Executive Team

Jeff Reedy

Chief Executive Officer

Jeff co-founded Overture Networks and has led its growth to a leadership position in the Carrier Ethernet market. He began his career in 1980 at Bell Laboratories designing packet switching hardware and in 1984 joined FiberLAN, Inc., rising to Director of Engineering. In 1988 he co-founded T3 Technologies, a successful startup later acquired by Larscom Incorporated, a leader in network access equipment based in Silicon Valley, where he was VP of Engineering for eight years.   Products for the carrier market conceived and developed under Jeff's direction fueled Larscom's growth in the mid-nineties and positioned Larscom for an IPO in 1996. In 2008, Jeff was named a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in North Carolina. Jeff holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University and a MSEE from Stanford University. He holds two patents.

Prayson Pate

Chief Technology Officer

Prayson brings more than 24 years of experience developing software and hardware for networking products to Overture Networks. He began his career in 1983 at FiberLAN, moved to Bell Northern Research (Nortel) and joined Larscom in 1992. He has extensive hardware/software design and management experience, and served as Director of Engineering at Larscom before co-founding Overture. Prayson is active in standards bodies such as the MEF and IETF, and he was chosen to be the co-editor of the pseudowire emulation edge-to-edge (PWE3) requirements and architecture documents (RFCs 3916 and 3985). He has assembled a team of experienced engineers at Overture Networks with a strong track record of developing innovative carrier class products. Prayson holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University and an MS in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He holds nine patents.

Vijay Raman

Vice President Product Management and Marketing

Vijay serves as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Overture Networks. In this role, he is responsible for product strategy and direction. Prior to the merge of Hatteras with Overture Networks, Vijay was Vice President of Marketing and Product Line Management for Hatteras. Earlier, he worked at Aruba Wireless Networks where he was Head of Technical Marketing and Training Development. Vijay is a networking industry veteran with over 15 years of experience working for premier equipment vendors that led the market in technology innovation such as Aruba Wireless Networks (Nasdaq; ARUN), FORE Systems (acquired by Marconi) & Avici Systems (Nasdaq: AVCI) and carriers such as Sprint Corporation in a variety of leadership roles in Product Management, Technical Marketing, Field Marketing, Systems Engineering & Technical Business Development.

He holds a BS-Honors degree in Electrical Engineering from NC State University and has completed post-graduate studies at the Harvard Business School.

Arthur Bergens

Chief Financial Officer

Arthur has more than 24 years of experience in a wide range of financial leadership positions. Prior to Overture Networks, Arthur was the CFO/COO at Centice Corporation, a developer of pharmaceutical verification products. Before Centice, Arthur was CFO for Unitive, Inc., a leader in advanced wafer packaging solutions for the semiconductor industry, which was acquired by Amkor Technology. Arthur began his career at Ernst and Young and rose through the ranks of other private and public companies in various technology industries. In 2009, he was named a Top CFO by Business Leader Media and he received the Triangle Business Journal’s “2011 CFO of the Year” award. Arthur holds a MBA from Campbell University and a BS in accounting from the University of New Orleans. Arthur is a licensed certified public accountant in both Louisiana and North Carolina.

Nour Eddine Derouiche

Vice President, Operations

Nour Eddine brings more than 24 years of manufacturing and operations experience to Overture Networks from a broad base of technical disciplines. He has served as director of operations at Animas and Hologic, two medical equipment firms, and was also director of manufacturing and test engineering at Pliant Systems, a manufacturer of next generation Digital Loop Carrier systems. Prior to this, Nour Eddine held a number of positions at Mitsubishi Semiconductor. Nour Eddine's expertise is in the areas of process optimization and control, supply chain stability, equipment and resources utilization, and cost reduction. Nour Eddine earned a BSEE from Case Western Reserve and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.

Betsy Creech

Director, Human Resources

Betsy has more than 25 years of experience in a wide range of human resources positions. Prior to joining Overture Networks, Betsy established and led the human resources efforts for several local startup companies in the technology sector. Her experience includes years of providing consulting services to a broad range of organizations on various human resources initiatives. Before working with smaller, emerging growth companies, Betsy spent almost 10 years at Alcatel Network Systems (now Alcatel Lucent) where she held a number of positions. In her last role at Alcatel, Betsy was the senior director of human resources where she and her team supported Alcatel's North Carolina operations during a period of explosive growth and transition. Betsy started her career in human resources at Data General Corporation (now EMC) after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BS in psychology and industrial relations.