Jeff Goins

President & CEO

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Jeff holds a Bachelors degree in Finance and Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. In his twenty year career in the technology industry, he has led companies to a high level of success in developing quality software solutions resulting in millions of dollars in revenue.

Jeff was a co-founder of Business Analysis International, a company which combined leading methodologies with enabling toolkits aimed at helping organizations manage complex change initiatives. He was instrumental in completing the acquisition and merger of Adaptive which provided the underlying technology needed to effectively monitor and manage compliance and governance processes throughout the enterprise.

Jeff has been responsible for developing alliances with such firms as Unisys, IBM, and Capgemini. He has a vast network of alliances around the world and continues to be a thought leader in acquiring and packaging technologies which meet key needs in the compliance, governance, and risk analysis markets.

Joe Stefaniak

VP North American Operations

Joe has over 25 years experience in the software industry enabling companies to achieve their strategic vision through enterprise-class software implementations. Prior to joining Adaptive, Joe was responsible for leading product development at Unisys Corporation with specific emphasis on Enterprise Repositories, Business Rules Management and IT Asset Management. Joe holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from West Chester University and an MBA from California Lutheran University.

Joe has worked in software development, consulting, services and product management roles and has extensive experience in business-driven IT transformation, enterprise architecture, meta modeling, business process, methodologies and object-oriented technologies.

Joe holds 15 United States patents and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a published author.

Pete Rivett

Chief Technology Officer

Pete graduated from Manchester University (England), with a First Class BSc. Honours degree in Computing and Information Systems. During a ten year period at ICL, he worked in a variety of leading-edge product development roles culminating in Chief Architect for their Repository program.

With meta-CASE company Virtual Software Factory, and then N&P Building Society, he pioneered the use of repository technology for business metadata management. This laid the groundwork for Adaptive, which he co-founded in 1997. At Adaptive he leads the technology strategy and works on leading-edge customer projects. He is active in the OMG where he serves on the Architecture Board, co-chairs the Revision Task Forces for UML 2.0 and MOF, is technical lead for the Information Management Metamodel and has participated in most other modeling standards. Beyond OMG he is a frequent conference speaker and has coordinated Adaptive’s involvement in the European Union-funded research projects COMBINE (COMponent-Based INteroperable Enterprise System Development), ModelWare and ModelPlex.

James Cerrato

Chief Product Evangelist

James has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. James has more than twenty years experience working for leading edge software companies enabling the company’s strategic vision to be realized in world-class software implementations. He has worked in software development, consulting and product management roles and has extensive expertise in object-oriented technology, meta-modeling and enterprise architecture.

At Adaptive, James is responsible for presenting and demonstrating Adaptive products and works directly with strategic partners. He plays a significant role in defining product strategy, including the product requirements from prospects and customers. James manages Adaptive's relations with industry analysts and leads Adaptive’s technical response to RFPs and RFIs

Prior to working for Adaptive, James co-founded a leading enterprise architecture modeling tool vendor and served as Chief Product Officer and Principal Consultant. During this time he guided the successful development and release of a suite of products including enterprise architecture modeling tools and web portals. As part of the core team, he helped guide this company from startup to recognition by Deloitte and Touche as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in New England. In his role as representative to the Object Management Group (OMG), James participated in the OMG Object Analysis and Design task force that developed the Unified Modeling Language (UML). In addition to his involvement with the OMG, James speaks frequently at conferences.