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Peter Zadrozny Joins StrongMail as Chief Technology Officer
REDWOOD SHORES, CA - September 12, 2005 - StrongMail Systems, the innovation leader in digital messaging infrastructure, today announced that Peter Zadrozny has been appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, Zadrozny will be responsible for driving and evangelizing StrongMail System's technology strategy and developing strategic relationships with key technology partners.
"Peter is a widely respected industry veteran and brings deep, global experience to the position of chief technology officer," said Frank Addante, founder of StrongMail Systems. "His demonstrated leadership in the technology arena will be central to accelerating StrongMail System's business goals for product development and innovation to meet rapidly evolving market demands."
As more and more businesses recognize the mission-critical nature of email, they are looking to invest in enterprise-class email infrastructure that is open, flexible and universally accessible to all applications, data and systems. By hiring a veteran like Zadrozny, who has deep roots in the enterprise software industry, and is an expert on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), StrongMail is reaffirming its commitment to deliver a world-class email platform that easily adapts to customer demands and is based on the best principles of SOA.
Zadrozny joins StrongMail Systems from Oracle, where he was VP and chief evangelist for the java application server. Prior to joining Oracle, Zadrozny served as chief technologist of BEA Systems for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Zadrozny also launched WebLogic Inc.'s operations in Europe in 1998, after serving in various executive and technical roles for companies such as Macromedia, McKesson, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Petroleos de Venezuela and Sun Microsystems, for whom he established operations in Mexico.
"While email is the killer-app of the Internet, it is unfortunate that the technology that supports it dates back over 30 years and has progressed little since," noted Peter Zadrozny. "Email communication is an integral part of the processes on which businesses depend today. StrongMail Systems is by far the leader in helping businesses optimize their use of this mission-critical channel. I am delighted to join the company, as I share their commitment to advancing a new era of technology that will forever change the way businesses communicate."
Zadrozny has been in the computer industry since 1976 when he started working with the UNIX operating system. Since then he has been actively involved in technical solutions architecture, product management, product marketing, systems integration, software development and computer operations. He is the author of the book "J2EE Performance Testing," co-author of "Professional J2EE Programming with BEA WebLogic Server" and founding editor of the "WebLogic Developer's Journal" magazine.
Zadrozny has a degree in Computer Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela.
About StrongMail Systems, Inc.
StrongMail Systems, the innovation leader in email infrastructure software, is the only company that has solved the email challenge at its core, thereby empowering businesses to fix, enhance and extend their email communications. StrongMail Systems has pioneered the email application server - the industry's first complete, fully integrated infrastructure solution for outbound email. Companies use StrongMail software to email-enable disparate business assets, and deliver marketing messages, order confirmations, and other transactional communications seamlessly and in real-time. StrongMail is application agnostic and easily integrates with CRM, e-commerce and financial applications, as well as custom developed solutions to unlock the potential of email for enterprises, service providers and ISV's. Founded in 2002, StrongMail Systems is privately held and funded by Globespan Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital and Evercore Ventures. The Company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA, and can be found on the Web at www.strongmail.com.
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