Steven Aulds is Senior Vice President of Engineering for Sterling Commerce, responsible for managing nine product development centers across the globe for product development for all Sterling Commerce product lines, including Managed File Transfer, Business to Business Integration, Sterling Collaboration Network, and Selling and Fulfillment Applications. Aulds has 26 years of experience in software systems for manufacturing and logistics. He joined Yantra Corporation in 1999 as Senior Vice President of Engineering and subsequently Yantra was acquired by Sterling Commerce in January 2005. In June 2006, he was named Senior Vice President of Engineering for Sterling Commerce. Prior to Yantra and Sterling Commerce, Aulds was Vice President of Engineering at Fastech Integration, CIO of Digital Equipment Corporation Semiconductor and Interconnect Technologies Division, and held several managerial positions in companies such as Unisys, National Semiconductor, and General Electric. Aulds received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas and has attended graduate courses in Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati and University of Virginia. He is a graduate of the world renowned General Electric Manufacturing Management Program. He is a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).