CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

27 February 2007

Company News

Jeremy Burton Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Serena Software

Serena Software, Inc. announced the appointment of Jeremy Burton as president and chief executive officer.

Michael Capellas, who served as acting president and CEO, will resign his position and resume his role as senior advisor for Silver Lake Partners.

Mr. Burton, 39, was most recently group president, enterprise security and data management for Symantec Corporation where he managed product strategy and product engineering. He joined Symantec through the acquisition of VERITAS where he spent three years in leadership roles, including executive vice president for data management and chief marketing officer.

Prior to Symantec, Mr. Burton spent nine years at Oracle Corporation in a variety of marketing, engineering, and product management roles. He started his Oracle career as a post-sales support engineer and rose to the level of senior vice president of products and services marketing. He also founded Oracle's developer program, the Oracle Technology Network, which today has millions of active members.

Mr. Burton graduated from the University of Surrey in Guildford, England with a degree in information systems engineering. He currently serves on the board of Inquira Inc., a provider of integrated software applications for intelligent search, knowledge management, analytics, and user experience.

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