Who are we?
VMS Software's management team includes members with deep roots in OpenVMS, going back to the days of Digital Equipment Corporation, and more recent OpenVMS devotees from other industries. What the management unequivocally shares is an absolute passion for solving customer challenges.
Darya Zelenina
Chief Executive Officer
Darya will assume the role of CEO in June 2024. She joined VMS Software as a technical writer and OpenVMS instructor in 2017 and has since held key leadership positions in software and web development, documentation, the Community Program and Marketing. Darya brings extensive expertise in OpenVMS and the OpenVMS ecosystem, coupled with deep commitment to shaping the platform's long-term trajectory.
John Ross
Vice President of GTM Strategy and Revenue Enablement
John is responsible for shaping and leading our modernization efforts across multiple corporate functions, including Marketing, Client Engagement, Quote to Cash and acquisition integration. Over a distinguished 30 year career in Sales, Client Success and Revenue Operations, John has gained experience while working for the likes of IBM, Sterling Commerce and Trillium Software.
Jan Magnusson
Vice President of Account Management and Sales
Meeting and talking to customers as well as understanding how VMS Software’s offering of products and services can provide value to users of OpenVMS is the responsibility of our Account Management and Sales team. Jan and a team of seven dedicated account managers spend all of their time reaching out to our customers to provide them with guidance on how to get the most out of their OpenVMS based application investments, how to migrate to OpenVMS 9.2 and many other topics. The account management teams are located in our offices in Boston and Copenhagen to optimize availability in all time zones. Based in Copenhagen, Jan has a solid background of international sales and general management working for both large multinational companies as well as small entrepreneurial organization.
Dr. Brett Cameron
Director of Application Services
Brett is charged with defining and driving the strategy for OpenVMS application services. Brett brings over 30 years of experience in the field focusing on distributed systems, transaction processing, integration, and legacy software environment modernization, while working at Hewlett-Packard and the University of Canterbury.
Debbee West
Support Manager
Debbee is responsible for the delivery of a high quality customer support experience; orchestrating the front line and vastly experienced backline technical experts of which she is a highly valued member. Debbee provides a focal point for escalation management and customer advocacy. She worked for Digital Equipment Corportation, Compaq Computers and Hewlett Packard Enterprise for over 30 years before coming to VSI 5 years ago.
Rafael Martins
Director of Professional Services
Rafael brings over 15 years of experience from very high reliability, test-focused industries such as Space and Industrial Automation. His role is to improve VMS’s offering on externally managed deployments (Managed Services) as well as helping customers to plan and execute their migration to x86 and beyond (Professional Services). His team covers multiple time zones and can provide high availability, on-site solutions to customer necessities.
Camiel Vanderhoeven
Chief Architect and Strategist for OpenVMS
Camiel is responsible for determining the strategic direction of OpenVMS as well as for steering our engineering efforts in that direction while maintaining its architectural integrity. Camiel has been a key figure in the development of OpenVMS since 2015 as one of the principal architects of the port to x86. He has been passionate about OpenVMS for over twenty years, and brings a wealth of experience from an entrepeneurial software engineering and OpenVMS consulting background.