Executive Management Team
Lon Mackey - Chief Executive Officer
Lon joined xAssets in 2002. He has been instrumental in building up our company from startup to being a global company able to execute
large enterprise projects with a product capable of scaling to millions of assets and hundreds of concurrent users. As Chief Executive Officer Designate,
Lon takes ultimate responsibility for execution of business and for ensuring our very high values, quality framework and strong principles are upheld.
Lon previously
worked in business development with Absolute Software, another company involved with technical asset management software and discovery.
Lon has a degree in Management Information Systems and Finance from Northeastern University, Mass.
Paul Lambert - Chief Technology Officer
Paul is a founding member of the xAssets team and brings a wealth of technical,
financial and business experience to the company. He takes responsibility for the overall technical
direction and strategy of xAssets. Before xAssets was formed Paul was involved
in high profile change and emergency fix projects for a number of large enterprises in London
including Cable and Wireless, Lloyds Bank, IBM Lotus and Pershing (part of DLJ). He
also worked as an independent consultant to various management teams, providing strategic software consulting
and implementations to allow rapidly growing companies to flourish.
Paul holds an honours degree in Chemistry from Imperial College, London, is an Associate of
the Royal College of Science, and carries current Microsoft Certifications in .NET,
Software Asset Management (SAM), Sql Server and Windows Architecture.
Ed Cartier - Chief Marketing Officer
Ed Cartier was Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications for Eracent and previously held senior positions related to software marketing,
licensing and sales. Ed was responsible of all
aspects of Eracent's corporate marketing, channel partner development, and corporate contract management, as well as oversight of the RFP
response process. Prior to taking the position at Eracent, he spent thirteen years in a senior role at the AT&T / Lucent
Intellectual Property Business.
Ed has been widely published, contributing articles to trade publications focused on IT asset management and
the development of channel sales programs. Ed authored published white papers covering
the role of IT asset management tools in network security and IT cost control. While at Lucent he
was recognized as one of the top 50 national channel executives for two consecutive years.
Ed holds a BA degree in Political Science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,
an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a graduate of the AEA/Stanford Executive Institute on
Managing Technology Companies held at the Stanford University School of Business at Palo Alto California.
Donna Hambly - Chief Financial Officer
Donna heads up xAssets finances and takes overall responsibility for the company's financial strategy, planning,
accounting, compliance and operations. Donna has over 18 years experience in the financial management of
software companies and carries expertise in acquisition strategies, mergers, capital structures, venture funding,
corporate governance and management reporting.
Donna has also previously invested in start-ups as a business angel. Donna maintains expertise in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
alongside Generally Accepted Accounting Principles relevant to US, UK and Canada.
Donna is a founding member of the xAssets management team.
Barry Long - Director of Sales
Barry Long is the Director of Sales and Business Development with xAssets. Barry has a strong background in
Asset Management Solutions and is the Asset Management Software industry's grand master of relationship building,
contract negotiation and large enterprise customer relationship management. He has over 30 years of sales and
marketing experience and has held senior management during that time. Prior to joining xAssets, Barry was
Director of Federal Business Development and was responsible for Fortune 500 accounts at Eracent.
He had increased Federal sales into millions of dollars prior to his departure.
Barry holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Economics from Alfred University
Steve Gradeck - Director of Implementation and Consulting
Steve Gradeck is the Director of Implementation and Consulting with xAssets, providing implementation and ongoing optimization services to clients.
Steve has eleven years of experience in the ITAM solution space, having worked as both a service provider and a manager of services teams.
Steve also has extensive experience in the business and technical aspects of Network Discovery,
Financials Management, and Help Desk management, applying his combined experience to the enterprise-level capabilities of the xAssets solution.
Steve holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Information Science and hold the ITIL Foundation certification.
Graeme Radtke - Director of Hosting and SAM Solutions
Graeme is the Director of Hosting and SAM Solutions with xAssets, and takes overall responsibility for the delivery and security of hosted
infrastructure and SAM solutions.
Graeme previously worked in a senior position at Frontrange (Centennial), taking responsibility for the
delivery of support in the EMEA region. Graeme has substantial expertise in Discovery technologies and Software Asset Managemenet.
Graeme holds ITIL Software Asset Management certification and has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree majoring in Information Systems
and Business economics with the University of South Africa.