Leadership Team

Dave Hansen

Dave Hansen is Chief Executive Officer of Numara Software. Hansen joined the company in August 2011 and is overseeing a number of initiatives designed to expand its core product capabilities across the company’s FootPrints and Track-It! family of solutions and solidify Numara’s position as a world leader in the IT management market.

A proven senior executive with extensive experience in IT software, Hansen held several general manager and senior vice president positions at CA Technologies. As the general manager of Enterprise Solutions and Cloud Management he was responsible for managing the creation and development of a portfolio of cloud products and enterprise solutions that seamlessly managed the business of IT across distributed, virtualized and cloud-connected environments. Hansen previously led the Security Business Unit and also served as CA’s chief information officer, for which he developed a reputation as the company’s best and toughest customer. As CIO he was tasked with implementing the company’s global IT strategy, applications development and IT compliance as well as managing the global CA infrastructure. With more than 20 years of professional experience leading large IT organizations, his proven track record combined with his execution skills have been instrumental in driving shareholder value.

Hansen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada.

Tom Banta

Tom is responsible for the company’s global Operations at Numara Software. Tom joined Numara Software when it was owned by Intuit in April 2004 to run the product development team. Prior to joining, he was President of ClickSafety, a SaaS based e-learning company. He was an executive at ecommerce provider Harbinger Corporation as the company grew from $19 million to $150 million in revenue. Additionally, Tom spent 11 years in leadership roles at ERP provider JD Edwards as they grew 45% annually. Tom holds an MBA from Emory University and a B.S. in Accounting from Kansas State University.

Mike Branca

Mike is responsible for the Financial and Accounting operations organizations worldwide for Numara Software. He says he was attracted to the Numara Software opportunity because it brings him back to his roots. His experience includes 13 years with IBM, serving as Controller for the $2 billion division that developed Mainframe VM, MVS, and VSE Enterprise Systems Software. Mike has had more than a decade of experience serving as CFO for both public and private companies including MTS Medication Technologies, Trak Communications and Reptron Electronics. His background includes working closely with a private equity firm, resulting in over a four times return on investment for stakeholders in a three-year period. Mike earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the University of Scranton.

Matt Dircks

Matt guides the Product Strategy, Product Management and Product Development functions for Numara Software. With over 20 years of software industry experience spanning product strategy, product management, product marketing, product engineering and corporate development, Matt has held executive positions with leading software vendors including Director of Global Product Management at Citrix Systems, Senior Vice President of Products and Markets at NetIQ, and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Best Software, and most recently General Manager of the Server Virtualization Business Unit at Quest Software. Matt graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Business Administration, and serves as a board member of several early-stage technology companies.

David Giles

David leads the Technical Support, Training and Professional Services organizations at Numara Software. As Customer Advocate for all Numara Software customers, he owns the end-to-end customer experience, from initial contact through customer support, including driving process and product improvements throughout the Business’ operations. He joined the company under Intuit in July 2003. David has over 20 years of leadership experience in product development, product management, marketing and services management with Claris Corporation, Intuit Inc. and Numara Software, Inc. David joined Intuit in 1997 as the Director of Marketing for Intuit's Japan business unit. David holds B.A. degrees in Japanese Language and Economics from Stanford University.

Mary Koehler

Mary holds her SPHR certification and is a strategic HR executive with over 25 years of diverse organizational experience ranging from Fortune 500 firms to start-up entrepreneurial businesses. Having joined the Company in February 2007, Mary has spearheaded the effective sourcing of talent, both nationally and internationally, the people integration aspects of Company acquisitions, and the leveraging of Numara’s high-energy, customer-focused culture to ensure optimal employee engagement and retention. She has also served in executive HR positions at Axolotl Corp., Achieve Global, Salomon Brothers, GE, and Verizon. Mary holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and a Master of Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University.

Ed Reilly

Ed is responsible for sales and sales development globally. With over 20 years of experience, he has driven sales growth at leading technology companies and organizations with more than $1 billion revenue - in infrastructure management, CRM, ERP, and service management. Earlier, Ed was Vice President of Sales for Permabit Technologies, an innovator in the storage management space. Ed was also vice president of EMEA sales for Symantec's Altiris unit, General Manager for Altiris' EMEA operations and vice president of sales for Peregrine Systems/US eastern area. He held positions at Siebel Systems and Oracle as well. His expertise includes sales, sales management, business development, IT operations and finance. Ed graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in Accounting.

Andy White

Andy leads all global marketing activities for Numara Software including corporate marketing, product marketing and field marketing. Andy joined Numara Software in 2006 and as the GM of EMEA/APAC, he successfully grew the international business by over 200% while expanding the company’s footprint in key markets around the world. Andy has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years, 14 of which have been dedicated to the IT Service Management and Customer Service technology sectors. In this time he has been a regular contributor to industry discussions, speaking events and exhibitions and is a thought leader in our industry. Before joining Numara Software he held senior international sales and marketing positions with FrontRange, Motorola and Mitel Networks.