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MySQL's Head of Worldwide Sales Joins MuleSource Board of Directors
| Source: MuleSource
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 17, 2009) - MuleSource, the leading provider of
open source service oriented
architecture (SOA) infrastructure software, today announced that Mark
Burton, previously executive vice president of MySQL, has joined the
MuleSource Board of Directors.
"In two short years, MuleSource has become the clear leader among open
source players in the SOA infrastructure category," said Burton. "I am
excited to be working with the team to extend MuleSource's leadership
globally, further cementing their position as innovators with the best
platform, the broadest user base, and the best overall opportunity for
growth in the current economic climate."
As the head of worldwide sales for MySQL since January of 2005, Burton was
responsible for growing and managing MySQL's international sales and
partner organization, resulting in the landmark $1 billion acquisition by
Sun Microsystems in early 2008. Burton previously served as group vice
president of worldwide sales and alliances at Informatica Corporation,
where he grew the company's annual revenues from $8 million to $154
million, key to Informatica's successful IPO and secondary offering.
"As a key player at MySQL, one of the most successful open source companies
ever, Mark brings his experience balancing the need to grow the open source
community while establishing a winning business model," said Ross Mason,
CTO and co-founder of MuleSource. "His track record in attaining record
results and guiding organizations through explosive growth will prove to be
invaluable as we strive to build on our success to date."
About MuleSource
MuleSource is the leading provider of open source service oriented
architecture (SOA) infrastructure software. Founded by the creators of the
Mule project, the world's most reliable and widely used open source
enterprise service bus (ESB) and integration platform, MuleSource delivers
enterprise class software, support and services to the thousands of
organizations that have downloaded the open source project worldwide.
Founded in 2006 and backed by investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners,
Lightspeed Venture Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures, MuleSource is
headquartered in San Francisco with offices worldwide. For more
information, visit www.mulesource.com.