[June 29, 2004] IMlogic Expands Management Team with Industry Veterans; Executives from Groove Networks and Microsoft Latest to Join Ranks of Instant Messaging Infrastructure Leader WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- June 29, 2004 -- IMlogic, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software solutions for the rapidly growing Instant Messaging (IM) market, today announced the addition of two new hires to its management team. David Fowler joins IMlogic as vice president of marketing and strategic alliances and Tim Johnson joins as the director of program management. In his role as vice president of marketing and strategic alliances, David Fowler will drive IMlogic's worldwide marketing organization including corporate marketing and communications, product management, branding and positioning and overseeing the company's corporate positioning, messaging, and strategic partnerships. As director of program management, Tim Johnson will manage the design and engineering of IMlogic's industry-leading solutions. "The rapid growth of the enterprise instant messaging market is opening up new business opportunities for a few well positioned industry leaders. IMlogic is moving quickly to consolidate its leadership position by adding key experienced individuals to the team that leverage these new opportunities," said Francis deSouza, CEO, IMlogic. "David and Tim bring a depth of experience in global technology marketing, product development, and strategic alliances that will further help us grow our company into emerging areas in IM security, interoperability, and application development." David Fowler brings more than twenty years of marketing experience to IMlogic, specifically in the collaboration, customer relationship management and networking industries. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of marketing and business development for Groove Networks, a desktop collaboration company. Prior to Groove Networks, Fowler served as president and executive vice president of marketing at KANA (originally Silknet), a leading provider of customer relationship management software, where he was instrumental in helping grow quarterly revenues over 1000% from $3.6 million to $42 million. He has also served in a number of senior management roles at Sun Microsystems, Chipcom (networking systems) and Gradient Technologies (a security software company). "IMlogic has firmly established itself as a leading provider of instant messaging management solutions and is widely-recognized in the industry as the market leader," said David Fowler, vice president of marketing and strategic alliances, IMlogic. "I am excited to join the management team at a time of rapid growth and to play a role in expanding the business opportunities for IMlogic's robust, enterprise-class, IM infrastructure software." Tim Johnson brings a solid track record of leadership in software design and market-defining product creation to IMlogic. Prior to joining IMlogic, Tim spent over seven years at Microsoft building industry-leading consumer and enterprise software. A key leader in the success and broad adoption of Internet Explorer, Johnson grew market share from under 5% to over 90% in under three years. He additionally led the transformation of the MSN division of Microsoft to become the leading integrated product suite for the global Internet community. "Strong technology partnerships with IM industry leaders such as Microsoft combined with a consistent track record of delivering enterprise-class products keeps IMlogic at the forefront of the industry," said Tim Johnson, director of program management, IMlogic, "I look forward to continuing our technology and market leadership by building world-class products and solutions that capitalize on the global, real-time IM networks." About IMlogic, Inc. IMlogic, Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., is a pioneer in delivering enterprise-class infrastructure software that enables companies to control and leverage the use of Instant Messaging (IM), the world's fastest growing communications medium. IMlogic's strategic vision provides organizations a comprehensive approach for incorporating IM capabilities in business-critical communications and applications. The company's first offering, IMlogic IM Manager, lets enterprises secure, control and report on IM usage, while satisfying regulatory and compliance requirements set by HR and government agencies (SEC, HIPAA). IMlogic is backed by leading venture capital firms Crosslink Capital, Venrock Associates, General Catalyst Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Goldman Sachs. For more information on IMlogic visit www.imlogic.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]