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Ping Identity > About Us > Management Team 

Management Team

Andre Durand
Andre Durand
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ping Identity’s founder, Chairman and CEO, Andre Durand brings 18 years of executive leadership experience in the software industry.  Durand co-founded Digital ID World, the identity industry conference (acquired by IDG in 2007).

William (Bill) Dedrick
William (Bill) Dedrick
Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Dedrick brings more than two decades of software sales executive leadership to his worldwide sales leadership responsibilities at Ping Identity. He served in senior management roles for several successful software companies including Relicore (acquired by Symantec in 2006), IBM, Venetica (acquired by IBM in 2004), Rational Software (acquired by IBM in 2003), SQA (acquired by Rational in 1997), Easel Corporation, and Intersolv (now Merant).

Mike Donaldson
Mike Donaldson
Vice President of Marketing

Accomplished in entrepreneurial, high growth and turnaround environments, Donaldson brings more than 20 years of broad corporate management experience to his role of Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Ping Identity. 

Patrick Harding
Patrick Harding
Chief Technology Officer

Harding brings more than 20 years of experience in software development, networking infrastructure and information security to the role of Chief Technology Office for Ping Identity. Harding is responsible for Ping Identity’s technology strategy.

Jeremy Rudel
Jeremy Rudel
Vice President of Finance

Jeremy Rudel assumed the Controller position at Ping Identity in October 2003. He served as Director of Finance at Colorado Medtech, Inc. (CMED), a publicly-traded high-tech medical design and manufacturing company located in Boulder, Colorado.

Mark Viens
Mark Viens
Vice President of Global Client Services

Viens brings 30 years of experience in client services management to his role as Vice President of Global Client Services for Ping Identity. While Vice President of Customer Care at Macromedia, Viens was responsible for global operational management for Macromedia's Product Support, Customer Services, Training Programs and Partner Enablement.

Bill Wood
Bill Wood
Vice President of Engineering

Wood brings nearly two decades of expertise in high integrity software to the management of Ping Identity's Engineering team. At Ping Identity, Wood oversees the development of Ping Identity's software offerings, tailoring agile concepts to a highly distributed, global team, and inspiring innovation from world class engineers.