Senior Vice President of Products
PowerSteering Software
For over 20 years, Tibor Vais has managed the development of complex software from DBMS and 4GL development tools to enterprise-class applications. In early-stage companies, he built software engineering teams from the ground-up, introducing methodologies and processes, development metrics, quality assurance, and release engineering and has managed offshore teams of over 200 staff in Russia and India. At PowerSteering, a Cambridge-based firm that helps companies manage enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, Dr. Vais is responsible for defining the products and implementing the product vision. Prior to PowerSteering, Dr. Vais was CTO of NewRiver, VP of Engineering and CTO at ChannelWave Software, COO at Damirus Corp., and CEO of WebSecure. Dr. Vais worked for 14 years at CompuServe, from an entry-level software engineer to VP of Engineering and General Manager of their software division, CompuServe Data Technologies. Previously, Dr. Vais spent over a decade in the academia, at the Russian Academy of Sciences and at Harvard University. He received his Masters from Moscow University and his Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences.
