BigFix, Inc. was founded with a powerful vision: to design a revolutionary new way to solve computer problems before they cause failures. BigFix solutions - patented, implemented and in use worldwide - help dramatically cut the complexity of keeping up with security challenges and configuration changes across hundreds of thousands of enterprise servers, desktops and laptops.

BigFix Executive Team

Dave Robbins
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dave Robbins brings more than 20 years of senior management experience to BigFix, where he serves as president and CEO and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company. Robbins, who previously served as COO of BigFix, has extensive executive leadership experience in the enterprise software industry, and has led operations and business development efforts at both public and private technology companies over his career. Prior to joining BigFix, Robbins served as CEO of Quippe Technologies, a provider of procurement services for the equipment manufacturing industry. Before Quippe, he was CEO of Lucidity, Inc., and also held senior management positions at Cephren Corporation (acquired by Citadon, Inc.), ULTRADATA, Inc., Automatic Data Processing and Progressive Insurance Companies.

Phil Husby
Chief Financial Officer
Phil Husby brings 15 years of executive management experience to BigFix, where he serves as the company's CFO. Prior to BigFix, Husby served as CFO of Iomega Corporation, a leading data storage company, where he was responsible for all financial activity for the multi-billion dollar business. Prior to Iomega, Husby spent ten years as CFO at Ogden Corporation and also served as audit partner for KPMG in Europe and the United States.

Dennis Goodrow
Vice President of Development
Dennis Goodrow has 27 years of development and engineering experience and serves as BigFix's vice president of development. Before joining BigFix, Goodrow held a range of positions at leading technology companies, heading the design and development of numerous technological innovations, including Expediter, the first commercial Applesoft compiler, and the Einstein Writer word processor for the IBM PC. Additionally, Goodrow was director of development for the award-winning LEGO Island for Mindscape, as well as lead programmer for Math Garden. In his career, he worked for R&D Associates, developing mainframe-based electronic mail and distributed database applications. Goodrow is co-inventor of several patents for BigFix technology.

George Billman
Vice President of Business Development
George Billman brings more than 20 years of senior level experience in the enterprise security and infrastructure industries to BigFix, where he is responsible for building strategic business relationships and directing company-wide business strategies. Billman previously served as Vice President of Business Development for PentaSafe Security Technologies, where he helped develop key partnerships around PentaSafe's vulnerability management products. Prior to his work with PentaSafe, Billman managed Silicon Valley business development for security vendors Entrust and enCommerce. Before focusing on security, Billman spent five years with Forte Software where he served on the CEO's operating committee and successfully drove global partnerships with a number of large enterprises, including Digital Equipment and Mitsubishi. Billman began his business development career with Informix Software, where he spearheaded its government market and Asia-Pacific operations.

Gregory Toto
Vice President of Product Management
Gregory Toto brings more than 19 years of product development and engineering executive management experience to BigFix, where he serves as the company's vice president of product management, driving all aspects of product strategy and direction. Prior to joining BigFix, Toto served as vice president of engineering for HopeLink Corporation, an Internet healthcare application service provider, where he led product development, and technical operations, and managed the company's intellectual property strategy. Before joining HopeLink, Toto led engineering and technical operations for KiraCom Corporation. Earlier in his career, Toto managed software development and engineering projects for a number of large enterprises including Palm, Apple Computer and Gynecare/Johnson & Johnson. Toto is the co-inventor of three patents in control automation.

Bernie Skomra
Senior Vice President, Global Sales
Bernie Skomra brings more than 20 years of senior management experience to BigFix, where he has responsibility for managing direct and indirect revenue channels for the company. Prior to joining BigFix, Skomra served as Executive Vice President World Wide Field Operations for Solidcore Systems, an endpoint security solution. Before Solidcore, Bernie was founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of Apacheta Corporation. Prior to Apacheta Bernie was Vice President North American Field Operations for Portal Software. He has also held senior management and individual contributor positions at Oracle Corporation, General Electric, and IBM. Mr. Skomra holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University.

David Hindawi
Founder
Dr. David Hindawi, an accomplished entrepreneur and inventor, founded BigFix in 1997. Prior to founding BigFix, Hindawi held several executive management roles, including serving as CEO of Software Ventures, a market leader in telecommunications software. Hindawi founded Software Ventures and led the company to its acquisition by PSINet, Inc. Hindawi founded BigFix with the mission of making enterprise desktops, laptops and servers run more securely and efficiently. He served as BigFix's first CEO and led the development of the BigFix technology platform. Hindawi holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley and is co-inventor of numerous patents on BigFix technology.