Vas is currently Chief Customer Officer at Globus and teaches Cloud Computing and Product Management in the Masters Program in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Vas holds a joint appointment in the Data Science and Learning Division at Argonne National Laboratory.
Vas has over 25 years of experience in operational and consulting roles, spanning strategy, marketing and technology. An experienced software product marketing professional with a passion for shaping emerging technologies to bring innovative products to market, Vas has nurtured early stage companies into successful businesses, and consulted to clients around the world on a wide range of strategic issues.
Prior to his work with the University and Argonne, Vas was a principal at Strategos, the innovation consulting firm founded by Gary Hamel, where he led Fortune 100 management teams in defining their growth agenda. Before Strategos, Vas led marketing efforts at Univa, a leading provider of grid and cloud computing solutions. Vas joined Univa's founding team shortly after inception and was instrumental in defining the product vision, raising venture capital and launching the company's initial products.
Vas served as vice president of product management and corporate strategy at CrossWorlds Software, the enterprise application integration pioneer, and was part of the executive team that grew CrossWorlds from a start-up to a successful public company that was subsequently acquired by IBM.
Vas was chief technology officer at Cimnet Systems, a company specializing in software for electronics manufacturing, which was acquired by Consona. At Cimnet he led product strategy and development of the company's supplier management and business intelligence solutions. Vas was also vice president of strategy and product management at Promeria, a supplier relationship management company which was acquired by Ariba.
Vas' management consulting experience includes Strategy & (formerly Booz & Co.), where he focused on supply chain strategy and customer service level optimization, and Accenture in South Africa, where he helped clients in the financial services industry automate trading and back office operations. He has a deep technical understanding of system development for real-time applications, including data distibution, analytics, and trading platforms for derivatives and fixed income securities.
Vas holds an MBA with High Distinction from the University of Michigan and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is fluent in English and Greek, and speaks conversational Afrikaans.