mValent Appoints New VP of Marketing
Jim Hickey leads go-to-market strategy for mValent’s Applications Configuration and Compliance Management solutions
Burlington, MA – February 27, 2006
– mValent, the leader in automated application configuration management software, today announced the appointment of Jim Hickey as vice president of marketing. Mr. Hickey will lead mValent’s strategic and tactical marketing efforts, reporting to Joe Forgione, mValent’s President and CEO.
“We’re really pleased to have Jim on board at this critical time in our expansion. He will drive mValent’s core value making it easy to manage complex application software changes” said Mr. Forgione. “Our enterprise customers face the three key issues of reducing complexity, maintaining compliance, and managing cost with their application software infrastructure. Jim will develop mValent’s marketing, branding and communication strategies that reflect mValent Integrity’s leadership in these areas.”
“This is a tremendous and exciting time to join the mValent team,” commented Hickey. “With IT managers facing twin pressures: business owners needing more applications online, delivered faster; and financial managers continuing to pare IT headcount related expenses, the time is ripe for mValent Integrity.”
Hickey joins mValent with over 20 years of software marketing and sales experience with emerging and growing companies. Immediately prior to joining mValent, Hickey spent six years with Authentica, providing executive leadership in marketing, business development and sales. He has also had executive marketing and sales positions at Omtool and Xyvision. He is a former strategy consultant with global consulting giant, Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Hickey has an MBA degree from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA degree in Economics from Harvard College.
About mValent
mValent’s software automates application configuration management and is used by leading organizations to manage the building and maintenance of complex application configurations throughout their entire lifecycle from development to production.
mValent is located in Burlington, Massachusetts. The privately held company is backed by top-tier venture capital firms, including Charles River Ventures, IDG Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners. For more information, visit mValent at http://www.mvalent.com.
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