Welcome Bob Steinkrauss, Viridity's New President and CEO
Posted on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 @ 08:46 AM
Please join us in welcoming Bob Steinkrauss to Viridity Software as the President and CEO. We are very fortunate to have an industry luminary of Bob's caliber join the Viridity Software team. He brings strong leadership skills and a proven track record to Viridity.
Prior to joining Viridity Software, Bob was the President and CEO of Chosen Security, Inc., a leading specialist in identity verification and security services, where he merged the company with PGP Corporation (recently acquired by Symantec.) He also served as President and CEO of Ingrian Networks, the market leader of enterprise data protection and privacy solutions (acquired by SafeNet). In addition, he was President and CEO of Xedia Corporation, where he oversaw the company's revenue growth from zero to $21 million over two years and sold the company to Lucent for $246 million. Bob also served as Chairman and CEO of Raptor Systems, during which time he took the company public and boosted revenue 273% year over year. Raptor Systems was sold to Axent Technologies in 1998 for $240 million. He is a two time Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist (in 2007, in Northern California for Ingrian Networks; and in 1997 in New England for Raptor Systems). Bob received a B.S. in accounting from Boston College, graduating magna cum laude.
Bob joins a strong executive management team made up of Mike Rowan, Co-Founder and CTO; Chris Rocca, Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering, Steve Keilen, Vice President of Marketing and Inside Sales, and Mike Anthony, Co-Founder and Chief Architect.