Management Team

Russ Aldrich, CEO

Russ brings more than 35 years of experience, both as an executive in the software industry and as a managing director in venture capital firms. Prior to joining QL2, Russ was engaged on a project with the Office of Technology Transfer at the University of Washington and Executive Director of Guide Ventures LLC, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. As a venture capitalist, Russ has helped multiple companies grow from ideas to multi-million dollar ventures. His portfolio included successful Pacific Northwest companies such as AdRelevance (acquired by Media Metrix), Virtual Relocation (acquired by TMP Worldwide) and ShareBuilder (acquired by ING). Over the past three years as a CxO-level consultant, he has assisted early stage start-ups to achieve their goals. Aldrich has a keen understanding of database technology and connectivity and he was a co-founder of Simba Technologies, Microsoft's partner in the development of open database connectivity (ODBC). Earlier in his career he served in executive roles at a number of innovative companies including Silicon Graphics, Unisys, Altos Computer Systems, Apple Computer and Xerox.

Rob Gilde, CTO & VP of Engineering

With twenty-five years experience in engineering and management, Rob is a leader in product design and software development. Prior to joining QL2, Rob was Vice President of Product Development at Lockdown Networks, where he created Lockdown Enforcer, the category-defining Network Access Control appliance, favored by many large enterprise, institutional, and government customers. Before Lockdown, Rob was Director of Product Development at F5 Networks, the industry leader in Internet traffic and content management products. At F5, he led the architecture and development of BIG-IP, the market-leading load balancing and content switching product. Prior to F5, Rob was a Principal Engineer with The Boeing Company, where he helped advance state of the art in avionics and command/control systems. At Boeing he designed digital circuits and flat panel display systems. Later, he designed systems software for graphics and networking in military aircraft.

Scott Milburn, VP of Operations & General Counsel

Scott is an entrepreneurial senior executive and attorney, with more than 30 years experience in business, law, technology, and finance. For the past 10 years, Scott has worked with early stage technology companies, focusing on corporate strategy and strategic alliances. As a founder of SGB Ventures, Scott assisted early stage cleantech companies in market development. Prior to founding SGB, Scott led business development efforts at Reality Response working with the federal government, state, and local markets. Prior to Reality Response, he was Managing Director of Convergent Technology Group, VP of International Business Development of Webforia, Inc., and VP of Business Development and Operations at AdRelevance, Inc. Scott spent the preceding 18 years in a full-time law practice, including four years as a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, and 10 years at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP.

Paul Campbell, VP of Sales

Paul brings over thirty years experience in sales, pricing and revenue management, ecommerce, and operations for Fortune 500 companies. Paul serves as Vice President of Sales overseeing the sales organization worldwide. His deep understanding of information and data in the enterprise coupled with his experience implementing enterprise solutions gives him unique expertise to guide a global sales organization focused on delivering demand driven data access, aggregation and delivery services to QL2's prospects and clients. Before becoming VP of sales, Paul was the VP of Travel Solutions at QL2 where he grew the client base by 5X and helped QL2 realize significant revenue growth over a three year period. Prior to QL2 Paul's served in roles at Delta Airlines, Talus Solutions, DFI/Aeronomics and United Airlines.

Mark Ghazal, Director of Client Services

Mark brings over 10 years of software and emerging technology experience to QL2's Client Services organization. Mark is a pioneer in the data access and delivery space and has a deep understanding of the properties of unstructured data in all its forms. Mark has spent the past eight years delivering advanced technology solutions to users with unique information analysis needs in a variety of industries. He's contributed to QL2's core technology, created development standards and processes and helped mold the way QL2 delivers data access and integration services to companies around the globe. Prior to QL2, Mark attended the University of Washington, worked at Blue Nile as it came online to offer jewelry and gems in the then emerging marketplace.

Keilee Kramer, Director of Corporate Communications

For the past 12 years, Keilee has been involved in driving marketing and corporate communication tactics & strategies for start-up and mid-size technology companies. Keilee began her career marketing products to consumers in the emerging online marketplace – she then transitioned to technologies that enabled enterprises to better manage and make use of data within the organization. Prior to QL2, Keilee attended the University of Wyoming and has worked in marketing management and corporate communications for a variety of companies in the Pacific Northwest including Graphics Server, Microsoft and Talisma Corporation, a leading provider of CRM and CIM solutions.