Oblicore Names Jonathan McKay as Chairman of Board of Directors.COLUMBIA, Md. -- Technology Industry Veteran to Contribute Strategy Expertise to Service Delivery Management Software Leader Oblicore, a leading provider of service delivery management software and best practices, today announced the addition of Jonathan McKay as chairman to its board of directors. A 30-year technology management veteran, McKay will provide strategic counsel to Oblicore on product development and strategy processes as the company continues its rapid growth. "Jonathan McKay's expertise and strategic guidance has helped propel a number of innovative software companies to greater success," said Laurel Bowden, general partner, JVP JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front, Sri Lanka) JVP Jewish Voice for Peace JVP Jugular Venous Pressure JVP Junge Volkspartei (Young Austrian People's Party) JVP Junior Vice President and a member of Oblicore's board of directors. "His deep experience, spanning product strategy, sales and marketing, and international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. make him an excellent addition to lead our board as chairman and a valued asset for the entire Oblicore executive team." "Driven by the explosive growth of outsourcing and the relentless desire to reduce costs, businesses around the world are struggling to effectively measure and improve the performance of service delivery," said McKay. "Based on the success it has already achieved with key customers such as BT, ING and T-Systems, Oblicore's opportunity for growth in this market is huge. I am very excited to play a key role in helping Oblicore become the provider of choice for service delivery management software and best practices." McKay currently serves as chairman of two UK-based software companies, Exony and Tribold. He is also a non-executive director A non-executive director (NED, also NXD) or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. He or she is not an employee of the company or affiliated with it in any other way. of Celltick, the world leader in active content discovery applications and mobile interactive broadcast, also a JVP company. In addition, McKay is also an independent angel investor An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. and limited partner with two venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . Previously, McKay was an advisor to the board of the leading UK-based OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. software provider, Cramer Systems. Earlier in his career McKay was vice president and general manager of Sun Microsystems' Tools and Integration business unit. He joined Sun as a result of the company's $700 million acquisition of Forte, where he held the role of COO and CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). , and was responsible for driving product and market strategy. Prior to Forte, McKay ran European sales operations for Sybase and held management positions with StorageTek and Sperry Univac. About Oblicore Oblicore is the leading Service Delivery Management software provider dedicated to delivering SLM See service level management system and spatial light modulator. , BSM BSM Business Service Management BSM Basic Security Module BSM Best Stations Memory (Pioneer car stereos) BSM Business Systems Modernization BSM Bronze Star Medal BSM Black Student Movement BSM Benilde-St. and Sourcing Management solutions that drive business success. The company's flagship product, Oblicore Guarantee(TM), is leveraged by blue chip customers around the world, ensuring critical IT-powered business processes are delivered in a manner that is compliant and predictable--reducing costs, improving operational performance and increasing shareholder value. Both service providers and enterprises alike rely on Oblicore's business-focused, top-down approach Top-down approach A method of security selection that starts with asset allocation and works systematically through sector and industry allocation to individual security selection. to maintain compliance with SLAs, to increase customer retention and acquisition, and to keep critical business processes running smoothly. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices across the U.S., Europe, Asia and Israel, Oblicore is backed by a strong, global investor base including JVP, Favonius Ventures, Concord Ventures, Platinum Venture Capital and Ampal-American Corporation. For more information, please visit http://www.oblicore.com. Copyright (C) 2006, Oblicore, Inc. All rights reserved. Oblicore(TM) and Oblicore Guarantee(TM) are trademarks of Oblicore, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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