Good Technology Elects Two New Members to its Board of Directors

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Good Technology™, the leader in secure mobility, has elected Jon E. Barfield, Esq., and Graham V. Smith, to the company's board. Jon Barfield is president and CEO of LJ Holdings Investment Company LLC. Graham Smith is the former chief financial officer of Salesforce.

"I am delighted to have both Jon and Graham join our Board of Directors," said Christy Wyatt, chairman and CEO at Good Technology. "Jon is an extraordinary leader and advisor to some great enterprise companies and global brands. Jon's operational background and experience is a welcome addition to the Good team, as we continue our evolution as one of the largest enterprise mobility solutions providers."

Mr. Barfield is president and chief executive officer of LJ Holdings Investment Company LLC, a private investment company. In March 2012, he retired from Bartech Group, Inc. ("Bartech"), where he served since 1981 as president and from 1995 to March 2012 as chairman and president of this industry-leading professional services firm, with headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, delivering talent management and managed service provider solutions to Global 1000 firms. The company employs and manages the daily work assignments for more than 26,000 associates and more than $2.5 billion in procurement for major employers around the world, making Bartech Group one of the largest, independent talent acquisition and management firms in the United States. During the past five years, Mr. Barfield previously served as a director of BMC Software, Inc., Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and National City Corporation. He has been a director of CMS Energy Corporation since August 2005.

Mr. Barfield also served for many years as chairman of the audit committee of the Princeton University Board of Trustees and he is currently a director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. He graduated from Princeton University in 1974 and Harvard Law School in 1977. 

"As we continue to see our own subscription enterprise software business grow, Good has rapidly become an enterprise solutions provider to some of the world's largest companies," said Christy Wyatt, chairman and CEO at Good Technology. "Graham is an outstanding executive whose experience in scaling large, enterprise, cloud computing businesses will be a great resource for Good and for our board."

Mr. Smith has more than 25 years of finance experience in the software industry and is the former chief financial officer at salesforce.com. In his seven years there, Mr. Smith built a world-class finance organization, managing the company's financial strategy, operations and systems through rapid growth as the company's annual revenue increased from $750 million when he joined the company to more than $5 billion annual revenue in fiscal year 2015. Smith also oversaw the integration of more than 30 acquisitions, as well as raising over $1.7 billion through convertible debt offerings and loan financings.

Before joining Salesforce, Mr. Smith served as CFO at Advent Software, Vitria Technology and Nuance Communications, a voice-recognition software company, where he led the company through both private and public financings. Earlier in his career, Smith spent 11 years at Oracle in a variety of senior finance roles, including vice president of finance for worldwide operations.

Mr. Smith serves on the board of directors at Splunk, MINDBODY and Xero. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and politics from Bristol University in England and qualified as a chartered accountant in England and Wales.

About Good Technology 
Good Technology is the leader in secure mobility solutions, providing the leading secure mobility platform for enterprises and governments worldwide, across all stages of the mobility lifecycle. Good offers a comprehensive, end-to-end secure mobility solutions portfolio, consisting of a suite of collaboration applications, a secure mobility platform, mobile device management, unified monitoring, management and analytics, and a third-party application and partner ecosystem. More than 6,200 organizations in over 189 countries use Good Technology solutions, including FORTUNE® 100 leaders in commercial banking, insurance, healthcare, and aerospace and defense. Learn more at www.good.com.

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