LiveAction
Leadership Team

Stephen Stuut has been the CEO of LiveAction Inc. since August 2019 and brings more than 25 years of experience fueling corporate growth in leading technology businesses.

Prior to LiveAction, he served four years as CEO of the digital identity company Jumio, during which time ARR grew sevenfold while becoming cashflow positive in 2 ½ years; he is currently Jumio’s Chairman of the Board. Previously Mr. Stuut served as CEO of TruePosition, a leader in location-based services technology, which was spun off into Liberty Broadband Corp. and was the CEO of Broadband Innovations, delivering digital interactivity services to cable TV providers, which was sold to Motorola.

Mr. Stuut managed the Telecommunications Practice at McKinsey & Company and did business strategy consulting for Booz-Allen & Hamilton in Germany and Braxton Associates (now Deloitte & Touche) in the United Kingdom. He also worked for Northrup Grumman and Raytheon as an electro-optical systems engineer.

Mr. Stuut holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from the School of Arts & Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, a BS with honors in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MS from the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.

Francine serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of LiveAction.  Francine brings more than 25 years of proven financial strategy and operations leadership experience delivering outstanding results for B2B software and data companies.  Francine previously served as Deputy CFO and VP, Finance at INTTRA (a private-equity backed software and network business servicing the ocean shipping industry), where she helped lead the company through a successful exit and sale to E2Open.  Prior to that, Francine held various roles of increasing responsibility in both finance and operations.  She served as  Vice President of Global Sales Operations and Finance at TravelClick, a private-equity sponsored global provider of cloud-based data-driven solutions for maximizing hotel revenue and spent 10 years with Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), a leading source of B2B commercial information & insight.  Francine began her career as an Auditor at Deloitte & Touche, growing and developing the foundation of her immense skillset. Francine earned her B.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University and her M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.  She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

John Smith is CTO, EVP and founder of LiveAction and previously served as VP of Engineering at Spirent where he was responsible for $150M+ revenue per year product line with over 140 engineers.  John has been in networking and software development for over 25 years with companies such as Boeing, Phoenix Technologies and Referentia.  John holds 6 patents developed under LiveAction in the areas of network management and visualizations.     John holds a MS in computer science and research towards his PhD in machine learning using genetic algorithms for autonomous navigation.

Pete Tyrrell is the Chief Revenue Officer at LiveAction. He has spent the better part of 30 years building high performing global Enterprise sales teams for Venture and Private Equity backed software organizations including SmartBear, Digital Guardian, 170 Systems ArrowPoint Communications and PTC. Pete attended the University of New Hampshire and graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

Vishwas Puttasubbappa is the SVP of R&D and GM of LiveSP Business Unit at LiveAction. He and his team of awesome Engineers are responsible for delivering LiveAction Products in an efficient and timely manner so as to exceed expectations set by LiveAction’s Customers and thereby providing a strategic advantage to LiveAction. He has over 20 years of experience in the software and networking industry taking on various responsibilities. Prior to joining LiveAction as a product manager, Vishwas spent about 8 years at Cisco working for diverse teams such as solution test, product management, consulting, Customer advocacy and architecture. Prior to Cisco, he worked at Ericsson and Lucent Technologies developing Products in the computer networking space. He holds advanced degrees in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and a CCIE in Routing and Switching. He likes to spend any time outside of his work with his wife and three kids, watching movies, travelling, playing sports and expanding his culinary skills.

Joe O’Connor is currently Senior Vice President of LiveAction’s Channels and Alliances Team.   He manages the combined resale channel and Alliance teams to drive strategic go-to-market partnerships.

Joe formerly participated in the NYC DreamIt and MassChallenge accelerators in business development for several early-stage startups.   Prior to that he was with Cisco for nearly 20 years serving in various senior Pre-Sales Engineering capacities leading teams from NY Metro to the US Enterprise Segment and then leading Business Development for Cisco’s IoT / Smart Building initiatives.

Fielder Hiss is the SVP of Marketing at LiveAction.  In this role Fielder oversees all aspects of Marketing and Customer Care.  Fielder previously served as VP of Product Marketing and Product Management at Continuum helping them scale to acquisition while building a new cybersecurity business for managed service providers.  Prior to Continuum, Fielder held several leadership roles in marketing and product management at EnerNOC and Dassault Systemes SolidWorks.

Brian Nugent is a founding General Partner of Sway Ventures, as well as a seasoned technology industry executive, entrepreneur and board director. As an investor, entrepreneur, operator and strategic advisor in over 150 technology ventures, Brian has built domain expertise and deep connections across the IT industry on five continents.

Brian has a proven record of driving software, SaaS, hardware and IT Services companies to market leadership positions. As an entrepreneur and operating executive he ran both public and privately-held enterprise software companies. Previously, Brian was a senior executive at Teros (acquired by Citrix), Atrica (acquired by Nokia-Siemens) and LuxN (acquired by Sorrento Networks). He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of ThreatSTOP, Liquid Grids, and CyberHive.

Brian is a member of the ‘Alliance of CEOs’, the San Diego Venture Group, and is a frequent lecturer at CEO consortium’s such as the ‘CEO Total Access Series’. He is active in a variety of charitable organizations and is a Board Member of PEERS Network and is a member of the 2013 National Champion Sunset Water Polo Club. Brian holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.

Paul has more than 25 years of operating experience as a Chief Executive Officer and senior executive leading a wide-range of technology organizations, from traditional software and SaaS to managed-service business models. Paul’s long track record of success includes start-ups, growth companies, and complex multinational businesses. Paul has a passion for fostering strong, team-oriented customer-centric organizations, characterized by high performing sales and marketing functions. Paul most recently served as CEO of Unitrends, a private equity backed data-management software company.

Paul holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and an from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Philine is a vice president at Insight Partners. She focuses on both high growth and mature software businesses, particularly in cybersecurity and infrastructure software.

Previously, she spent time on Insight’s Onsite team, working closely with portfolio executives on GTM strategy, product strategy, and M&A. Prior to Insight, she worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company’s New York Office. Her work at McKinsey focused largely on growth and transaction strategy, advising clients across a variety of industries including financial services and financial technology, pharmaceuticals, and industrials.

Stephen Stuut has been the CEO of LiveAction Inc. since August 2019 and brings more than 25 years of experience fueling corporate growth in leading technology businesses.

Prior to LiveAction, he served four years as CEO of the digital identity company Jumio, during which time ARR grew sevenfold while becoming cashflow positive in 2 ½ years; he is currently Jumio’s Chairman of the Board. Previously Mr. Stuut served as CEO of TruePosition, a leader in location-based services technology, which was spun off into Liberty Broadband Corp. and was the CEO of Broadband Innovations, delivering digital interactivity services to cable TV providers, which was sold to Motorola.

Mr. Stuut managed the Telecommunications Practice at McKinsey & Company and did business strategy consulting for Booz-Allen & Hamilton in Germany and Braxton Associates (now Deloitte & Touche) in the United Kingdom. He also worked for Northrup Grumman and Raytheon as an electro-optical systems engineer.

Mr. Stuut holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from the School of Arts & Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania, a BS with honors in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MS from the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.