Deborah Besemer is the CEO of Paragon Lake. Prior to joining Paragon Lake in April of 2009, Besemer served as the president and CEO of BrassRing, a leading provider of talent management solutions.
Under her leadership, revenues grew consistently, from $1 million in revenue to $40 million until she oversaw the sale of the company to Kenexa Corp. for $115 million.
Prior to joining BrassRing, Deborah was president of Systemsoft Corporation and spent more than a decade at Lotus Development, where she managed worldwide field operations with revenues in excess of $1.3 billion and more than 4,000 employees in 46 countries.