FullArmor Appoints Industry Veteran to Build Policy Solutions Business; Matt Dircks Named President; Will Drive Expansion into New Market Segments.BOSTON Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. -- FullArmor, the leader in enterprise policy management, today announced the appointment of Matt Dircks as President of its Policy Solutions business. In this newly created position, Dircks will oversee the expansion of FullArmor's policy management product line and entry into new market segments. Dircks brings 20 years of software industry experience in corporate and product management, sales, marketing, and business development to FullArmor. He has held executive and product management positions with industry leading software vendors including NetIQ and Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. . Dircks assumes all management responsibilities for leading FullArmor's expansion into mobile, remote and tele-worker environments as well as overseeing its existing policy management products. In a recent report entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Portable Policy Management: Taking Control of Today's Extended Enterprise", industry analyst firm IDC cites the needs and challenges of implementing policy management technologies to gain control of mobile and remote devices. A free copy of the report is available at: www.fullarmor.com/knowledge-white-papers.htm "We see a tremendous opportunity to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of managing policies across increasingly diverse environments," said Matt Dircks. "FullArmor has a long history of providing innovative solutions for managing endpoint policy in very large and distributed organizations. We are building on this expertise and developing new technology that will take policy management to the next level. I am excited to be part of the FullArmor team." "Matt Dircks is a proven leader who has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to profitably run software businesses and quickly establish markets for new software products," said Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a Farrell Farrell, city (1990 pop. 6,841), Mercer co., W central Pa., on the Shenango River at the Ohio line and adjoining Sharon, Pa.; inc. 1901. It is a railroad center, and its steel- and ironworks industries have declined. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of FullArmor. "Matt's executive management skills, deep security and Windows expertise, and industry contacts will play a key role in establishing FullArmor as the number one provider of policy management solutions for the mobile and remote markets." Matt Dircks joins FullArmor from NetIQ Corporation where he held a number of executive and product management positions, including senior vice president of products. Prior to NetIQ, Dircks was general manager of the Web Products Group and head of worldwide product management at Citrix Systems, a leader in on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front access products. Dircks has also held product management, marketing, sales, and business development positions with enterprise software vendors PowerCerv Software, Macola/Exact Software, and Best Software. Dircks holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Iowa Not to be confused with Iowa State University. The first faculty offered instruction at the University in March 1855 to students in the Old Mechanics Building, situated where Seashore Hall is now. In September 1855, the student body numbered 124, of which, 41 were women. . About FullArmor FullArmor Corporation develops software that helps organizations manage their IT environment more securely and effectively while leveraging investments in Group Policy and Active Directory. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified See certification. Partner. More than 5 million users and 1,500 organizations worldwide rely on technology developed by FullArmor. For more information visit us on the web at www.fullarmor.com or call 800.653.1783. FullArmor and the FullArmor logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of FullArmor Corporation. Other FullArmor product or service names are trademarks of FullArmor Corporation; all other products, services and company names noted above may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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