About

Larry Gill is the CEO of X1 and has 20+ years of experience as a CEO, CRO, CMO and VP of Product in the eDiscovery, compliance, SCM and cybersecurity industries.

Prior to X1, Larry was the CEO of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary iolo technologies LLC. Prior to that, he was SVP of Sales & Marketing for Guidance Software (NASDAQ: GUID), having led the company through its IPO in 2007 until its acquisition by Open Text (NASDAQ: OTEX). Prior to Guidance Software, Larry held numerous senior executive leadership roles at Aspen Technology (NASDAQ: AZPN) and its acquired company which he helped to co-found, Petrolsoft Corporation.

Larry started his career as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, is a decorated combat veteran, and has a BA in History from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

As Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Legal Officer, John shapes and guides the company’s strategy and vision. He has an extensive background and expertise in enterprise software, eDiscovery and corporate compliance, combining strong knowledge of both the law and the supporting technologies in those areas.

Prior to joining X1, John served nearly a decade at Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID) where he held several senior management positions, including Chief Strategy Officer, Vice Chairman, Chief Legal Officer and President and CEO. While at Guidance, John led the transition of the company from start-up to a major enterprise software firm and grew revenues from $5 million to $40 million during his 3-year tenure as CEO.

Prior to joining Guidance, John spent eight years practicing law in the fields of commercial litigation and business transactions. John received an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and a JD from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

Jyothi is the Executive Vice President of Technology at X1. She has over 20 years of experience delivering software which focuses on customer value. Her experience ranges from startups to Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of domains focusing on People, Process and Technology. She has been an Agile practitioner from the early days of XP and has been responsible for strategizing and implementing quality initiatives in transforming Agile software organization.

As X1’s EVP of technology, she is responsible for leading the full-stack engineering organization, defining technology standards, coming up with lean solutions to complex problems as well as driving the transformation of the company’s capabilities, delivery services, and practices. She does this by partnering with C-level leaders to innovate, modernize and scale in order to capitalize on market share opportunities.

Before X1, Jyothi was heading the Quality Engineering, DevOps and Delivery at Ipro Tech. Prior to her tenure with Ipro, Jyothi has worked at NASA Ames Research Center on the Nebula project (‘nova’ became one of the founding projects of the OpenStack Project), eBay, and Schneider Electric to name a few. She has also received honors such as the NASA Achievement Award (Nebula/Openstack) and President’s Award for Corporate Excellence.

Allan Long is Executive Vice President of Sales and Solution Consulting at X1. Allan brings over 15 years of experience focused on the use and implementation of eDiscovery, data governance and machine learning applications. Allan consults regularly with customers who are focused on improving efficiency and controlling risk in the corporate enterprise.

Prior to X1, Allan has held Senior level roles with several companies including Recommind, CaseLogistix, Opentext, Xerox and Ricoh corporations.

Erik Horacek is the Interim CFO of X1 and leads Finance and Accounting. He brings more than 20 years of financial experience to the role, having worked at companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500. He has managed transactions in numerous industries including Education, Entertainment, Financial, Gaming, Healthcare, Real Estate, and Technology.

Prior to X1, Erik was the Head of Finance at Atom Tickets and built the financial infrastructure to support consistent triple digit annual growth and secure a $60 million investment. Previous experience includes CFO for FMG, Investment Director for a family office focused on repositioning and selling portfolio companies, and in Strategy for Fox Film. Erik started his financial career as an investment banking analyst with Tucker Anthony Sutro.

Erik received his MBA from UCLA Anderson, where he was the Ford Fellow, and his BS in Economics from Duke University.

Karen Haworth is the Director of Marketing at X1. She brings over 12 years of marketing experience to the role working at companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500. She has led marketing initiatives in several industries including Education, Government and multiple sectors of Technology.

As X1’s Director of Marketing, she is responsible for leading, developing and executing marketing and communications related strategies and initiatives in support of the company brand and across the product suite of data discovery solutions. Karen started her marketing career in Corporate Marketing Communications at LSI Logic Corporation and has a BS in Business Administration from California State University, East Bay.