About

Heirloom Computing was founded in 2010 by a team of mainframe migration & modernization experts. We provide a software platform that is capable of enabling enterprise IT to affect true transformation that is not only extremely cost-effective but also delivers high-value strategic benefits. With Heirloom® and Probe™ we provide a unique software solution for automatically replatforming & refactoring mainframe workloads as cloud-native applications on any cloud, so they can scale horizontally with high-availability on modern infrastructures. Our team partners with GSIs and CSPs to implement transformative legacy modernization projects that accelerate our mutual clients’ business agility.

Management Team

  • President & Chief Executive Officer

    Gary Crook

    President & Chief Executive Officer

    Gary was a founding member of the executive team in 2001 that led Micro Focus from a $60M private entity, through IPO in 2005 to a $1.5B global enterprise software leader in 2009. During this time, Gary served as the Global Vice President of Product Development with 450 staff in 10 locations. Prior to 2001, Gary spent 3 years working for an enterprise ISV developing bespoke application systems and joined Micro Focus in 1987 working in a variety of technical, product management and leadership roles in both the UK and California.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Kevin Moultrup

    Chief Operating Officer

    Kevin has more than 30 years of executive leadership and sales experience, including 18 years at Micro Focus in executive roles such as Executive Vice President of worldwide channel sales and President of North America where he was responsible for sales, services, and marketing. Kevin was on the executive team that purchased Micro Focus in 2001 and grew the revenues from $90 million to $470M. Before joining Micro Focus, Kevin spent 6 years in various sales and marketing roles at Sun Microsystems. Kevin graduated from California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo with degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration.

  • Chief Financial Officer

    Edward Abbati

    Chief Financial Officer

    A senior executive with over 30 years of business experience working with internationally-based software and Internet companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations, Edward has a strong financial and accounting background along with extensive technology licensing and sales operations experience. From 2001, Edward spent 9 years as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Global IP Solutions (“GIPS”). Prior to working at GIPS, Edward worked with Intarka, Autodesk Ventures, Micro Focus, Viacom Cable and Ford Motor Company in various financial roles. Edward received his MBA from the University of San Francisco and his BBA from Western Michigan University.

  • Vice President, Product Development

    Graham Cunningham

    EMEA General Manager & CTO

    Graham has more than 30 years of experience in the software and financial industry. He has co-founded multiple companies delivering software services and products to the financial industry in Switzerland. As CTO of an FX Hedge Fund, he oversaw the creation and managed the trading of multiple high-speed algorithmic trading systems. Building technology solutions that deliver real business value to financial organizations is one of his core strengths.

  • Vice President, Partner Development

    Becky Etheridge

    Chief Partner Officer

    Becky brings over 25 years of experience of working in the software and technology industry. Having spent much of her career in direct software sales roles within the financial services sector, Becky later transitioned into global alliance management. By combining skills in sales, marketing, and business development, Becky has helped organizations accelerate market and sales growth through customer-led collaboration with global system integrators and cloud partners. Becky has held senior roles at Microsoft, SAP, VMware, OpenText, and LzLabs.

  • Vice President, Product Development

    Ian White

    Vice President, Product Development

    With over 25 years of experience in the enterprise technology industry, Ian most recently led development of the cloud computing group at Micro Focus. Prior to that appointment, Ian served as a founding member of the Micro Focus CTO office, where he provided strategic guidance to blue chip organizations and partners implementing enterprise cloud platforms. Originally from the UK, Ian relocated to California in 2000 to spend several years working with industry luminaries on Web Service standards, and is a frequent speaker at worldwide conferences on the subjects of web services, performance and application modernization.

President & Chief Executive Officer

Gary Crook

President & Chief Executive Officer

Gary was a founding member of the executive team in 2001 that led Micro Focus from a $60M private entity, through IPO in 2005 to a $1.5B global enterprise software leader in 2009. During this time, Gary served as the Global Vice President of Product Development with 450 staff in 10 locations. Prior to 2001, Gary spent 3 years working for an enterprise ISV developing bespoke application systems and joined Micro Focus in 1987 working in a variety of technical, product management and leadership roles in both the UK and California.

Chief Operating Officer

Kevin Moultrup

Chief Operating Officer

Kevin has more than 30 years of executive leadership and sales experience, including 18 years at Micro Focus in executive roles such as Executive Vice President of worldwide channel sales and President of North America where he was responsible for sales, services, and marketing. Kevin was on the executive team that purchased Micro Focus in 2001 and grew the revenues from $90 million to $470M. Before joining Micro Focus, Kevin spent 6 years in various sales and marketing roles at Sun Microsystems. Kevin graduated from California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo with degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration.

Chief Financial Officer

Edward Abbati

Chief Financial Officer

A senior executive with over 30 years of business experience working with internationally-based software and Internet companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations, Edward has a strong financial and accounting background along with extensive technology licensing and sales operations experience. From 2001, Edward spent 9 years as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Global IP Solutions (“GIPS”). Prior to working at GIPS, Edward worked with Intarka, Autodesk Ventures, Micro Focus, Viacom Cable and Ford Motor Company in various financial roles. Edward received his MBA from the University of San Francisco and his BBA from Western Michigan University.

Vice President, Product Development

Graham Cunningham

EMEA General Manager & CTO

Graham has more than 30 years of experience in the software and financial industry. He has co-founded multiple companies delivering software services and products to the financial industry in Switzerland. As CTO of an FX Hedge Fund, he oversaw the creation and managed the trading of multiple high-speed algorithmic trading systems. Building technology solutions that deliver real business value to financial organizations is one of his core strengths.

Vice President, Partner Development

Becky Etheridge

Chief Partner Officer

Becky brings over 25 years of experience of working in the software and technology industry. Having spent much of her career in direct software sales roles within the financial services sector, Becky later transitioned into global alliance management. By combining skills in sales, marketing, and business development, Becky has helped organizations accelerate market and sales growth through customer-led collaboration with global system integrators and cloud partners. Becky has held senior roles at Microsoft, SAP, VMware, OpenText, and LzLabs.

Vice President, Product Development

Ian White

Vice President, Product Development

With over 25 years of experience in the enterprise technology industry, Ian most recently led development of the cloud computing group at Micro Focus. Prior to that appointment, Ian served as a founding member of the Micro Focus CTO office, where he provided strategic guidance to blue chip organizations and partners implementing enterprise cloud platforms. Originally from the UK, Ian relocated to California in 2000 to spend several years working with industry luminaries on Web Service standards, and is a frequent speaker at worldwide conferences on the subjects of web services, performance and application modernization.

Board

The Heirloom Computing board is composed of President & CEO Gary Crook, CFO Edward Abbati and external director Jeff Nick.
    Jeffery M. Nick (Board Member)

    Jeff is a computing industry luminary, holding over 90 patents. With 24 years of service at IBM, he was appointed as an IBM Fellow in 2001. He served as Corporate CTO at EMC from 2004 to 2012, where he was responsible for cross-product technology strategy and played a major role in setting technical direction for EMC’s M&A activities in the areas of cloud computing, software-defined data center, and data analytics. At Pivotal from 2013 to 2015, Jeff served as Senior Vice President and Chief Solutions Architect from Pivotal’s inception as a spin-out from EMC and VMware. Pivotal was formed to address the needs of enterprise customers looking to adopt cloud computing and leverage big data analytics at cloud-scale.

Jeffery M. Nick (Board Member)

Jeff is a computing industry luminary, holding over 90 patents. With 24 years of service at IBM, he was appointed as an IBM Fellow in 2001. He served as Corporate CTO at EMC from 2004 to 2012, where he was responsible for cross-product technology strategy and played a major role in setting technical direction for EMC’s M&A activities in the areas of cloud computing, software-defined data center, and data analytics. At Pivotal from 2013 to 2015, Jeff served as Senior Vice President and Chief Solutions Architect from Pivotal’s inception as a spin-out from EMC and VMware. Pivotal was formed to address the needs of enterprise customers looking to adopt cloud computing and leverage big data analytics at cloud-scale.

Careers

Why work at Heirloom? Simply put – to make an impact.

Join an outstanding team that is working with some of the largest and most influential companies in the world to transform and modernize their enterprise IT infrastructure.

Enterprise mission-critical applications are the backbone of our global economy. These applications run the most powerful companies around the world. Yet, they have not kept pace with today’s modern computing platforms.

Heirloom is changing that.

At Heirloom, every employee, valued for their opinions and contributions, has the autonomy to make decisions and do what is right for our customers. Work where you want & when you want. Take as much vacation as you need. We work independently, and we work together to bring to market unparalleled products and services.

At Heirloom, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Heirloom is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

If you’re an outstanding technologist with prior experience working with both mainframe & open systems platforms building compilers and/or back-end enterprise Java applications, contact us below.

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