Executive Leadership
Digipede is led by a dynamic, entrepreneurial management team with a track record of growing successful organizations by delivering valued products and services to customers around the world. Having served in leadership roles in technology companies for more than 15 years, our management team is dedicated to delivering distributed computing solutions that solve real-world problems for our customers.
Mr. John T. Powers, President and CEO
Mr. Powers is an economist with more than two decades of entrepreneurial experience. As Digipede Technologies' President and CEO, Mr. Powers applies his unique vision, insight, and experience as well as his proven ability to guide firms profitably through rapid periods of expansion. Most recently, he founded Energy Interactive, a pioneering energy information systems and services company that developed some of the first Web-based information services for the electric utility industry. Mr. Powers holds a B.A. in Economics from Reed College, and an M.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was an ABD in Finance.
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Mr. Robert W. Anderson, CTO
Mr. Anderson is an accomplished software architect and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of experience delivering commercial applications to enterprise customers. As Digipede Technologies' Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Anderson brings his experiences in designing software from both an engineering and business standpoint and in building teams that turn design into reality. Most recently, Mr. Anderson helped to found Energy Interactive, an energy information systems and services company. As the Vice President of Technology he was responsible for software development, product management, and staff development. Mr. Anderson holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Mr. Nathan E. Trueblood, Vice President Client Services
Mr. Trueblood is a seasoned Information Technology developer and a pioneer of the Application Service Provider business model and Internet services for the energy industry. In 1996 he designed and built the first interactive Web application for energy customers. Most recently, Mr. Trueblood was Vice President of Technical Services for BigFix, Inc. an enterprise patch management software company. Prior to BigFix, Mr. Trueblood helped to found Energy Interactive where he served as as Vice President of Client Services; earlier Mr. Trueblood served as Director of IT for Quantum Consulting. Mr. Trueblood holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Daniel Ciruli, Director of Products
Mr. Ciruli is an experienced software designer, developer, and manager with sixteen years of experience developing commercial applications. He has been involved with all aspects of product design, development, customer implementation, and support. As Director of Products, Mr. Ciruli draws upon his experiences both as a software engineer and a manager of multiple customer implementation projects. Prior to Digipede, Mr. Ciruli was Manager of Development in the Retail Energy Services group at ABB and a founder and Director of Development at Energy Interactive. Mr. Ciruli holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
