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PSS Systems Appoints Eric Saltzman as Chief Financial Officer.


Saltzman's Finance Experience and Legal Expertise Are Strategic Advantages as Company Hits Rapid Growth Stage

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- PSS See EPSS.  Systems, the leader in legal holds and retention management solutions, has appointed Eric Saltzman as Chief Financial Officer. Saltzman has more than 18 years' experience in key finance, business development and legal positions within both private and public technology companies.

At PSS, Saltzman will serve as CFO See Chief Financial Officer.  and a key member of the senior management team helping the company leverage its early market leadership through a fast growth period. He will also work on expanding the company's business relationships with new partners, support the sales team in creating new customer opportunities, and lead the finance and administrative functions.

"Eric joins PSS Systems at a time when the market need for our solutions is growing rapidly," said Deidre Paknad, 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 PSS Systems. "His business development and financial leadership experience will assist us in maximizing our market opportunities and profitability."

Previously, Saltzman was CFO at Vendavo, creator of price management software solutions for complex, global corporations, and Qualys, a provider of hosted, on-demand vulnerability management and policy compliance services. Prior to that, he served as CFO at TimesTen, Cygent and Electronics for Imaging. At Electronics for Imaging, he also led business development and a wide array of licensing and complex distribution activities for the company. As an attorney, Saltzman advised technology companies on matters ranging from strategic partnerships to initial public offerings. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College Swarthmore College, at Swarthmore, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1864 by the Society of Friends. It maintains a cooperative program with Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and the Univ. of Pennsylvania.  and a Juris Doctor The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school.

Juris doctor, or doctor of Jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly conferred by law schools.
 from Stanford University Law School.

"Corporations are becoming acutely aware of new complex litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 requirements and escalating expectations from the judiciary and opposing parties," Saltzman said. "They need to apply powerful solutions that will help them manage this complexity and contain both cost and risk. PSS Systems is an early innovator with a significant lead in mind share and market share. I'm excited to join the PSS team and help increase the company's leadership as this market continues to expand."

PSS Systems is the developer of the Atlas solution suite, the first software suite to help companies manage their legal holds and cross-enterprise retention programs. Atlas is the only solution to provide a robust and automated legal holds process, critical information map and an enterprise retention management framework that synchronizes these elements. PSS software is one of the only solutions that directly address the exacting requirements under the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) are rules governing civil procedure in United States district (federal) courts, that is, court procedures for civil suits. The FRCP are promulgated by the United States Supreme Court pursuant to the Rules Enabling Act, and then approved  which take effect December 1, 2006, in Federal Courts and which have already been enacted in some states and by some judges.

About PSS Systems

PSS Systems is the leading provider of legal holds and retention management solutions. The company's Atlas suite is the first and only solution that enables enterprises to synchronize retention, disposal, preservation, and production to reduce cost and risk. Customers include Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Babcock & Brown, First Data Corporation and other business practice leaders.

PSS Systems is a recognized leader on critical policy topics; it founded and sponsors the CGOC CGOC Company Grade Officers Council
CGOC Coset-Generated Operating Condition
, an executive forum and professional community on practice issues related to retention and preservation. To assist its customers, the company has an ecosystem of legal experts including Hunton & Williams, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati and delivery experts such as Bearing Point. PSS Systems is privately held and it based in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see .
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
. For more information, visit www.pss-systems.com.

PSS Systems and the PSS logo are registered trademarks, and Atlas LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC.

1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's.
, Atlas Litigation Communications & Collections, Atlas ERM (Enterprise Relationship Management) An umbrella term with many shades of meaning over the years. It may refer to the management of information from any or all of an organization's customers, suppliers, business partners and employees. , Policy Atlas, Policy Point and AtlasIPM are trademarks of PSS Systems, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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