management team

Chris Baker is both a seasoned entrepreneur and a Fortune 250 senior leader. He has been a member of SoftServe’s Board of Directors since 2012, and became CEO in 2015. Chris has led high growth technology companies for over 20 years.

Most recently, Chris has served both as President and CTO of 360incentives.com, a leading incentive management company based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to that, he has been an active angel investor after serving as President of Group 1 Software, a leading enterprise class software company based in Lanham, MD (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes.) While with Pitney Bowes, he participated in multiple acquisitions and integrations and was a member of the Chairman’s Council and the Strategic Leaders Council.

Earlier in his career, among other startups, Chris founded and built MailCode Inc. into a leading global provider of technology solutions for mail processing via optical character reading, which was later sold to Pitney Bowes. Mr. Baker holds multiple patents, including one for Differential Weighing, a method to increase the speed and efficiency of weighing mail pieces.

Chris holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, with honors, from Purdue University and has been honored as a Distinguished Purdue Alumnus.

Harry is a seasoned business leader with a 25+ year track record of helping customers achieve their goals as a consultant, sales leader and product development leader. Prior to joining to SoftServe in 2008, Harry founded and sold two software companies and was CEO of a non-profit social services company. Harry holds a BS in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology.

As Executive Vice President of Client Success, Harry is responsible for all aspects of SoftServe’s service delivery, leading engineering and customer facing teams globally while growing and developing a strong Client Solutions team – all focused on assuring our client’s success by providing a premium experience.

Juan is responsible for managing all aspects of Global business, including sales and marketing, as well as other operational duties. He has been instrumental in driving SoftServe’s phenomenal growth since joining the company in 2010.

He is a proven senior executive with more than 30 years’ experience in Sales Management, Business Development, International Sales, Professional Services, Product Development, and Enterprise-level Software Solution experience.

Prior to SoftServe, he served as Executive Vice President of North American Sales and Business Development for Pitney Bowes Software, where he was responsible for more than $185 Million in revenue, while motivating more than 150 associates. During his 11-year tenure, the company’s revenue grew from $25 Million to over $185 Million in North America.

Brian is a proven business leader with more than 20 years’ experience in Business Operations, Product Marketing, Business Development, Channels, Business Planning and Sales. His expertise comes from a wide range of technology companies ranging from Enterprise Software to Networking to Consulting. Prior to SoftServe, Brian was with BMC Software, where he managed global operations for their largest division and led the project that brought BMC outsourcing to Ukraine. In addition to BMC, Brian has worked at Enterasys Networks, Austin Ventures, Accenture and was the co-founder of an Austin based infrastructure software startup, so he brings a wealth of experience to SoftServe. Brian is located in our US headquarters in Austin, TX and travels to all of our locations. He holds a BA from University of Michigan and an MBA from The University of Texas.

Robert Corace is a seasoned industry professional with more than 25 years’ experience in leading sales and implementation teams, technology groups, and global delivery centers. Robert is an expert in digital and technology enablement, digital disruption, and digital futurism. Prior to joining SoftServe, he served as an SVP, Co-Global Head of Business Development for EPAM where he ran Sales and Digital Consulting globally.

Andriy joined SoftServe in August 2010 after almost 10 years of financial management experience with the technology companies in Ukraine.

Andriy is responsible for managing SoftServe`s finance and treasury functions, and accounting and reporting, budgeting and controlling, cash management, and international tax management issues. Under his leadership the finance organization of SoftServe is being transformed to comply with the highest standards and best practices in the profession.

He graduated from the Department of International Relations of Lviv National Ivan Franko University with a major in International Finance. Afterwards Andriy continued professional education and became a member of ACCA (UK) in 2000.

Stuart is a broad based global HR leader with over 15 years of Technology and Transformation experience. He is accountable for supporting and accelerating company’s investments into SoftServe’s globalization and growth strategy by implementing world class HR systems, tools, and processes that can better serve SoftServe associates and it turn SoftServe customers.

His key areas of focus include organizational effectiveness, change management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, executive recruitment, learning and development, HR systems and processes, and leadership/management development.

Stuart brings a proven track record of success in the transformation of Human Resource functions by using HR data, systems, and processes to leverage key people decisions in order to support scalable and sustainable growth areas. Prior to SoftServe, Stuart served as VP Human Resources for Tata Communications, a global telecommunications company. Earlier in his career, he also worked in HR leadership roles at Avaya, and Cisco Systems.

Oleh is responsible for leading SoftServe`s Legal, Public Affairs and Office Administration in accordance with industry standards and company objectives. He has been successfully managing these areas for SoftServe for the last 20 years.

In 1996, Oleh joined SoftServe as a company Director, and since 2010 he has served as EVP of Administration. Oleh graduated from Lviv Polytechnic National University and obtained a degree in Systems Engineering. Afterwards he continued professional education and obtained his degree in Managerial Economics, and completed the MBA program at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.

Kris joined SoftServe in 2003 as a tester in the Quality Assurance team and during her 10+ years career, has held senior and managerial positions not only in QA, but also in Project Management, Process Improvement, Consulting and Design. One of the first consultants in the company Kris is responsible for many of the service offerings developed by the company.

As the Chief of Staff to the CEO Kris uses her exceptional organizational and people skills to enable the CEO to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders and to fulfil his commitments to SoftServe’s Board of Directors.

Kris holds an M.A. degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, and M.A. in English language and literature from Lviv National Ivan Franko University.