Wayne Jackson was Appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Sonatype

Date of management change: July 15, 2010 

What Happened?

Fulton, MD-based Sonatype Appointed Wayne Jackson as Chief Executive Officer

 

About the Company

Every day, developers rely on millions of third party and open source building blocks – known as components – to build the software that runs our world. Sonatype ensures that only the best components are used throughout the software development lifecycle so that organizations don`t have to make the tradeoff between going fast and being secure. More than 120,000 organizations use Sonatype`s Nexus solutions to support agile, Continuous Delivery, and DevOps practices globally.

 

About the Person

Wayne currently serves as the CEO of Sonatype, Inc., the leaders in software supply chain optimization and creators of Maven and other technologies used by millions of software developers worldwide.   Prior to joining Sonatype, Wayne served as the CEO of open source network security pioneer Sourcefire, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIRE), which he guided from fledgling start-up through an IPO in March of 2007, later acquired by Cisco for $2.7 billion.   Before joining Sourcefire, Wayne co-founded Riverbed Technologies, a wireless infrastructure company, and served as its CEO until the sale of the company for more than $1 billion in March of 2000.   Prior to Riverbed, Wayne built an emerging-technologies business unit for a large systems integrator and provided consulting services to organizations including General Electric, the World Bank and the Federal Reserve.   Wayne holds a B.B.S in Finance from James Madison University, 1985, and has completed the Executive Education program for Corporate Governance at Harvard University.    

 

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