The New Precise Unveils Management Team
Experienced Executives From Oracle, EMC, HP/Mercury and Wily to Drive Transaction Performance Management Agenda
| Source: Precise Solutions Software
REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - September 17, 2008) - Precise today announces the company's
new management team as part of the official company launch (see "The New
Precise to Redefine Application Performance Management"). Led by CEO
Mark Kremer, this team brings decades of expertise, experience and passion
to lead the charge for innovation in application performance management
(APM).
The Precise team has the experience, passion and energy to redefine the APM
market. With Transaction Performance
Management (TPM), Precise brings a
fresh approach to solving application performance problems. The Precise
team is:
-- Mark Kremer, chief executive officer: Prior to joining Precise, Mark was
a general partner with Benchmark Capital. Prior to Benchmark, Mark started
and led Broadbase Software Inc., (now Kana Software Inc.) (OTCBB : KANA )
through initial public offering in 1999. Mark has held executive positions
with Oracle, Verity, Motorola and Teradyne.
-- Zohar Gilad, executive vice president: Prior to joining Precise, Zohar
held several senior executive positions at Mercury (acquired by HP): senior
vice president of strategy, products and product marketing. During his
tenure at Mercury, Zohar created and led the APM business unit to market
leadership with approximately $100M in revenue.
-- Peter Donnolly, chief financial officer: Prior to joining Precise, Peter
was vice president of worldwide pricing and licensing at Symantec and vice
president of business process engineering at Veritas Software (acquired by
Symantec).
-- Neil Stratz, vice president, Americas sales: Prior to Precise, Neil was
vice president of Americas sales at Wily (now CA). Before CA, Neil held
sales management positions at IPNet Solutions, Angara and Brio Technology,
Inc/Sqribe Technologies (now Oracle/Hyperion).
-- Ed Colonna, vice president of marketing: Prior to Precise, Ed was vice
president of marketing at Symphoniq. Before Symphoniq, Ed held management
positions at Mercury, Extensity and PeopleSoft.
-- Avner Yonaei, vice president of engineering: Prior to joining Precise,
Avner was VP of Symmetrix software engineering at EMC where he established
its rigorous product engineering approach. Avner has also held other
executive positions with EMC and Amdocs and served in the Israeli Air
Force.
"I am extremely proud of the management team here at Precise," said Kremer.
"We are all fired up and ready to redefine this market with Transaction Performance Management."
About Precise
Precise helps companies prevent application performance problems with
innovative Transaction Performance
Management (TPM) solutions.
Precise TPM delivers transaction transparency, fastest time-to-repair and
game-changing problem prevention to over 1,500 customers worldwide. Precise
has 18 years of expertise delivering application performance products for
all major packaged applications (SAP, Oracle eBusiness Suite, PeopleSoft,
Siebel), custom applications (J2EE, .NET), and databases. For more
information about Precise, visit www.precise.com.