Actian leadership

Marc Potter serves as Chief Executive Officer for Actian, originally joining the company as Chief
Revenue and Operations Officer in 2019. Since being named CEO in January 2023, Marc has
been responsible for driving Actian’s long-term strategic vision and innovations to position
Actian to be the essential provider of data intelligence solutions that enable confident, data-
driven organizations. Under Marc’s leadership, Actian acquired data governance firm Zeenea,
relaunched its flagship Actian Data Platform, and launched its next-generation database for
edge computing.

With over 20 years of leadership experience in information technology and enterprise software
systems, Marc believes in creating an employee-first culture that prioritizes employee
engagement, open communication, and professional development. Prior to joining Actian, he
oversaw the management and security organization focused on cloud solutions sales at Oracle.
He has held multiple strategic leadership roles building and managing global sales and partner
operations and teams with high-growth results at Cabletron Systems, Computer Associates,
Dell, Quest Software and ObserveIT.

Marc holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire.

Steve Lennon serves as Chief Operating Officer for Actian, responsible for efficiently and effectively guiding operations processes and business functions to enable the company to deliver the desired business results and achieve its long-term strategic vision. In this role, he aligns people and processes to support Actian’s positioning as the essential provider of data intelligence solutions that enable confident, data-driven organizations.

Steve has over 25 years of experience leading go-to-market teams for large enterprise software companies, as well as building a software-as-a-service business for a startup. He brings a wealth of knowledge on the enterprise software market and lessons learned from building a growth business inside a larger matrixed organization. Most recently, Steve held a leadership role at Supply Wisdom, a startup in the supply chain data and analytics market. He previously held global leadership roles at Ivanti, MobileIron, and CA Technologies, where he was responsible for the sales and operational functions of the business.

Jennifer serves as Chief Marketing Officer of Actian, bringing 25 years of technology experience and a data-driven approach in enterprise B2B marketing. Her background includes brand and digital transformation.

Prior to joining Actian, Jennifer held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Teradata. Most recently, she led the Digital, Strategy, and Operations functions focused on web modernization and strategy execution. She is driven by customer outcomes with a passion for data and analytics, continuous improvement to drive growth, and developing women in technology.

In 2020, she was nominated for and completed an Executive Development Program led by 3D Leadership Group. Jennifer has been highlighted as one of Seismic’s “101 Women We Admire in Sales and Marketing,” served as an ITSMA panelist and guest in their “C-Suite Marketing” podcast, and featured in Pearson’s 10th edition of “Marketing: Real People, Real Choices” textbook for her work in web redesign. Jennifer has also worked for Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and KoSa / Hoechst Celanese.

She holds a BS in chemical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Marc serves as Chief Financial Officer of Actian and has over 25 years of experience at technology companies in the software, life sciences and renewable energy industries.

During his tenure at Actian, he has led the finance organization through the acquisitions and integrations of Pervasive Software, Versant and ParAccel that more than doubled the size of Actian. Prior to Actian, Marc helped several companies grow their businesses, raise capital and achieve successful exits for their investors. At NEXTracker, he led the finance and legal teams that supported the company’s explosive growth and acquisition by Flex for $330 million. While at Access Closure, he built the G&A function that supported the launch of the company’s first product to achieve over $100 million in annual revenue on a cash flow positive basis and eventual exit via a $320 million acquisition by Cardinal Health. Marc is a CPA and graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in accounting and information systems.

Steve is Chief Information Officer for Actian world-wide, overseeing Information Technology, Facilities and Cloud Operations and Management.

He has over 30 years experience in Information Technology Management. Prior to Actian Steve was CIO for Pervasive Software, which was acquired by Actian. Prior to that, he held CIO/CTO positions at Supporktids and Tivoli and was a senior IT director at Dell. Steve has an MBA in Information Systems Management and a BS in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin.

Pamela Fowler is currently Senior Vice President, Customer Success managing the Global Support Services, Managed Services, Consulting Services and Education delivery teams at Actian Corporation. Pamela is responsible for the entire supporting infrastructure, strategic direction and tactical execution of the global support, managed/consulting services and education organizations. She controls all aspects of the global support delivery model, policies, procedures and infrastructure, and provides strategic leadership by representing the ‘voice of the customer’ to management across all functional areas within Actian. Pam is passionate leader with more than 25+ years experience in customer facing roles and helping to ensure success of customers in the enterprise technology world.

Pamela has been at Actian since November of 2005 when it was divested as a new entity from CA. Previously, Pamela held several leadership roles within CA heading technical support and was instrumental in driving CA’s supporting operations. Prior to CA Pamela was the Vice President of Technical Support for the enterprise and database management software at Platinum Technology, Inc.

Pamela holds both a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Dominican University.

As Chief Technology Officer at Actian, Emma McGrattan leads the company’s technology strategy, innovation, and product development in support of Actian’s mission to simplify how companies connect, manage, govern, and analyze data to transform businesses. Since joining the company three decades ago, Emma has played a pivotal role in the evolution and advancement of its analytics, data integration, and data management solutions, including the Actian Data Platform.

A prominent figure in the database industry, Emma is known for her expertise in data architecture, query optimization, and cloud transformation. Her leadership and contributions to these areas are widely recognized, making her a respected voice at technology events.

Passionate about creating a sustainable, inclusive future for technology, Emma is a celebrated advocate for women in tech and an active mentor dedicated to fostering inclusive cultures within the industry.

Emma holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from Dublin City University in Ireland.

Romy Mager serves as SVP Global Renewal Sales managing all aspects of worldwide renewals and expansion within the existing customer base across all Actian channels and product lines.

Studying in the UK and Germany she holds a Master’s in Professional Business Administration from DAG as well as a Bachelor’s in Professional Marketing from DAA in Frankfurt, Germany.

With more than 30 years’ experience in the software industry, Romy knows how to market and sell into the SMB space, into SaaS as well as into Enterprise markets. She came to Actian via an acquisition from Pervasive Software where she held several Sales and Marketing leadership positions. Prior to Pervasive she was working for Borland and Ashton Tate in several Marketing Management leadership roles as well as for Dow Chemical and Fluor International in Sales and Field Organizations.

Robert comes to Actian following his tenure leading a sales organization at SUSE. SUSE provides infrastructure for business critical linux, kubernetes cluster management and container security. Prior to that, he spent several years running all operations for a VAR consulting company, Centrinet, and leading a customer-facing team in IT financial management solutions at Flexera. Before 2018, Robert spent 10 years holding various leadership roles at Citrix Systems where he led teams in both networking and virtualization practices. Before his tenure at Citrix, he held increasing levels of leadership at NOAD Americas, Business Objects, Ciber, Financial Dynamics, Metro Information Systems, PepsiCo and the US Army.

Robert holds an MBA in Management and Marketing from the University of Dayton and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Bowling Green State University. His combined experience in information technology covers the areas of business development, strategy, sales, process and project management, SaaS applications, business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing, infrastructure, networking, multi-cloud orchestration, security and virtualization. His overall tenure in the technology field extends for more than 29 years.

As Chief Evangelist, Luc Legardeur educates the market on Actian’s Data Intelligence Platform for metadata management applications from search and exploration to data governance, compliance, and cloud transformation initiatives. Luc came to Actian via its September 2024 acquisition of Zeenea, a leader in data catalog and enterprise data marketplace solutions that he co-founded and where he served as CEO.

With a background in software engineering, Luc has deep expertise in data cataloging, analytics, and data lake architectures. A passionate entrepreneur, Luc has founded a multiple companies specializing in IT consulting (Xebia, Thiga, WeScale, UX Republic, Cellenza, Texei, Hymaïa) and software (XebiaLabs) in Europe and the U.S. He credits his success to giving equity to highly involved employees, delegating to smart people, embracing change in a fast-moving world, and communicating transparently.

Educated in France, Luc graduated from SUPINFO, an institution of higher education focused on computer science.