Andrew Perez
President and CEO
Andy Perez, President and CEO of WiWait, joined the company in May 2007. He brings to Wiwait the experience of a leading visionary and a wealth of management experience. His responsibilities include leading Wiwait’s corporate development and strategic partnership activities, as well as long-term planning. Mr. Perez brings more than 17 years of business planning, operations, and venture capital experience, having developed and implemented strategic plans for companies covering a wide range of markets.
Most recently Andy served at Microsoft as Business Manager for National System Integrators and Independent Software Vendors, and with Boeing Technology Ventures in the capacity of Entrepreneur in Residence. He has served as a Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Hosford Ventures, as well as Chief Executive Officer of Dealer Trade Group.
Troy A. Blackmon
Executive Vice President of Business Development,
Global Sales and Marketing
Troy Blackmon is the Executive Vice President of Business Development, Global Sales and Marketing for Wiwait. His responsibilities include leading Wiwait’s global sales and marketing teams, as well as directing the company's product management, professional services, and business partnership alliances. With over 15 years of sales, marketing and business development experience, Mr. Blackmon is instrumental in building and leading Wiwait's world-class sales and channel teams, and in positioning Wiwait as the leading provider of vertical specific business technology solutions. Mr. Blackmon’s diverse achievements in the area of technology and retail environments provides leadership for the WiWait team in product development, sales, marketing, and business development.
Most recently Troy served as a partner at OneAccord, a management consulting firm with more than 40 partners throughout the United States. As a Partner at OneAccord, he held numerous executive roles with early-stage technology companies inclusive of vice president of sales at a medical software company, vice president of sales and business development at a software development company, and most recently as vice president of business development at an internet based services company. Prior to joining OneAccord, Troy was a business consultant with Chick-fil-A, a quick-service restaurant chain with over $2 billion in annual revenues.
John Shelley
Executive Vice President Technology Solutions
and Product Development
John Shelley is a visionary technologist with vast experience creating and developing technical solutions to meet real world growth objectives. Having joined Wiwait in 2006, John’s leadership within Wiwait's Engineering and Product Management departments has been instrumental in helping to drive ground-breaking technology innovation and application based on meeting customer business objectives. John’s ability to leverage technology and people to accomplish results provides both inspiration and direction to the WiWait engineering and development teams. His responsibilities include managing hardware and software development, architecture, information security, network infrastructure and development operations for Wiwait Labs.
Prior to joining Wiwait, Mr. Shelley served as IT Director for Russell Corporation. His team designed and built an IT infrastructure that facilitated operational and management efficiencies leading to sales growth from $16 million to $133 million in revenue.