Executive Leadership Team Grows as Elemental Appoints Software Industry
Veteran Marc Ferrie as Vice President of Engineering
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Security, Inc., an
award-winning pioneer of new technology in enterprise information security,
today announced that it has named Marc Ferrie as its vice president of
Engineering.
Elemental's award-winning product is the world's first solution that
unifies policy management, host configuration and network access control in
one seamlessly integrated offering. For the first time, enterprises can
easily express cross-platform security policies that affect individual
computers and their behavior on the network, gather meaningful up-to-date
information to compare to established metrics, and selectively enforce
policies across a diverse, dynamic environment. Security compliance has
become a top priority for enterprises due to the pressures from increasing
frequency and severity of security breaches, and from regulations such as
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard,
and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
"Marc is a proven leader and his addition further strengthens our
executive team," said Elemental CEO Peter Watkins. "Marc brings outstanding
business and technology experience to Elemental, and his success has been
demonstrated by building excellent products and growing exceptional teams
throughout his career. Our world-class engineering team is instrumental to
our success, and the addition of Marc will accelerate and heighten the
innovation, breadth and quality of our security compliance management
products."
"I am pleased to join Elemental, a company that in a brief time since
launching in April has already attracted significant customer interest,
received numerous industry awards, and is one of the most exciting security
companies around," said Mr. Ferrie. "Elemental's team includes some of the
security industry's brightest and most world renowned minds. I am excited
about contributing to and being a part of Elemental's long-term success."
Mr. Ferrie brings more than 18 years of executive experience in delivering
enterprise software applications to Fortune 1000 customers, with companies
such as Ventaso, a provider of sales effectiveness solutions, and Evolve
Software (now Primavera), a leading provider of IT operations management and
professional services automation. Previously, Mr. Ferrie held numerous
executive management positions at Computer Associates and Ingres, in both
Engineering and Customer Services, in France and the U.S. Mr. Ferrie holds a
Master degree in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the
University Descartes, Paris, and a Master degree of Sociology from the
University La Sorbonne, Paris.
About Elemental
Elemental is an award-winning pioneer in the Security Compliance
Management market. Elemental's products address enterprises' need to
centrally manage the security compliance of all computers in their
environments. Elemental provides unified visibility and control to manage
dynamic computing environments, enabling enterprises to satisfy compliance
requirements and measurably improve their security. Founded in December 2002,
Elemental is a privately held company backed by Bessemer Venture Partners,
Mayfield, Sequoia Capital and Lehman Brothers Venture Partners. Red Herring
and AlwaysOn awarded the company their Red Herring 100 and AlwaysOn 100
awards, respectively, which honor the top private companies of 2005. The
company is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., and has offices throughout the
U.S. Go to ( http://www.elementalsecurity.com ) for more information.
NOTE: Elemental and the Elemental Compliance System, among others, are
trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and certain other
countries of Elemental Security, Inc. Additional company and product names
may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other individual companies and
are respectfully acknowledged.
SOURCE Elemental Security, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.elementalsecurity.com
CONTACT:
Dan Spalding of Elemental, +1-650-292-1390,
or dan.spalding@elementalsecurity.com
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