Management Team

Tim Miller
CEO

Tim Miller is the CEO of Rally Software, which helps organizations perfect the art of software development through Agile and Lean practices. Rally is four‐time winner of the highly coveted Jolt Award (the software industry's equivalent of the Oscar® award) and has been named one of the fastest growth companies and also one of the top companies to work for in Colorado for 3 years running. With more than 18 years of management experience, Tim has been honored as an Esprit Entrepreneur of the Year and a finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. Prior to joining Rally, Tim was CEO of Avitek, which was sold to BEA Systems in 1999. Tim helped create BEA's highly successful Portal Development Group and then served as Vice President of BEA's Accelerated Development Centers.

Tim has been actively involved in his community with several groups including TechStars, Social Venture Partners, Young Presidents Organization and Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He holds a Masters in Information Systems and a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In addition to his professional pursuits, Tim has sailed throughout the Mediterranean and Caribbean for a year with his wife and two daughters.

Ryan Martens
Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Ryan Martens brings to Rally proven leadership in dynamic, high growth software companies and is an expert in assisting organizations transition from traditional development processes to more Agile techniques. Before founding Rally Software Development – his fourth software start-up – Ryan directed the corporate adoption of Internet technologies within Qwest Communications, and then moved on to co-found Avitek, a Boulder-based custom software development firm where he served as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development. Ryan's successful efforts at Avitek culminated in an acquisition by BEA Systems in 1999. At BEA, Ryan served as Director of Product Management for the eCommerce applications division and he was instrumental in growing that division to more than $50 million in revenue within its first twelve months.

Ryan is an alumnus of the Colorado Chapter of Young Entrepreneurs' Organization and is also involved in a variety of community organizations including Colorado Conservation Trust, the Knight Foundation and the Entrepreneur Foundation of Colorado. Ryan received his Masters in Business Administration and his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Jim Lejeal - Chief Financial Officer
Jim Lejeal
Chief Financial Officer

A Rally angel investor in 2002, and a board member from 2003-2008, Jim Lejeal joined Rally as CFO in 2008. A successful entrepreneur, Jim has founded and managed multiple companies, including several software and technology companies and a private equity firm. Most recently, Jim was co-founder, chairman and CEO of Oxlo, a company focused on delivering cloud based, real-time integration services to the health-care and automotive industries where he still serves as Chairman of the Board. Prior to Oxlo, Jim coordinated his own angel investing activities at Lejeal Investments, where along with local venture firms he invested in 14 venture backed startups. Prior to that, Jim co-founded Raindance Communications, a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: RNDC) where he held the positions of COO and CFO. Jim led operations, customer support, sales, marketing and finance efforts and successfully led the fundraising of $170 million in capital culminating in Raindance’s IPO. At the time of Jim's departure, Raindance had over 400 employees and annualized revenues in excess of $40 million.

Prior to founding Raindance, Jim was co-owner of Link-VTC, a Boulder-based video conferencing company that was acquired by Global Crossing. Jim has an MBA from Loyola-Marymount University and is a Distinguished Graduate from the US Air Force Academy.

Zach Nies - Chief Technology Officer
Zach Nies
Chief Technology Officer

Zach Nies brings over 20 years of engineering and product development experience to Rally. Prior to joining Rally, Zach served as Principal Architect and Director of Systems Architecture for Level 3 Communications where he focused on new technology and process adoption for their 550-person development organization. Prior to Level 3, Zach was co-founder of a startup that used web technologies to change how creative professionals managed projects. His company was acquired by publicly traded Creo, Inc. now a division of Kodak. He also served as Chief Software Architect at Quark, where he provided the overarching technological vision for the company. Zach’s product vision has won numerous industry awards, including Jolt Product Excellence awards, Seybold HotPicks and the prized MacWorld Best of Show. Zach has served on standards bodies such as the W3C's HTML working group.

At the age of 13, Zach began commercially publishing software and, at age 16, started a successful consulting business. A Boettcher Scholar, Zach received his BS with distinction in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He spends his spare time tuning his golf swing and spending time with his family.

Don Hazell
EVP Worldwide Sales & Field Operations

Don Hazell has over 25 years of experience taking technology companies into new markets and establishing leadership positions. During his six years at Weblogic and BEA Systems, Don held several vice president positions where he was responsible for strategic planning, new business penetration and major account management. Don helped build BEA’s WebXpress Division, OEM Channels, and Central U.S. Field Organizations.

Don’s experience includes 12 years at Unisys Corporation and four years in the relational database and tools marketplace as a sales manager with Sybase and Ingres. Don received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his Masters in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.

Don and his family enjoy the all the great outdoor activities that Colorado has to offer, including skiing, golfing and camping. And, as a New Orleans native, live music and cooking are his passions.

Richard Leavitt
EVP Worldwide Marketing

Richard is a seasoned software executive and entrepreneur with extensive experience launching successful application development tools and enterprise applications. Richard was co-founder of Software Edge, the 1993 Jolt award-winning creator of Defect Control System purchased by Serena/Merant and now called PVCS Tracker©. He went on to help start Requisite, Inc. and the RequisitePro© product line before Rational Software acquired it in 1997. Most recently Richard was Vice President of Product Management for Insightful Corp. (NASDAQ:IFUL) where he directed overall product, marketing and sales support strategies for this vendor of statistical programming tools and custom business intelligence applications. Prior to this, Richard ran sales, marketing and business development organizations for enterprise application vendor Mobilize, Inc.

Richard began his career with Hewlett Packard’s test and measurement group and has operated his consulting business, MarketWin, LLC., since 1994. Richard received his BSEE from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has been a board member and advisor to numerous technology start-up companies.

Nick Budor - Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Nick Budor
Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Nick joined Rally in early 2007 as the company’s first in-house attorney, bringing over 10 years of legal experience both as internal and outside counsel. Prior to joining Rally, Nick served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary for Orange Glo International, Inc. (makers of OxiClean) of Greenwood Village, Colo. for over three years, culminating in Orange Glo’s sale to Church & Dwight Co. of Princeton, N.J. in 2006. As part of a two-person legal team at Orange Glo, Nick was responsible for commercial contracts, intellectual property and advertising. He was also a member of the transaction team responsible for the sale of the company. Prior to joining Orange Glo, Nick was an associate in the Corporate Transactions Practice Group of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a leading international law firm. Based in the firm’s San Francisco office, Nick worked on both public and private company representation, assisting on numerous mergers, acquisitions, securities offerings and other general corporate legal matters.

Nick received a B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. Nick and his wife like to spend their spare time biking, hiking, snowboarding and enjoying the Colorado outdoors as much as possible.

Todd Olson - Vice President, Products
Todd Olson
Vice President, Products

Todd Olson brings technology thought-leadership and a pioneering, entrepreneurial spirit to aligning Rally’s product strategy and execution efforts. Todd leads the evolution of Rally’s proven Agile ALM platform for enabling software and product-driven enterprises to deliver 50% faster to market. Todd joined Rally when it acquired his company, 6th Sense Analytics, where he served as Chief Technology Officer and led the fundraising of $7 million in seed capital. The acquisition boosted Rally’s capabilities for complete visibility and predictability across the Agile development lifecycle.

Prior to founding 6th Sense Analytics, Todd was Chief Scientist of the Together business unit at Borland Software after TogetherSoft was acquired in 2002. Prior to the acquisition, Todd was Vice President of Product Development at TogetherSoft, responsible for architecting and developing the award-winning Together design tool. Before joining TogetherSoft, Todd was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cerebellum Software where he is the original inventor and creator of the Cerebellum data integration product. Todd began his career at MBNA as a database designer and software architect. He has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and is a graduate of its Entrepreneurial Management program. Todd manages Rally’s largest remote office in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he lives with his family.

Jay Littlepage - Vice President, Engineering and Operations
Jay Littlepage
Vice President, Engineering and Operations

Jay Littlepage has over 25 years experience developing some of the most sophisticated enterprise information technology infrastructures in the world. Prior to joining Rally, he was Vice President of Infrastructure for Amazon.com’s retail, marketplace and web services businesses. In his role at Amazon, he led one of the largest and most successful cloud infrastructure deployments on the planet. He is applying the experience gained at Amazon to lead the build-out of a web-scale SaaS application platform for Rally. Prior to Amazon, he enjoyed a 16-year tenure at Sun Microsystems, where he held leadership roles including vice president of IT operations, CIO of Sun’s services division, and vice president of Sun’s customer network services group. Jay was chosen by Sun’s CEO and Board of Directors to receive the Sun President’s Award for technical leadership in 1998.

Jay holds a BS in Information Systems from California State University in Hayward, Calif. Other than a brief detour to Seattle, he’s lived in Boulder since 1997 and has raised two Coloradoans while enjoying the active lifestyle we know and love here.

Liz Andora
Vice President, People

With more than 20 years of human resources experience, Liz has a strong background in leading Human Resources for large and small technology companies.  She has a history of aligning people strategies with business imperatives creating a diverse, engaging and collaborative culture.  Most recently, Liz was Vice President of Human Resources for Webroot Software, a provider of industry leading security solutions.  At Webroot she oversaw a 30% growth in the company in a 12-month period including expansion into 3 new countries and acquiring 4 new companies.  Prior to Webroot, Liz enjoyed a 9 year tenure with Sun Microsystems holding various leadership positions, most recently the role of Director, HR Mergers & Acquisitions.  In this position, Liz created and executed a global HR M&A strategy to support the company’s strategic objectives.  Prior to Sun, Liz spent 7 years with Hewlett-Packard developing and implementing HR strategies in support of various hardware and software organizations.

Liz received her BA in Political Science and her MBA in Marketing from the University of Colorado in Boulder.  Liz and her husband Chris and their two daughters enjoy spending time in the Colorado outdoors skiing, hiking, biking and many other activities.