Management Team | Vertafore

Euan C. Menzies, President & CEO
Currently president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors, Euan Menzies joined Vertafore as president and chief operating officer in September 2000 and has been chief executive officer since May 2001. From 1987 until early 2000, Mr. Menzies was a senior executive with The Thomson Corporation, where he held a number of general management positions, most notably as the president and chief executive of Thomson's tax and regulatory division (RIA Group). From February 2000 until September 2000, he was chairman and chief executive officer of iClick, an Internet-based software and services company in the human resources sector. Mr. Menzies is a chartered accountant in the U.K., and earned his undergraduate degree (B.Acc) from Glasgow University, Scotland.

John Morrow, Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Legal Affairs (interim CFO)
John Morrow joined Vertafore in June 2006 and is senior vice president, corporate development and legal affairs. Mr. Morrow is responsible for mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and partnerships, UK operations, legal matters, data privacy, IT security and compliance for the company. Mr. Morrow was previously a partner with Heller Ehrman LLP, a major international law firm, where he represented public and private technology companies in mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, licensing and strategic partnership transactions, corporate governance, and general business matters. Mr. Morrow joined the firm as a result of its merger with Venture Law Group, a leading Silicon Valley-based law firm focused on representing technology companies. Prior to joining Venture Law Group, Mr. Morrow was an associate at Baker & Hostetler LLP. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from DePauw University and a juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Julia Nenke, Senior Vice President, Organizational Capability
Julia Nenke joined Vertafore in January 2010 as senior vice president, human resources. Ms. Nenke most recently led human resources at Tabcorp Ltd where she focused on leading a broad set of change initiatives to drive real, sustained change within the business. To achieve this result, the team focused on the organizational model, reward systems, talent management, and cross-unit linkages. Julia has also worked in human resources management for several other high quality organizations, including the Campbell Soup Company, News Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline. Julia is a native of Australia, and has worked in senior HR roles in both Australia and in Europe.

Mark Sonders, Senior Vice President, Sales and Client Services
Mark Sonders joined Vertafore in August 2011 as senior vice president, sales and client services. In this role, he leverages his experience in both the software and financial services sectors to lead Vertafore’s integrated sales and service organization. Mr. Sonders’ responsibilities extend across sales, account management, marketing, professional services, and client support throughout the entire insurance distribution channel, including independent agents, brokers, MGAs, carriers and reinsurers. Prior to joining Vertafore, Mr. Sonders was managing director, head of direct sales, Americas at Thomson Reuters Corporation, a leading multi-national business information and technology corporation. During his tenure at Thomson Reuters, Mr. Sonders led teams responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue across multiple channels and drove sales transformation and other key change management initiatives for several verticals across the company. Prior to Thomson Reuters, Mark was managing director, sales with eMind LLC (now part of the Kaplan Educational Group), a provider of online insurance and securities continuing education and compliance solutions. Mr. Sonders holds a Bachelor of Arts in marketing and finance from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Susanna Morgan, Senior Vice President, Strategy
Susanna Morgan joined Vertafore in July 2007 and is responsible for leading market expansion opportunities, strategic planning, and cross-functional projects. She has also led Corporate Development and Product Management and Marketing during her tenure at Vertafore. Prior to Vertafore, Ms. Morgan was vice president of corporate development at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., a leading provider of securities brokerage and financial services. Ms. Morgan was responsible for acquisitions totaling more than $800 million, supervising a portfolio of venture investments and directing corporate strategy, including growth opportunities and Schwab's $500 million cost-savings initiative. Before Charles Schwab, Ms. Morgan led numerous acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships and investments at Oracle and Women.com. She started her career advising Fortune 500 clients at strategy consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton. Ms. Morgan holds a bachelor's degree in quantitative economics and a master's degree in international policy from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Mark Craig, Senior Vice President, Product Management
Mark Craig joined Vertafore in May of 2011 as vice president of agency management systems product management, and in February of 2012 he was appointed senior vice president of product management. Before Vertafore, Mr. Craig spent thirteen years at Oracle in various consulting, strategic product management and development leadership roles , where he was honored as ‘Oracle Innovator’ in 2009. He is a recognized innovator with expertise in Software-as-a-Service and On-Premise software driven business processes. Mr. Craig earned his master of business administration in strategic marketing and business strategy from UC Berkeley. Additionally, he possesses a bachelor of commerce in accounting and bachelor of science in biochemistry from the University of Queensland, Australia.