This week, I am highlighting the pick of Dick Williams, new CEO at Webroot Software. For those of you that don’t know, Webroot is an anti-spyware / anti-malware company that received $108 million in funding back in 2005 (the largest round for a start-up in history, at least until that point in time). Mr Williams has a history of leading companies to acquisition. I wonder if this is the plan? Either way, Mr Williams and Webroot face a lot of competition from big, brand name companies like Symantec and freeware applications like Spybot Search and Destroy (which is currently installed on my computer). Webroot is not a household name (at least not at my house) and I would bet money (not much) that more people have heard of the free Spybot than Webroot. Webroot's mission is to "expand their position in the global consumer and enterprise security markets" with Mr Williams at the helm.
Top Ten Executive Moves:
Top 10 Executive moves:
Jeff Owens, SVP and CTO at airBand, Inc.
ex-Innerwireless
Lorna Bennie Heynike, SVP Marketing and Business Development at Callidus Software Inc.
ex-Oracle
Gary Taggart, SVP WW Sales at GuardianEdge Technologies, Inc.
ex-Cyberguard, Secure Computing
Peter Evans, SVP Marketing at InterNAP Network Services Corp.
ex-Ciena, IBM, AirDefense
John W. McCain, CEO at Keane, Inc.
ex-HP, EDS
Ammiel Kamon, VP Marketing Product at Kontera Technologies
ex-Rearden, Emptoris, DiCarta
Pamela Kelly, VP Marketing at Plastic Logic Limited
ex-EA
Eric Jacobson, Chief Medical Officer at Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ex-Synta Pharmaceuticals
Nersi Nazari, CEO at Teranetics
ex- DEC, Seagate, Marvell
Dick Williams, CEO at Webroot Software, Inc.
ex-CA, Hyperic
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