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Naj Husain

Najaf Husain – Chief Executive Officer, President

Najaf has over 20 years experience developing and managing software companies, particularly in the Windows environment. He founded AppAssure Software to address the need to protect mission-critical applications, starting with e-mail, that run on the Microsoft Windows Server Platform. Prior to AppAssure Software, Najaf was a Senior Executive and Vice President of the Microsoft Windows Strategy for Veritas Software (VRTS). Previously, he served as President and General Manager of Precise SRM, the Windows division of Precise Software Solutions. As President and General Manager of Precise SRM, Najaf grew the business by over 80% in 18 months, prior to the Company’s sale to Veritas in June 2003.

Najaf was the co-founder and CEO of WQuinn Associates; the leading provider of Windows based SRM solutions. The products were widely adopted with over 5,000 customers and hundreds of thousands of copies sold prior to its sale to Precise Software (PRSE). The WQuinn technology was licensed by Microsoft for inclusion in its NAS appliance and as an OEM for inclusion in the Longhorn operating system.

Najaf graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Computer Science. He participates in multiple charitable organizations and enjoys sports and spending time with his family.

Todd Fredrick

Todd Fredrick – Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Todd Fredrick has over 15 years of experience in managing sales, channels, and technical organizations, specializing in Windows storage and Exchange-based messaging solutions. As Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Todd is responsible for all aspects of AppAssure’s sales and marketing efforts.

Prior to AppAssure, Todd served as Sales VP for Symantec Inc, focusing on the market leading email archiving product Enterprise Vault and driving its 100% annual growth rate. Todd also served as a Sales VP at Veritas, focusing on developing Windows sales programs and strategies for both channels and enterprise sales. Before that Todd also served as Precise-SRM’s Sr. Vice President, where he oversaw all aspects of the SRM division’s world wide sales and marketing activities including the direct sales force in North America, EMEA, distribution channels, and strategic OEM relationships. These partnerships included building relationships with Microsoft, Dell, EDS, Techdata, and Ingram Micro.

Todd was also a Principal and SVP of Worldwide Sales of W. Quinn Associates, the leader in the Windows SRM Space.

Todd holds a M.S. in Information Management from Marymount University and a B.S. in Marketing from Virginia Tech.

Ben Nye

Ben Nye – Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures

Ben is currently a Managing Director of Bain Capital Ventures. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Ben was a Senior Vice President at Veritas Software. Previously, he was COO and CFO of Precise Software Solutions, and helped build Precise from a $10 M revenue private company to a $100 M revenue public company prior to its sale to Veritas. Earlier in his career Ben was a Principal at Allied Capital, a $3.5 B public investment firm. He also worked in the U.S. Treasury Department for Treasury Secretaries Lloyd Bentsen and Robert Rubin, and as a consultant for Mercer Management Consulting.

Ben graduated with honors from Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

Jack Sweeney

Jack Sweeney

Jack Sweeney is CEO of Apparent Networks. Prior to Apparent Networks, he was Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions at EMC. In this role he identified and assessed companies suitable for potential acquisition and investments, for the purpose of enhancing EMC technology offerings, expanding EMC market share, and executing EMC strategic objectives.

Mr. Sweeney joined EMC from Network Intelligence where he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer. In two years, he successfully led Network Intelligence from a promising start-up to the market-proven leader within the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) sector, culminating in the sale of the company to EMC for $175 M in September, 2006. Mr. Sweeney has an outstanding track record of entrepreneurial success and brings extensive experience and judgment in managing capital investments and operations in the IT security market.

Prior to Network Intelligence, Mr. Sweeney was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stargus, where he successfully led the company to its acquisition by C-Cor, Inc. Before Stargus, he spent four years as a General Partner with Prism Venture Partners, a $1.1 B early-stage venture capital firm.

Mr. Sweeney’s leadership positions also include his role as Chief Executive Officer at EPiCON, Inc., where he positioned EPiCON for successful acquisition by Nortel Networks for approximately $450 M in September 2000. Additionally, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Bell Atlantic Network Integration (BANI). Under Mr. Sweeney’s direction, BANI grew from a regional network services division into a $330 M organization with multinational customers.

In addition to his duties at Apparent Networks, Mr. Sweeney currently serves on the board of directors and in an advisory capacity for several early-stage companies. He previously served on the board of directors for GeoTrust (sold to VeriSign), Medical Systems Management (sold to Pisces), Collation (sold to IBM) and Ingrian Networks. He currently serves on the board of directors for SilverBack Technologies, Opalis, and ThinkEngines. Mr. Sweeney is a sponsor of the Pan Mass Challenge, cycling since 2003 for a cure. He lives with his family in Medfield, Massachusetts.

Bill Veghte

Bill Veghte

Bill Veghte is executive vice president of the Software & Solutions organization in the Enterprise Business at HP. The $3.6 billion business unit includes software and solutions across IT management, information management, business intelligence as well as communications, media and entertainment.

Previously, Veghte was at Microsoft for nearly 20 years. Most recently, he served as senior vice president for the company’s $15 billion global Windows® business. He led the development of a variety of market-leading products – from the development of Windows 98 to the Windows Server 2003 line of products. Most recently, he was instrumental in the delivery and launch of Windows 7. He also ran Microsoft’s North American sales, services and marketing organization growing the business by nearly $2 billion and increasing customer satisfaction by 18% during his 3 year tenure in that role.

Veghte holds a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian studies from Harvard University.



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