ColdSpark Strengthens Executive Team; Appoints New Vice President of Engineering.Ric Rodriguez To Lead Product Portfolio Expansion for Fast-growing Email Infrastructure Company BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- ColdSpark[TM] (www.coldspark.com), the leader in next-generation enterprise messaging infrastructure, today announced that Henry "Ric" Rodriguez III has joined the executive team as vice president of engineering. Mr. Rodriguez will be responsible for managing the company's enterprise messaging product development. He brings more than 24 years of engineering and product development experience to the fast growing company. "We're expanding our incredibly talented and seasoned executive team that is dedicated to keeping ColdSpark at the leading edge of the enterprise messaging market," said Mr. Brown. "Ric has a long and successful track record of conceptualizing and delivering new products and services as well as a deep understanding of the needs of enterprise customers. We're very excited that he is a part of the team." Prior to joining ColdSpark, Mr. Rodriguez led the product development team at Webroot Software Webroot Software is a company that creates computer security software. Webroot's corporate headquarters is located in Boulder, Colorado, and the company was founded in 1997. They currently employ about 300 people worldwide. , Inc., provider of the widely deployed Spy Sweeper Spy Sweeper is proprietary software sold by Webroot Software, which detects and removes spyware on personal computers that run Microsoft Windows. It scans a computer for spyware by examining files on the computer's hard disk drive, as well as objects in memory, the Windows registry [TM] line of anti-spyware products for consumers, small businesses and enterprises. Prior to his position at Webroot, he served as chief technology officer at Dynix, a global provider of automation technologies for libraries that merged with Sirsi, developer of integrated library technologies, in 2005. In his role at Dynix, Mr. Rodriguez streamlined the company's product lines, instituted product development strategy and led a team of more than 125 employees. Mr. Rodriguez has also held executive engineering positions at Raindance Communications Raindance Communications Inc., is a US company that provides online meeting, web conferencing and teleconferencing services. Its products include "Raindance Seminar Edition", "Raindance Meeting Edition", "Raindance Web Conferencing Pro", "Raindance Reservationless Conferencing", , Xtra-Online and Borealis Technology. "The enterprise communications market has long been without alternatives to complex appliance- and resource-intensive enterprise email systems," said Mr. Rodriguez. "ColdSpark has an advanced, easy-to-manage messaging platform that replaces the outdated foundation on which most enterprise email systems are now built. I'm honored to be leading the development team and helping to shape the product during this exciting period of growth." About ColdSpark ColdSpark has created the next generation of enterprise email infrastructure, based on the SparkEngine[TM] Mail Transport Platform (MTP (1) (Message Transfer Part) See SS7. (2) (Media Transfer Protocol) A Microsoft enhancement to the picture transfer protocol (PTP), starting with Windows Media Player 10 in Windows XP. ), a new type of message platform for mail networks. The patent-pending SparkEngine is the foundation of ColdSpark's suite of advanced email security, compliance and customer care solutions, designed to solve important challenges facing enterprises in the capabilities, management and performance of email for critical business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . Founded in 2001 by email technology veterans, ColdSpark's customers, include Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. , Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. Bank, Fidelity, Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. and Equifax. ColdSpark and SparkEngine are trademarks of ColdSpark, Inc. All other trademarks referenced in this release are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged. |
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