centrifuge, Mr. Agresta was World Wide VP of Product Marketing and Sales Engineering at SPSS where he successfully built teams committed to sales and marketing excellence. Tony served as Chief Operating Officer for Absolute ROI and DataX, LTD, two Selling Source companies focused on internet list management and real time identity verification services. He was a Senior Director of Product Marketing for Siebel Systems where he arrived after a successful sale of Paragren Technologies to Siebel. At Paragren, Mr. Agresta was VP of Product Management and Technical Services.

Earlier in his career Tony was Director of Database Marketing Products for Group 1 Software (now part of Pitney Bowes) where revenue grew ten-fold under his direction. Mr. Agresta has a BS in Foreign Service and a Master of Arts in Demography from Georgetown University.

Steve Panzer - Vice President, Government

Steve Panzer joined Centrifuge Systems with over 30 years in the information technology field, focused primarily on data visualization and analysis.  Over the past two decades, Steve has helped establish and grow multiple product and services technology companies, especially within the National Security markets. 

Before joining Centrifuge, Steve held senior leadership positions including President of ObjectFX Corporation, where he led the growth and ultimately the acquisition of this geospatial technology company. Prior to ObjectFX, Steve was Vice President of Business Development at Century Computing, where he spearheaded the creation of the Imaging Division. During his tenure, the company more than doubled in size and revenue. Previous to that, Steve served successfully as Manager of Government Programs at both PIXAR and Vicom. Steve holds BS from Brooklyn College, CUNY, and performed graduate work on an MBA at Pace University.