Sirana Management Team

Chris Williams - President & CEO
Chris Williams has an extensive background in software marketing and management, with more than 15 years of experience, from small startup companies to industry-leader Microsoft. For the last ten years, he has concentrated on messaging products and services.

Before founding Sirana, Chris was at Microsoft on the Exchange product team for six years and launched the Exchange 4.0, 5.0, and 5.5 releases. In his last role as a senior product planner, Chris was responsible for market planning and strategy for Exchange 2000.

He holds a master's degree in business administration from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Washington .

John Hillock - Vice President, Sales & Marketing
For more than 15 years, John has managed the successful delivery and support of award-winning, enterprise class software solutions to organizations around the world.

John led the product management for NetIQ’s AppAnalyzer product from 2001 – 2005, including every major and minor release of the product. Along with owning the overall product strategy and direction, he personally assisted with the successful implementation of AppAnalyzer at many of the largest Microsoft Exchange deployments worldwide. John oversaw all key customer support issues, as well as development of all customer and partner training materials.

He is a Microsoft Certified Professional that has spoken at several industry events, including Microsoft Tech Ed, Microsoft Management Summit, and NetIQ’s NetConnect.

Stewart Kirchmeier - Vice President, Engineering
Stewart has over 20 years experience developing software solutions for a diverse range of industries. He has over 10 years experience managing software development projects for both startups and large corporations, directing the efforts of small teams to entire departments.

Prior to joining Sirana, Stewart spent 4 years as Principal Architect and Development Manager at NetIQ Corporation working on several enterprise reporting products, including AppAnalyzer.

He holds a bachelor of science degree in computer and information sciences from the University of Oregon.