Kalido Appoints Nigel Turner as Vice President of Product Development.Respected Former CA Development Executive to Drive Development of Business-Oriented Information Management Solutions BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Kalido, a provider of strategic information management solutions, has named Nigel Turner as its vice president of product development. Turner will be responsible for product management, engineering and customer support across the entire Kalido product line. A respected industry veteran, Turner brings more than 20 years software and product development experience to the Kalido senior management team. Turner will be based at Kalido headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,876 at the 2000 census. History Burlington was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated on February 28, 1799. . "What is unique about Kalido's offerings is how it measurably impacts the success of customers' information-driven initiatives and therefore their businesses," commented Turner. "I'm excited at the opportunity to further expand our capabilities to improve the integrity and value of information delivered to business managers across the enterprise." During Turner's 12-year CA career, he held a variety of managerial positions in the company's research and development and marketing departments. As senior vice president of development he was responsible for driving the automation of the product build, verification and integration process for all of CA's products. In addition, he was part of the leadership team that created the Unicenter enterprise management business and managed the field technical organization across CA's most profitable and fastest growing product line. Previously, Turner spent 14 years in product development at Digital Equipment Corporation with responsibility for kernel development for the VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . "Nigel is joining Kalido at a very exciting time in our company's history, and we're delighted to have him on board," commented Bill Hewitt
About Kalido Kalido delivers enterprise information management software that adapts to business change in real-time. By dramatically enhancing visibility into corporate performance on a global basis, Kalido customers have experienced significant improvements in both top and bottom line performance. Kalido's innovative, patented software provides customers with the ability to dynamically view the impact of business changes, including reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, or regulatory requirements, resulting in faster, better decision making throughout the enterprise. Kalido software can be implemented and deployed at a fraction of the cost of traditional information management methods. Kalido software is installed at over 200 locations in over 100 countries with market leading companies including BP, HBOS HBOS Halifax Bank of Scotland plc, Intelsat, Labatt Breweries of Canada, Owens Corning Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity November 1, 1938. , Philips, Shell Group and Unilever. Kalido is backed by Atlas Venture Atlas Venture is an international early-stage venture capital firm that invests in communications, information technology, and life sciences companies. Atlas Venture has investing offices in Boston, London, Munich, and Paris, and its investments are evenly divided between the , Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon and Matrix Partners, and headquartered in Burlington, Mass. More information about Kalido can be found at: http://www.kalido.com. |
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