BOSTON, MA and TORONTO, ON – January 13, 2005 – BorderWare Technologies, the
benchmark provider of messaging security solutions, today announced that
industry veteran Tim Leisman has joined BorderWare as President & CEO to
drive the company's strategy and vision as the leader in messaging security.
John Alsop, co-founder of BorderWare will remain in the position of
Chairman.
"We are delighted to have Tim Leisman join our team," said John Alsop,
Chairman, BorderWare. "Tim has a very strong general management background, an
exemplary track record with software and service oriented technology companies,
and will be a positive and dynamic force as we expand our messaging security
solutions to meet the needs of carriers, enterprises, government and small
businesses."
Tim Leisman comes to BorderWare with more than 25 years experience in senior
management and executive roles from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. Prior to
joining BorderWare, Mr. Leisman was the President & CEO of Storability
Software, a leading provider of enterprise storage resource management software,
which was acquired by StorageTek in September, 2004. Previously, Mr. Leisman was
President & CEO at Infinite Content, an i2 business-to-business software
company, where he grew the company to more than $100M in sales in two years.
Prior to that, Mr. Leisman was with Compaq as Senior Vice-President and Division
General Manager of the Outsourcing Division, which he founded and grew to $1.5B
in revenues in 5 years. Before joining Compaq, Mr. Leisman spent 14 years at
Digital Equipment Corporation, where he held several senior executive positions
in software and services. Mr. Leisman holds a B.A. in economics and a master's
degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
"As the world standardizes on IP for all business communications from email
to voice, security will be the mainstay. BorderWare's world-class security
solutions sit on the verge of enormous market potential," said Tim Leisman.
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