Userful Management Team

Userful's Management Team

Timothy Griffin
Founder and CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

While managing a growing web-development company before starting Userful, Tim saw firsthand the huge time and expense that PC management took on his company each time they added a new employee to the team. This formed the genesis of the idea for multiplied and cloud-managed desktops – an idea that began as a research project and eventually culminated in the founding of Userful, a company focused on making it easy and affordable for anyone to deploy and manage a fleet of green, low-cost, high-performance, interactive screens and desktop computers.

Today, Tim is responsible for the vision, strategy and direction of current and new Userful products for Cloud-Managed Zero Client computing solutions. Tim is leading the company's charge to eliminate the wasted time, money and power that organizations pour into antiquated approaches to delivering their desktops and interactive endpoint infrastructure.

Tim holds a Masters Degree in Product Design from the University of Calgary where he focused on human computer interaction. He is a serial entrepreneur, having founded and led various consulting, research, and design companies prior to Userful.

In his years before founding Userful, Tim conducted pioneering research into laptop and input device design. He also performed and taught as a professional cellist and co-authored a book on the subject.

Alan McNaughton
President

Alan joined Userful as VP Operations in January 2009, later became General Manager, and in Sept 2012, President. Alan is leading the company's expansion through global OEMs and into broader uses of cloud-managed zero-client end-points.

He has over 25 years of experience in product development, management and business development, including work with Aksys Networks (VoIP phones), Rydex Industries (communications software), INETCO Systems (protocol and transaction software), and Global Thermoelectric (thermoelectric generators and fuel fired heaters). Over the last 15 years, Alan has been involved in the senior management of early stage companies, including AutoBranch Technologies Inc. (ATM business) which he co-founded in 1999, and as Chief Operating Officer of Aksys Networks.

Daniel Griffin
VP Multiplied Computing

In his role as VP of Multiplied Computing, Dan is responsible for Userful's India office and for advancing a number of Userful's strategic partnerships worldwide. Dan was instrumental in building a successful business unit for the company, providing managed desktop solutions to libraries in North America.

Along with years of sales and customer service experience, Dan brings a wealth of systems re-engineering, change management and team leadership experience to the company. From 2000-2003, prior to joining Userful, he led the project to integrate LexisNexis' print and electronic delivery departments and systems. The successful project retrained 110 FTEs and integrated three product delivery systems. Also while at LexisNexis, Daniel managed a team of 11 FTEs that were responsible for delivery of $3 million in products and a budget of $750,000.

Jamey Miles
VP Business Development

Jamey joined Userful as VP Business Development in October 2010 and is responsible for managing Userful's key strategic partners. Jamey has over 15 years of International Business Development, Sales and Sales Management experience, mainly with high tech start-up companies. Prior to joining Userful, Jamey held progressively responsible positions with Acceleware, Hitachi-ID (formerly M-Tech), CP Rail and Accenture.

Emmanuel Boutboul
VP OEM & Channel Sales

With more than 15 years of experience in international marketing, business development, and sales in the high-tech industry, Emmanuel develops markets in the EMEA region, and OEM agreements with major hardware brands worldwide for Userful.

Emmanuel is an accomplished business professional, with a wide entrepreneurial background, and an MBA from the University of Southern California. His extensive experience in the IT sector includes his role as CEO at Handshake Communications, and VP Marketing and Sales at MiniFrame.

Eli Aviv
VP Finance

Eli joined Userful in 2010, and manages the accounting and finance department of the company. Eli has more than 15 years of experience in the IT sector, helping organizations with fund-raising, risk management, implementation of internal controls, and financial planning to support their mergers, acquisitions and partnerships. Eli holds a bachelor degree in Economics and an MBA from Ben Gurion University in Israel, and is also finishing his Certified Management Accountant designation.

Before joining Userful, Eli worked as CFO at M-Tech, and played a key role in the M-Tech acquisition by Hitachi-ID.