Handing over the leading role in your business has to be a difficult decision for a founder of a company. While putting your business in another’s hands involves a substantial amount of risk, as long as the candidate is chosen with care, a new leader can steer the business towards unseen levels of success. This week, Chuck Goldan, founder of Boston’s Apperian, Inc, a provider of iPhone applications and mobile platforms, named David Patrick its CEO. (Image courtesy: http://apperian.com/)“Apperian is a leader in providing enterprise-focused mobile application development and management solutions in an exploding market,” said Patrick. “I’m excited about joining the team at Apperian, with its proven track record in developing transformative mobile apps for Apple and Google platforms and developing solutions to help enterprises create, deploy, and manage mobile applications.”
Patrick brings over 25 years of executive experience in the
software industry to his role at Apperian. Most recently, Patrick served as CEO of xkoto, an enterprise database virtualization company. Before that position, Patrick served as VP and General Manager at Novel, managing the company’s SUSE Linux and Netware operating systems. Patrick was also president of The Learning Company and Mattel and held various leadership roles at WordStar, Sun Microsystems, Ashton-Tate, and Lotus. (Image courtesy: http://bit.ly/b8cz6k)“To be able to attract an executive like David is a testament to what we have built at Apperian over the last several years,” said Goldan. “This firmly positions our company to take the major next step in growth.”
From looking at his past, it seems certain that Patrick has what it takes to lead a software company. It is easy to see why founder Goldan was enthusiastic to have Patrick join the Apperian team. I am sure Goldan can relax knowing his company is being lead by someone as seasoned as Patrick.
[Sources: http://bit.ly/bRmTxa, http://apperian.com/]
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