Management Team
The VANTOS team is comprised of seasoned executives who specialize in successfully launching new products in emerging markets at startups and enterprises alike.
Management Team
- Thomas J. Spadafore - President & Chief Executive Officer
- Don Ledford - CTO & Vice President of Engineering
- Raj Dodhiawala - Vice President of Marketing
Thomas Spadafore
President & Chief Executive Officer
With over 20 years of experience leading and growing organizations to achieve their strategic objectives and revenue milestones, Thomas J. Spadafore has been instrumental in the successful incubation and growth of both startups and Fortune 1000 companies.
Most recently, Spadafore was responsible for global sales at Reconnex, where he accelerated sales from zero to $10 million within two years. Prior to Reconnex, he focused on technology leadership and channel development as Executive Vice President of GreenBorder Technology. As Executive Vice President, Spadafore was pivotal in leading Brightmail's worldwide sales, marketing and business operations to the next stage of growth - a $370 million acquisition by Symantec. In addition, he has held executive positions at Netopia, NETCOM Communications and Apple Computer.
Spadafore received his B.S. in Computer Science and his M.S. in Computer Technology and Education from Boise State University.
Don Ledford
CTO & Vice President of Engineering
An industry veteran in software architecture, component assembly and systems, Don Ledford brings over two decades of computer engineering knowledge and expertise to the team.
Most recently, Ledford co-founded the BPM technology and consulting company, Planario Inc. Before Planario, Ledford co-founded the e-book appliance company Librius Inc, where he served as its Chief Technology Officer and later, as President. Prior to Librius, he was co-founder and Vice President of Engineering for Networx Inc, a network management software company that was ultimately acquired by Legent. Over the past ten years, he has made software architecture contributions to a variety of products, including CA's Paradigm software, which has resilience and applicability to this day.
Ledford received his B.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington.
Raj Dodhiawala
Vice President of Marketing
Specializing in enterprise software appliance marketing, product management, technology and services, Raj Dodhiawala offers a quarter of a century of technical marketing experience.
As the Vice President of Innovation and Engineering at Morse Best Innovation, Dodhiawala led the company's effort in technical marketing services and developed DemoMate, a software-plus-services solution for sales readiness. At Microsoft, he was the Chief Architect of the .Net Center of Excellence as well as the Program Co-Lead for the Net Effect program. Prior to Microsoft, Dodhiawala served as Cache Flow's Director of Engineering and lead the Server Accelerator product effort, which remains a core component of the company's revenue mix. Additional roles include Director of Engineering at NUKO, Principal Scientist for Boeing Computer Services and software consultant for Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai, India.
Dodhiawala received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Varanasi, India, and his M.S. in Computer & Systems Science from Louisiana State University.
