Sal is responsible for developing Elastic Path's long-term technology strategies as well as spearheading a process to bring new enterprise ecommerce solutions to market.Sal has over 24 years of experience developing long-term technology strategies, understanding emerging markets and technologies, and bringing new consumer and business solutions to market. Previously the chief technology officer for Business Objects, Sal led the technical due diligence efforts resulting in the company's acquisition by SAP for $6.8B USD. At the time, this was the third largest software acquisition in history. He continued on in an expanded role for several years as chief technology officer for SAP’s Technology Development Group. Prior to this, Sal worked for IBM as a software development executive for ebusiness solutions and was instrumental in IBM's early entrance into the ecommerce market.