Leadership Team

Edward Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Ed Sullivan is the CEO and Founder of Aria Systems. As CEO, Ed brings leadership, vision, and valuable insight to the needs of the marketplace to bear on Aria’s strategic direction. His entrepreneurial spirit and innovative ideas have led him to build several successful companies. Prior to Aria, Ed was the Founder and President of LaserLink.net, the World's first and largest Virtual Internet Service Provider. LaserLink provided billing and Internet services to over one million end users and operated the Internet Services for several ISP's including American Express, Compaq, Gateway, Amway and IBM. LaserLink was acquired by Covad Communications in March 2000.

Ed is a Director of NetQOS, an Austin Texas based IT company which offers end to end network management solutions. NetQOS was recently ranked the number one fastest growing technology company in Texas by Deloitte and Touche. Ed also serves on the advisory board of Covad Communications (DVW) a publicly traded provider of voice and data services. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University.

E. Barry Smith, CFO

E. Barry Smith joined Aria as the Chief Financial Officer of Aria in December 2006. Prior to joining Aria, Barry was CFO of Telkonet (AMEX: TKO). He is a CPA and senior financial executive with diversified experience in both public and private companies. From September 1987 to February of 2003, Barry was employed as a financial partner and retained as a consultant with Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE) and its subsidiary companies, including ThinAirApps, Inc. (a wireless application provider that was sold to Palm, Inc.), Interactive Marketing Venture (a database marketing company) and Tangram Enterprise Solutions (a developer of software/hardware for PC/LAN mainframe connectivity and enterprise software management). His professional background also includes big-four public accounting experience with the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. Barry has also served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for US Golf Management (a public/private golf course and restaurant management company), Vice President of Finance for International Communications Research (a market research and database services company) and Treasurer for The Chilton Company (a publishing company).

Peter Worth, CTO

Peter Worth joined Aria Systems in 2007 as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, he is responsible for the overarching product and technology strategy for Aria as well as working with key partners to leverage the company's technology platform. Peter comes to Aria with over 12 years of technology and management experience in Software Development and Management Consulting, the last 5 of which have been spent managing development teams and infrastructures in the SaaS arena. Prior to joining Aria, Peter held management level positions at Taleo, Adjoined Consulting, and Portal Software. He has a Bachelors of Arts degree from Brown University in Economics and a Masters of Science degree in Computer Science from New York University.

Steve Booth, Vice President of Sales

Steve Booth joined Aria Systems in 2008 as the Vice President of Sales. Steve is responsible for setting Aria's sales strategy and driving revenue growth through enterprise customer base expansion. Steve is a seasoned sales executive, bringing over 20 years of enterprise solution sales and sales management experience to Aria. Prior to joining Aria, Steve held senior sales management positions with QlikTech, Responsys, ADP, and Portal Software. Steve holds a BS in Marketing and Finance from LaSalle University.

Andy Frizzell, Vice President of Customer Operations

Andy Frizzell joined Aria Systems in 2008 as the Vice President of Customer Operations. Andy is responsible for all customers and partners in the areas of solution creation, implementation, training, and support. Andy has over 15 years of professional services experience with CSG Systems, Portal Software, Datasweep and Bricsnet, managing and supporting enterprise software solutions nationally and internationally. Andy has a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from The University of Texas at Austin.