Lexington, MA, September 12, 2006—BladeLogic, Inc., the world’s leading provider of data center automation software, today announced the appointment of Peter Gyenes to BladeLogic’s Board of Directors.
With over four decades of technology and software experience, Peter Gyenes brings to BladeLogic deep insight on how to effectively scale enterprise software companies. Prior to joining BladeLogic’s Board of Directors, Gyenes served as Chairman and CEO of Ascential Software, which was acquired by IBM in 2005. Before Ascential, Gyenes was Chairman and CEO of Informix Corporation and led the sale of the company’s database business to IBM. Gyenes joined Informix through its acquisition of Ardent Software, where he served as Chairman, President and CEO. Before joining Ardent, Gyenes was President and CEO of Racal Interlan. Previously, Gyenes served in sales, marketing and general management positions at Data General, Encore Computer and Prime Computer. Earlier in his career, Gyenes held sales and technical positions at Xerox Data Systems and IBM. Gyenes is a graduate of Columbia University, where he received both a B.A. in mathematics and an MBA. He also serves on the boards of a number of public and privately held technology companies, and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.
“As the leader in one of today’s most important software markets, BladeLogic has a terrific opportunity to become a large and highly successful software business,” said Peter Gyenes. “The company’s next-generation technology, talented team and strong track record of operating performance are all ingredients of a first-rate business built on the principles of providing superior value to customers, employees and all stakeholders. I am thrilled at the opportunity to join BladeLogic at this exciting time and look forward to helping the company continue to maintain its rapid rate of development and growth.”
Gyenes joins the following members of BladeLogic’s Board
of Directors:
• Steve Walske, Chairman, and former CEO of Parametric
Technology Corporation (PTC)
• Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO, BladeLogic
• Robert Goodman, Bessemer Venture Partners
• Vijay Manwani, Chief Technology Officer, BladeLogic
• R. David Tabors, Battery Ventures
• Mark Terbeek, MK Capital
“We are delighted to welcome Peter Gyenes to our board
of directors,” said Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO,
BladeLogic. “Peter’s strong background in enterprise
software, combined with his deep operational experience and
strategic insight will be tremendous assets to the company as
we take BladeLogic to its next phase of growth.”
About BladeLogic
BladeLogic is the world’s leading provider of next-generation
data center automation software with the largest installed base
of Global 2000 and other leading customers, including such organizations
as Capgemini, E*Trade, HSBC, Lockheed Martin, priceline.com,
Time Warner, VeriSign, Virgin Mobile and Walmart.com. BladeLogic’s
award-winning suite of enterprise-class data center automation
solutions enables organizations of any size to achieve continuous
configuration compliance across large-scale, distributed server
and application environments, resulting in dramatically reduced
data center operating costs, improved service quality, increased
efficiencies, and enhanced compliance and security. BladeLogic
is a privately held company headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts,
USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
Press Contact:
Tedd Rodman
BladeLogic
781-257-3560
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