Mark K. Ruport

MARK K. RUPORT is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board at Optika Inc. Mr. Ruport has been President and
Chief Executive Officer of the company since March 1995. Mr.
Ruport has 20 years of experience in the computer software and
services industry. Prior to joining Optika, he was President and
Chief Operating Officer, and subsequently Chief Executive Officer
of Interleaf, Inc., from 1990 to 1994, a $117 million public
software and services company developing and marketing technical
publishing, document management and electronic document
distribution software. From 1989 to 1990, Mr. Ruport was Senior
Vice President of Informix Software. From 1985 to 1989 Mr. Ruport
was Vice President of North American Operations for Cullinet
Software, having responsibility for all North American sales,
customer support, and systems Integration. Mr. Ruport was Vice
President of the Federal Region of Applied Data Research from
1983 to 1985. Prior to joining Applied Data Research Mr. Ruport
held various sales and sales management positions with Computer
Sciences Corporation from 1976 to 1983. Mr. Ruport holds a BS in
Business Administration and an MBA from Bowling Green State
University (Bowling Green, Ohio).