Viigo Appoints Mark Ruddock President & CEO
We’re happy to announce Mark Ruddock has joined the firm as President and CEO.
Mark comes to Viigo from Ventures West, one of Canada’s largest private venture capital companies, where he served as Entrepreneur in Residence.
Mark was the founding CEO of INEA Corporation, a financial software organization that became a key strategic partner to many of the world’s leading financial institutions. INEA was acquired in June 2005 by Paris-based Cartesis Group. Following the acquisition Mark joined the Cartesis management team as Chief Product Officer, where he led the successful integration of the two companies. Cartesis was subsequently acquired by Business Objects in 2007.
“Mark’s hire is a key milestone for Viigo as we seek to accelerate the expansion of our company and our industry changing product suite,” says Jay Steele, founder and CTO, “Mark and I have worked together for a number of months in his capacity as EIR at Ventures West, and we’ve already gained much from this partnership. I’m thrilled to finally have him on board full time.”