Peter Gyenes Appointed to Carbonite Board of Directors Following Record Q1 Growth of 42% in SMB Bookings
30 Avril 2015 - 3:29PM
Carbonite, Inc. (Nasdaq:CARB), a leading provider of cloud and
hybrid business continuity solutions for small and midsize
businesses (SMBs), today announced that Mr. Peter Gyenes has been
appointed to the Board of Directors. Gyenes will hold office until
the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, completing the term of Mr.
Timothy Clifford who has resigned as a director of the Company and
will not stand for reelection in 2015. Clifford is leaving the
Board to return to a leadership role in the software industry. The
Company and the Board expressed its sincere gratitude to Clifford
for his service to the Company.
Named as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005,
Gyenes is a software industry veteran, having served as Chairman
and CEO of Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq:ASCL), and its
predecessor companies VMark Software, Ardent Software, and Informix
from 1996 until its acquisition by IBM for $1.1B in 2005. He
previously served as President and CEO of Racal InterLan, Inc., and
in executive management positions at Data General
Corporation, Encore Computer Corporation, and Prime
Computer, Inc. As an independent director of the Company,
Gyenes will serve on Carbonite's Compensation Committee.
"Peter Gyenes is a highly respected leader in the technology
industry and we are thrilled to welcome him to Carbonite," said
Mohamad Ali, President and Chief Executive Officer, Carbonite.
"Peter's management track record, valuable hands-on experience, and
extensive network in the technology distribution channel will be
strategic advantages to us as we enter a new phase of growth,"
concluded Ali.
"I am very excited to be working with the Carbonite team," said
Gyenes. "I believe in Carbonite's thesis to reduce the complexity
and cost of traditional enterprise technology for small and midsize
businesses. SMBs need powerful yet simple and cost-effective
business continuity solutions from trusted technology leaders, and
Carbonite's proven core competency in consumer-simple yet powerful
solutions at disruptive price-points strongly positions it to
deliver superior value to this very large market. I look forward to
helping Carbonite extend its leadership role as the brand that
serves small businesses around the world."
Gyenes brings to Carbonite significant software
company board experience. He currently serves as the Lead
Independent Director of Sophos plc, a global security software firm
that he joined as non-executive chairman in 2006. He serves on the
boards of Intralinks, Inc. (NYSE:IL), a provider of
enterprise content management and collaboration
software; Pegasystems Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGA), a provider of
software to automate enterprise operations; RealPage
Inc. (Nasdaq:RP), a provider of web based property management
software; Cimpress N.V. (Nasdaq:CMPR), an online global
provider of marketing products and services to small businesses;
and Epicor Software Corporation, a provider of business software
solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services
organizations. He also serves as a Trustee Emeritus of
the Massachusetts Technology Leadership
Council. Gyenes previously served on the board of
directors of EnerNOC, a provider of energy management solutions
from 2013 to 2015; webMethods Inc. (acquired by Software AG
Darmstadt) from 2005 to 2007; Applix, Inc. (acquired
by Cognos, Inc.) from 2000 to 2007; BladeLogic,
Inc. (acquired by BMC Software, Inc.) from 2006 to 2008;
Lawson Software Inc. (acquired by Golden Gate Capital / Infor) from
2006 to 2011; and Netezza Corporation (acquired by IBM) from 2008
to 2010. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and an MBA
from Columbia University.
About Carbonite
Carbonite (Nasdaq:CARB) is a leading provider of cloud and
hybrid business continuity solutions for small and midsized
businesses. Together with our partners, we support more than 1.5
million individuals and businesses around the world who rely on us
to ensure their important data is protected, available and useful.
To learn more about Carbonite, our partner program, and our
award-winning backup, recovery and archiving solutions, visit us
at Carbonite.com.
CONTACT: Investor Relations Contact:
Emily Walt
617-927-1972
investor.relations@carbonite.com
Media Contact:
Megan Wittenberger
617-421-5687
media@carbonite.com
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