[May 25, 2006] WebLayers Announces Passing of CEO Irwin Wallach; Late CEO's Career Spanned More Than 30 Years Leading Development and Operations of Large IT organizations; Interim CEO Named Tweet CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- May 25, 2006 -- WebLayers, the leading provider of policy-based governance solutions for strategic IT initiatives, today announced with deep regret the untimely passing of WebLayers' CEO, Mr. Irwin Wallach. Mr. Wallach passed away on Monday, May 22, 2006 near his home in Long Island, NY. Irwin served as WebLayers' CEO since August 2005. Prior to taking WebLayers' leadership reins he served as General Manager and VP for Application Delivery in Mercury Interactive following Mercury's acquisition of Appilog, Inc., a New York based software company that Mr. Wallach headed as its CEO from inception. Prior to Appilog, Irwin built GENOSYS Technology Management, a leading IT services outsourcing and hosting firm into a global provider to Fortune 2000 organizations who were looking for a cost-effective way to manage their it infrastructures. The vision behind GENOSYS was developed by Irwin over his 20 year experience as a Managing Director of IT Services for Bankers Trust Company. While at Bankers Trust, Irwin was responsible for all elements of the Bank's global Telecommunications networks and large projects including the Engineering, Implementation and Operations functions for all of the Bank's offices worldwide. "Irwin's death is a tragic loss for his family, as well as for everyone at WebLayers," stated Gregg Bjork, Sr. VP of Field Operations. "Irwin had a genuine passion for life and love for his family that was contagious to everyone around him and his legacy to me, the Board and his employees is substantial." "With Irwin at the helm, WebLayers grew to be a strong company with solid financial footing and increased opportunities in our space," said Guy Loewy, Founder and CTO of WebLayers. "Irwin was one of those rare individuals who was an excellent leader as well as a true visionary in this industry. I will miss him greatly, as I know all who knew him will." On an interim basis Gregg Bjork will serve as WebLayers' CEO, working with Founder and CTO Guy Loewy. About WebLayers WebLayers (www.weblayers.com) is leading the market for policy-driven Governance for strategic IT initiatives including SOA, Outsourcing, and Enterprise System Integration. A private company founded in 2002 with venture capital backing, WebLayers is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. WebLayers Center(TM), the company's flagship product, is deployed within Fortune 500 companies and government agencies who are using it to define their enterprise policies, detect, analyze, and ensure conformance and to govern their most strategic IT initiatives. WebLayers Center's overall design is based on WebLayers' groundbreaking, patent-pending technology for policy-based Governance for the enterprise in a Service Oriented Architecture. For more information about WebLayers, please visit www.weblayers.com. WebLayers is the founder and coordinator of The SOA Forum. The SOA Forum is comprised of senior IT executives and enterprise architects from Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Current members include over 500 senior IT executives and enterprise architects. WebLayers is also a member of AFEI (Association for Enterprise Integration), WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization), and OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). Copyright 2006 WebLayers, Inc. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. WebLayers Center, WebLayers Center for SOA, WebLayers Center for Outsourcing and WebLayers Center for Enterprise Services Integration are trademarks of WebLayers, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]