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PSS Systems Makes Two Key Executive Additions
Engineering, Marketing Vice Presidents Join as Changes to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Drive Strong Company Growth
| Source: PSS Systems, Inc.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 7, 2007 -- PSS Systems, the leader in legal holds
and retention management solutions, has appointed Rafael Gonzalez Caloni to
be Vice President of Marketing, and Pierre Raynaud-Richard as Vice
President of Engineering.
Gonzalez Caloni will be responsible for all aspects of marketing. His
background representing leading financial institutions and industrial
corporations in complex corporate and securities litigation gives Gonzalez
Caloni unique insight into the challenges posed by mounting regulatory
demands for legal holds and retention. In addition, Gonzalez Caloni has
spent over 15 years understanding and serving the needs of corporate
clients both as an enterprise software executive and as a strategic
management consultant.
Raynaud-Richard is a seasoned technology executive who has led engineering
strategy and product delivery for numerous generations of diverse
technologies and products, from operating systems to complex, 7x24-capable
applications relied on by tens of millions of users worldwide. He has spent
his 16-year engineering career managing teams of up to 200 developers,
located across global development centers to bring world class products to
customers. His experience ranges from company launch to M&A, IPO,
turnaround and even through complex IP litigation.
"Building customer trust and confidence requires the highest standards of
execution excellence combined with genuine subject matter credibility;
winning in business requires the smartest, fastest team," said Deidre
Paknad, President and CEO of PSS Systems. "Rafael and Pierre have
distinguished themselves in each of these dimensions over their careers.
I'm pleased to add them to an excellent management team at a time when our
market, customer base, and leadership are rapidly expanding. Together,
they significantly increase our ability to lead the market with our Atlas
legal holds and retention management software."
Gonzalez Caloni holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and practiced
corporate litigation with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. He joins PSS Systems
from Vendavo, where, as Vice President of Marketing, he led the company's
marketing efforts from market entry and signing its first clients through
the company's rapid growth, and engaged actively with prospects and
partners, including SAP and Accenture. At Calico Commerce, he was Senior
Director of Market Development and served as part of the core team that
managed the company through its acquisition by PeopleSoft. As a consultant
with McKinsey & Company and with Andersen Consulting, Gonzalez Caloni
worked with financial services, telecommunications, oil and gas,
industrial, government and other clients in Europe and Latin America.
"I've spent my career understanding, articulating and addressing the
complex needs of large organizations -- as a litigator, strategy consultant
and marketer," said Gonzalez Caloni. "PSS Systems allows me to fully
leverage my expertise in a very dynamic market where it has established a
substantial early lead with its unparalleled roster of clients and first of
a kind Atlas solution."
Raynaud-Richard joins PSS from Openwave, where he was Vice President of
Engineering and led several worldwide engineering and product teams during
his tenure. At Openwave, his products touched tens of millions of end
users worldwide in a 7x24 environment. Prior to Openwave, he was Vice
President of Engineering R&D at PalmSource, where he led the transformation
and modernization of the PalmOS architecture. He also held the VP of
Engineering post at technology innovator Be Incorporated, where he worked
from 1995 to 2001 when it was acquired by Palm. He graduated from Ecole
Polytechnique de Paris, one of the world's most selective and prestigious
technology universities, and from Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Telecommunications in France.
"I know through my firsthand experience with complex IP litigation that the
challenges of preservation and the opportunities to more strategically
manage information are tremendous," said Raynaud-Richard. "PSS Systems has
established clear solution leadership and I'm very pleased to join this
excellent team to continue to build advantage and value for our customers
on a larger scale."
PSS Systems provides the Atlas software suite, a proven solution to
managing enterprise retention practices, mapping enterprise data sources,
and automating the legal holds process to reduce the cost and risk
associated with the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the
complexities of e-discovery. The suite is the first of its kind and
includes Atlas ERM for managing retention programs across complex
enterprises and Atlas LCC for managing and automating legal holds and
collections. Both are designed to assist corporate legal and compliance
executives to more precisely retain and preserve information to meet legal
obligations and to reduce cost and risk.
About PSS Systems
PSS Systems is the leading provider of legal holds and retention management
software. The company's Atlas suite is the first and only solution that
enables enterprises to synchronize retention, disposal, preservation and
production to reduce cost and risk. Customers include Citigroup, Credit
Suisse, First Data Corporation and market leaders in the pharmaceutical,
oil and gas, consumer and insurance industries.
PSS Systems is a recognized leader on critical policy topics. It founded
and sponsors the CGOC, an executive forum and professional community on
practice issues related to retention and preservation. PSS Systems is
privately held and is based in Mountain View, California. For more
information, visit www.pss-systems.com.
PSS Systems and the PSS logo are registered trademarks, and Atlas LCC,
Atlas Litigation Communications & Collections, Atlas ERM, Policy Atlas,
Policy Point and AtlasIPM are trademarks of PSS Systems, Inc. All other
company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.