Management Team

Cayford Burrell: Chief Technology Officer

Cayford Burrell is responsible for the direction of VICOR advancements and products. Since 1995, Burrell has been spearheading VICOR systems development projects. He plays an integral role in helping define VICOR's product strategy, customer requirements and issue resolution. Before joining VICOR, he worked for TRW Financial Systems for seven years, where he designed and implemented high volume GIRO image processing systems in European markets. Burrell holds a BS in Math and a Masters Degree in Engineering/Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Cayford Burrell
 

Mike Dignen: Senior Vice President of National Account Management

Mike Dignen oversees the sales organization at VICOR and has over 25 years experience in banking and trade credit. Prior to joining VICOR in 2002, he was an Executive Vice President with a privately held financial services consulting firm specializing in profitability enhancement. Earlier he spent 12 years as a relationship manager in Correspondent, Large Corporate, and Middle Market Banking with CoreStates Bank in Philadelphia. He has experience with remittance processing both as a corporate end user during employment with Ingersoll-Rand and Ogden Corporation and as a service provider while at CoreStates, responsible for delivering wholesale and retail lockbox as a strategic relationship initiative to corporate customers and prospects. Dignen has a BBA degree in Finance from The George Washington University.

Mike Dignen
 

Bob Murphy: Senior Vice President of Marketing

Bob Murphy leads VICOR's marketing and strategy overseeing; product management, product marketing, pricing, promotion/advertising, media and analyst relations, events, and strategic marketing programs. Prior to joining VICOR, Murphy was Vice President and General Manager of the North American division of CyberNet, Inc., where he led the market entry strategy and established North American operations for the Korean electronic payment systems firm. Murphy brings extensive payment industry experience to VICOR with marketing and business development positions at the executive and general management level at: CyberBills, PaymentNet and VeriFone. At VeriFone, Murphy held multiple International Marketing positions, including Director of International Marketing.

Bob Murphy
 

Steve Westmoreland: Senior Vice President of Support Operations

Steve Westmoreland oversees support and quality assurance efforts at VICOR. He has over 25 years of experience in Information Systems, Bank Operations, and Telecommunications. Prior to joining VICOR, Westmoreland was Chief Information Officer and a Director of Damage Studios, where he was responsible for information technology and infrastructure development. Prior to that time, he was Chief Information Officer of VALinux Systems. Earlier, he held operations and technology positions with Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Centex. Westmoreland holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Louisiana Tech University and he is active on several technology research boards in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Steve Westmoreland
 

Gavin Rudy: Senior Vice President of Development

Gavin Rudy is responsible for design, programming, software/hardware development, and configuration of systems. A 27-year veteran of the IT industry, Rudy previously was program manager with Hewlett Packard Corp., where he planned and managed development and maintenance of enterprise reporting solutions and led the turnaround of a critical supply chain platform. Before joining HP, Gavin served as director of program management and software quality assurance at Documentum. Rudy has also held technical management positions at a variety of companies, including: Octel Communications Corporation, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs (PNNL), and Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Rudy holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from California State University, Hayward.

Gavin Rudy