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INFOGLIDE SOFTWARE HIRES FORMER COMPUWARE EXECUTIVE AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Robert Barker Brings Extensive Experience in Growing Businesses to Enterprise Software Company
AUSTIN, Texas, May 15, 2006 - Infoglide, the leader in the emerging transactional business intelligence market, today announced the addition of Robert Barker to its executive team. Mr. Barker joins Infoglide as chief marketing officer. His hiring rounds out the executive team of President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Shultz, Chief Financial Officer Lynn Atchison, and Chief Technology Officer Charles Moon.
Mr. Barker brings over 25 years experience in growing businesses to the high-growth software company. For the past several years, Mr. Barker was vice president of strategic planning for Compuware Corporation where he was responsible for product and technology strategy and direction for the $1.2 billion software and services company.
Prior to Compuware, Mr. Barker was with STARTech Early Ventures. In his position as entrepreneur in residence, Mr. Barker evaluated software startups for potential seed investments. Before STARTech, Mr. Barker was group vice president of business development for Sterling Commerce where he successfully led acquisition and partnership initiatives for Sterling's Dallas-based Communications Group. His career includes additional executive business development positions with Critical Devices, Anysoft, and Novell. While at Novell, he developed and managed partnerships with the most influential companies in the technology industry including a partnership with Compaq that funded Novell/Compaq joint sales programs. He also created partnerships with Lotus Notes and CA-Unicenter that resulted in new markets. Mr. Barker started his career with two Austin-based pioneering software companies, MRI and Execucom.
“Infoglide has experienced phenomenal growth over the last five years, and Bob is the key hire that we need to continue to make strong gains," said Michael Shultz, president and CEO. “Our heavy investment in research and development has produced really innovative technology and allowed us to make significant inroads into the government market, and, with Bob on board, we can now aggressively pursue additional markets."
About Infoglide
Infoglide (www.infoglidesoftware.com)
is the leader in the emerging transactional business intelligence
market. The company ranked #67 on the 2004 Inc. 500 with four/five
year average annual sales growth of 387%. Infoglide provides
a new generation of enterprise software that enables organizations
to apply business intelligence in an operational environment by integrating
real-time transactional data with remote and disparate historical
data to achieve true enterprise intelligence. The company's enterprise
software, Bladeworks™, enables more accurate and informed decisions;
streamlines operational processes; increases efficiencies and reduces
operational costs; transforms data in real-time into useful and useable
information; improves customer service and customer interaction;
and drives more profitable relationships with customers. Bladeworks
is used in business-critical applications including enterprise risk
management, automated fraud detection, enterprise identity management,
transactional CRM, compliance, enhanced data connectivity, and enhanced
data mining. Current markets include financial services, information
services, transportation, retail, e-business, insurance, government,
and CRM. Incorporated in 1996, Infoglide is a privately
held company headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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