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Quest Software Announces Executive Changes
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Quest Software's (News - Alert) Board of Directors announced today that Doug Garn is
stepping down from his role as President and Chief Executive Officer and
the Board has named Vinny Smith, previously Quest's Executive Chairman,
as the company's new CEO. Garn has been appointed Vice Chairman of the
Board and Smith will remain as Chairman, effective immediately.
"Doug has made a tremendous contribution to Quest during his three years
as CEO, helping to strengthen our position as a leading enterprise
systems company," said Paul Sallaberry, on behalf of Quest's Board.
"Doug has been discussing his need to step back from his role given
pressing health issues, and we respect his decision. In his new role as
Vice Chairman of the Board, Doug will continue to serve Quest with his
knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for the company."
"The board has complete confidence that Vinny is the right person to be
our next CEO," added Sallaberry. "Vinny's service at Quest has been
marked by outstanding performance and he has always demonstrated
remarkable insight into the enterprise systems market."
During his tenure with Quest, Smith has played a critical leadership
role in strategic decisions that have shaped the company's success,
including:
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Taking Toad from a simple freeware tool to the market leader in
database development and optimization with over two million users
worldwide today;
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Predicting the criticality of the Microsoft (News - Alert) infrastructure and
expanding Quest's product portfolio beyond database and application
manaement into the market-leading position in the Microsoft
infrastructure management market; and
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Anticipating the challenges caused by virtualization and cloud
computing, and assembling an innovative portfolio of products to
simplify management of those new platforms.
In resuming the role of CEO, Smith will continue to evolve Quest to a
strategic IT management solutions vendor focused on Database Management,
Windows Server Management, Performance Monitoring, Identity and Access
Management, Data Protection and User Workspace Management.
Smith has served as Executive Chairman of Quest since October 2008, and
previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Quest from 1997 to 2008.
He has been a member of the Board since 1995 and became Chairman of the
Board in 1998. Smith graduated from the University of Delaware with a
degree in computer science and a minor in economics.
About Quest Software, Inc.
Established in 1987, Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) provides simple and
innovative IT management solutions that enable more than 100,000 global
customers to save time and money across physical and virtual
environments. Quest products solve complex IT challenges ranging from database
management, data
protection, identity
and access management, monitoring,
user workspace management
to Windows management.
Quest and Quest Software are registered trademarks of Quest Software,
Inc. The Quest Software logo and all other Quest Software product or
service names and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Quest Software, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are
property of their respective owners.
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Web Links Referenced in this Release:
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Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/Quest
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LinkedIn (News - Alert):
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TV: http://www.quest.com/tv/
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