Leadership Team

Paul Vallée

Executive Chairman, Founder

In these past twelve years since Pythian’s founding, Paul has been at the helm of the company through staggering growth, creating a special environment where the industry’s best minds most want to work and where the industry’s toughest problems naturally flow. Read more >>

Andrew Waitman

Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Waitman has been puzzling over the nature of business success since he started his first paper route in 1975. His curiosity has led him through a journey of experience in database design, telephony trouble shooting, investment banking, venture capital, Board stewardship and angel investing. Throughout his career, his enthusiasm for...Read more >>

Alex Gorbachev

Chief Technology Officer

Alex's background spans a wide depth and breadth of expertise and experience. Using this knowledge, he has architected and designed numerous successful database solutions addressing challenging business requirements...Read more >>

Keith Millar

Vice President, Sales

Keith Millar has been helping people optimize their data centers and businesses over the last two decades. Today, Keith uses his expertise to enable companies and organizations to grow by prioritizing their problems and pragmatically solving them. Read more >>

Rob Hamel

Vice President, Service Delivery

Rob Hamel has been managing and designing database solutions for the past 17 years. Rob applies the production engineering and data architectural skills acquired over the years to solve complex problems for customers; allowing their systems to scale as their business grows. Read more >>

Alain Tardif

Director of Finance

Alain’s fast track through the world of accounting can be attributed to his focus and dedication – two traits that in earlier years were channeled into his competitive hockey career. Read more >>

Heidi Hauver

Director of Human Resourses

Heidi is an experienced leader in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. She is passionate about the field of Human Resources with almost ten years of experience in HR generalist functions in multiple industries, with over six years in technology. Read more >>

Vanessa Simmons

Director of Marketing

Vanessa is a seasoned marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of the marketing discipline. She brings endless amounts of energy, drive and a results-oriented approach to creating and delivering Pythian’s strategic marketing initiatives. Read more >>