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David Patrick Joins Apperian as new CEO
[September 27, 2010]

David Patrick Joins Apperian as new CEO


BOSTON --(Business Wire)--

Apperian, Inc., a leading provider of business-to-consumer and business-to-employee applications for the iPhone (News - Alert) and other mobile platforms, today announced that David Patrick has joined Apperian as the new CEO. With over 25 years of senior executive experience in the software industry, David brings a tremendous wealth of experience in enterprise products, organizational growth, and success in creating and growing technology companies.

"Apperian is a leader in providing enterprise-focused mobile application development and management solutions in an exploding market," said David. "I'm excited about joining the team at Apperian with its proven track record in developing transformative mobile apps for Apple and Google (News - Alert) platforms and developing solutions to help enterprises create, deploy, and manage mobile applications."

David has an extensive background in the software industry and most recently, he was CEO of xkoto, a cross platform enterprise database virtualization software company which was acquired by Teradata (News - Alert). Prior to xkoto David was VP & General Manager at Novell, where he managed the $450 million division that included Novell's SUSE Linux and Netware operating systems, collaboration products and number of emerging open source technologies. David joined Novell (News - Alert) in 2003, as part of the acquisition of Ximian, a leading Linux and open source software company, where he was President and CEO. Before Ximian, David served as President of worldwide sales and operations for The Learning Company, an $800 million consumer software company acquired by Mattel in 1999, where David served as President of worldwide sales and operations of Mattel Interactive. Other experience includes leading roles at WordStar, Sun Microsystems, Ashton-Tate and Lotus.



Chuck Goldman, Apperian's founder, stated "To be able to attract an executive like David is a testament to what we have built at Apperian over the last several years firmly positions our company to take the major next step in growth." Chuck will remain with the company as the Chief Strategy Officer, and will be responsible for business development and continuing the growth of the professional services team.

To learn more, please visit www.apperian.com.


About Apperian, Inc.

Apperian, Inc., (www.apperian.com) is a leading provider of solutions for mobile users and enterprise organizations with a team of world-class mobile application developers, strategists, information architects, and award-winning designers whose experience in building transformative mobile Apps and helping companies leverage iPhone is unmatched in the industry. Apperian announced the upcoming release of EASE, the Enterprise App Services Environment, which helps enterprises in the Mobile Apps Management arena. Apperian has provided solutions for companies including American Greetings, The Estee Lauder Companies, Harrah's Entertainment, Intuit (News - Alert), Progressive Insurance, Rue La La, Timberland, and Warner Brothers, and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Apperian is a registered service mark of Apperian, Inc. All other trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners.


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