Executive Assistant

Sharon Manuel is Executive Assistant to Climos' CEO, Dan Whaley. She brings over 27 years and extensive experience in high technology to the Climos team. Sharon's background includes sales and business development, product development, equity investing, and administration.

Prior to Climos, Sharon spent 4 years at Serena Software Inc. as Chief of Staff, providing support to the CEO, CFO and Board of Directors.

Sharon also spent 2 years as Director of Strategic Investments at Intel Capital, where she vetted deal flow, invested capital and managed Intel's investments in 10 private companies.

Sharon's experience also includes 3 start-up companies. She was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development with Live Picture Inc. where she directed sales & business development activities in the UK, Germany, France, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco and negotiated international software licensing agreements with several major industry partners. Sharon was Director of Business Development for MGI Software Inc. in Toronto and Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Footprint Software Inc., also in Toronto.

Sharon originates from Toronto, Canada and has lived in the US for 10 years. Sharon has an Honors Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Science & Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA in Finance from the University of Toronto.