Management Team
Sam Waicberg - President and Chief Executive Officer
Sam Waicberg is a veteran in the voice and communications space with 15 years of executive management experience. Prior to joining Iperia, Sam provided leadership as Vice President of North American Sales and Services for Fluency, a U.K. based voice recognition software provider. Sam also was responsible for establishing an extensive global network of partners and for successfully implementing multichannel corporate sales efforts at Envox Worldwide prior to Fluency. At Ascendent Systems prior to Fluency, Sam’s leadership as Vice President of Worldwide Sales contributed to a successful acquisition by RIM (Research in Motion). Sam has also held leadership roles at Aspect Communications, Blue Martini Software, Crossworlds Software, and Oracle Corporation.
Gordon Ledgard - Vice President of Engineering
Gordon Ledgard has been leading, designing, and managing complex software efforts for over 30 years. Gordon headed the team that produced world’s first VoIP Unified Messaging platform operating in a commercial carrier network based on the SIP standard. He also implemented the first Unified Messaging solution fully qualified to operate in an IMS (Internet Multimedia Subsystem) network.
During Iperia’s early years Gordon lead key efforts to introduce unique VoIP/SIP capabilities to Iperia’s communication products. He has been providing leadership for Iperia’s software development team since 2006. Prior to Iperia, Gordon led development efforts for Analogic in the area of long distance telephony monitoring equipment. He was also awarded a patent in the field of high-speed commercial digital printing while at Gamma Graphics.
Steve Chirokas - Vice President of Marketing
Steve has over 20 years of technology marketing experience, introducing products and solutions focusing on communications and voice recognition. Steve leads corporate marketing for Iperia, which includes strategic marketing, brand management, marketing programs and corporate communications. Prior to Iperia, Steve provided leadership as Vice President of Marketing at SpeechCycle, a Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor of self-service telephony applications. Steve was also Director of Product and Partner Marketing for Convergys Corp. preceding SpeechCycle. Steve has held senior level marketing and business development roles at Nuance Communications, Process Software, Brooktrout Technologies and Scitex.
Svitlana Grankovska - Controller
Svitlana Grankovska is responsible for Iperia’s financial management. Prior to Iperia, Svitlana provided financial leadership for Nauka Inc. She also managed all aspects of financial analysis and reporting for Software as a Service (SaaS) eCommerce vendor Holbi Corporation. Svitalana also delivered financial and accounting services for Trexel, Inc.
Svitlana has an extensive international background with experience in financial requirements outside of North America, as well as in support of foreign subsidiaries and international partnerships. She is fluent in three languages.
