The Team

Today, Mission3 is helping customers realize program delivery through innovative web-based Software as a Service.

Before founding Mission3, Inc. Dirk held the position of Principal Consultant and Solution Architect at Arbortext (now PTC), the leader in Dynamic Enterprise Publishing. Dirk designed and implemented applications for several fortune 1000 companies including SAP, Schlumberger, HP, and Lockheed Martin.

Dirk architected and implemented some exciting new technology solutions while at Arbortext - building the first fully automated SVG based pharmaceutical labeling application which formatted approved labeling content with graphical symbols to create a print ready file without human intervention ensuring SPL content flowed through regulatory to product without errors.

Prior to Arbortext, Dirk was a Principal at SeraNova where he implemented globally deployed Internet Security applications for American Express and 3Com.

Dirk was selected as one of Arizona’s leading innovators in 2008 35 Entrepreneurs Under 35. Dirk is often found speaking at industry trade events and featured in a variety of industry trade publications.

Dirk received his Bachelors from the University of Michigan.

Prior to Mission3, Chris was Vice President of Customer Operations at ATX-CoreComm, a national provider of telecommunication services. There, he provided day-to-day leadership to the entire customer facing operations team. Responsible for more than 500 employees spread across multiple departments, he played a key role in the integration of 32 acquire companies. He also oversaw two contact centers that handled more than 2 million calls per year and developed his team into a single world-class organization that consistently exceeded benchmarked industry standards by financial, technology, and customer service perspectives.

Chris has his Bachelor and Master's degrees from Michigan State University.

Dhruv advises our customers on their Program Delivery strategy and definitions of solution architectures that help them achieve their business objectives using the Mission3 platform. He also provides technical leadership to our project teams to ensure that customer implementations leverage Mission3’s best practices to the fullest extent possible. Internally, Dhruv is constantly engaged with our Engineering team to drive improvements to our existing products based on customer feedback and also helps shape our go-to-market strategies.

Prior to joining Mission3, Dhruv was an Associate at Waterstone Management Group LLC from 2008-09 where he assisted senior Partners in advising technology clients on business strategy and operations. From 2001-2006, Dhruv held various consulting and business development positions within the Professional Services organization at Arbortext / PTC Inc., in the U.S. as well as in Europe. He has extensive experience implementing content management solutions for pharmaceutical clients to help serve their regulatory requirements. Dhruv has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

She is experienced in defining, assessing, and improving processes related to correspondence tracking, document management, electronic publishing (eCTD), and project/submission management. At Mission3, she provides regulatory leadership and subject-matter expertise to help clients best utilize cutting-edge process and technology solutions.

Before turning his talents onto software industry, Mr. Suchanek was the deputy Investment Director and Analyst at the MWB Wertpapierhandelsbank and succeeded in establishing a new corporate investment department for a cooperative bank.

Mr. Suchanek has earned his Doctorate from The Health and Life Sciences University in Hall/Tyrol (Austria). His research interest in the course of his doctoral program was in the field of economics and management in the Life Sciences industry. Additionally, Mr. Suchanek holds a degree in Business Administration (Finance) and is also university lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences “FOM” for corporate finance and investment in Munich, Germany.

Before joining Merge Healthcare, Mr. Dearborn served as Managing Director and General Counsel at Merrick Ventures, LLC. Prior to his roles at Merrick Ventures, Mr. Dearborn served in various executive senior management positions for Click Commerce, Inc., a publicly-traded software and services company. Mr. Dearborn was appointed Corporate Secretary of Click Commerce in May, 2003.

Prior to Click Commerce, Mr. Dearborn worked at Motorola, Inc. where he specialized in intellectual property transactions and held management positions in Motorola’s Semiconductor and Government Groups.

Bill writes a monthly column for CFOmagazine.com and frequently speaks at the European University in Munich. He also holds seminars on international expansion for companies throughout the US and Europe. Bill began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston and holds a BS in Accounting from Oklahoma State University. He has lived and worked internationally for fifteen years in six countries. He speaks English, German and basic Dutch and lives in the Bavarian countryside south of Munich with his wife and two kids.