ScienceLogic Names Former Cisco Director as Senior Vice President of Engineering

David Hinnant Appointed to Drive Product Innovation for Smart IT Software


RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - Jan 28, 2013) - ScienceLogic Inc., a provider of IT operations and cloud management solutions, today announced the hiring of David Hinnant as senior vice president of engineering. Hinnant will lead ScienceLogic's software development and software quality assurance teams to ensure its award-winning Smart IT™ software delivers maximum value to customers in the service provider, enterprise, and federal space.

"David's industry expertise and proven track record of success in product management, software development and quality assurance make him a perfect addition to the ScienceLogic executive team," said John Becker, CEO. "As a former customer, David is the ideal customer advocate. We look forward to him sharing his vision and his drive to always put the customer first in everything we do."

Most recently, Hinnant served as director of quality, technical operations, and incubation at Cisco. He managed the development, testing, and support of platforms and tools for Cisco Services "Smart Services," a portfolio of products geared toward enterprise and service provider customers. An accomplished and passionate technology industry veteran, he also served as co-chair for the Engineering Transformation Working Group and the Innovation and Research Working Group -- both sponsored by the Services Technology Board at Cisco Services.

"I have a long standing relationship with ScienceLogic as a customer when I was a director at Cisco," said Hinnant. "I am inspired by the passion and vision ScienceLogic has to make life much easier for people like me and the teams I've worked with. I look forward to helping accelerate making that vision a reality."

Prior to Cisco, Hinnant was the vice president of engineering at Triumfant, Inc. where he was responsible for software engineering and customer service for IT desktop and server problem remediation products. Throughout his career, he has held leadership, product development and networking roles within various IT industry segments. Hinnant holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from East Carolina University. He will be based out of the ScienceLogic headquarters in Reston, Va.

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About ScienceLogic
ScienceLogic is the award-winning developer of Smart IT™ software. Our mission is to empower companies to visualize, automate, and modernize their IT operations, maximizing efficiency and effectiveness with the operational intelligence needed to run the business smarter. We provide unified monitoring and management solutions for modern IT environments -- from the data center to public, private, and hybrid clouds -- and deliver the scale, security, automation, and resiliency necessary to simplify the exponentially harder task of managing resources, services, and applications that are constantly in motion.

ScienceLogic is a selected Network Management Module in the Cisco Smart Business Architecture; Registered Developer in the Cisco Developer Network Program; certified by VCE as Vblock Ready; certified as VMware Ready and a VMware Elite Technology Alliance Partner; Dell Independent Software Vendor partner; NetApp Platinum Elite Partner. ScienceLogic won InfoWorld's 2013 Technology of the Year award, Red Herring Global 100 Award, Red Herring Top 100 North America Award, Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 500™, and MSPmentor 250 among others. For more information, visit www.sciencelogic.com.

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