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Fortify Software Names John True as Chief Operating Officer

Posted on: Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 05:00 CST

Seasoned leader brings over 20 years of experience to application security market leader

SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortify Software, the market leader in Software Security Assurance solutions, today announced the appointment of John True as Chief Operating Officer (COO). A 20-year veteran in enterprise software and information technology markets, True brings extensive experience in sales, general management, and business development with high growth technology firms to Fortify's seasoned management team as the company continues its record growth into 2009.

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As COO, True will oversee the rapid growth of the company's global sales, services and channel organizations. He will also be responsible for expanding Fortify's network of integration, outsourcing and consulting partners who deliver the company's Software Security Assurance solutions to organizations worldwide.

"John True has a proven ability to drive high-performance sales and service organizations that leverage direct selling and partner networks," said John M. Jack, president and CEO of Fortify. "Our Fortify 360 solutions and consulting expertise have established Fortify as the leading Software Security Assurance provider. John's expertise and field leadership will help us continue to accelerate revenue growth and market leadership as we secure our customers' business-critical software against malicious attack."

True most recently served as Vice President of the Americas for Equallogic, prior to its $1.4B acquisition by Dell in 2008. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of WW Sales at Ariba, a developer of Enterprise Spend Management Software. True has also held senior sales and management positions with Parametric Technology Corporation, while revenues grew from $5M to $1B, and served as the CEO of Mobile Resource Management firm Agilis Systems. True holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Missouri.

"Fortify is in a great position to continue to expand as the leading provider of software security solutions for world class enterprises and a wide range of government agencies," said True. "This is a company with an extraordinary vision and has widely been recognized as the global leader in the software security market. I'm proud to be part of such a world-class team and am looking forward to our continued success."

About Fortify Software, Inc.

Fortify(R)'s Software Security Assurance products and services protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications. Its software security suite -- Fortify 360 -- drives down costs and security risks by automating key processes of developing and deploying secure applications. Fortify Software's customers include government agencies and FORTUNE 500 companies in a wide variety of industries, such as financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, publishing, insurance, systems integration and information management. The company is backed by world-class teams of software security experts and partners. More information is available at www.fortify.com or visit our blog at blog.fortify.com.

SOURCE Fortify Software, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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