Tony Zingale Now Jive’s Permanent CEO
Record Growth Fuels Continued Expansion; Palo Alto, California Named Jive’s
Headquarters
PALO ALTO, CA – May 18, 2010, Jive Software, Inc. – Today Jive Software
announced that Tony Zingale has become Jive’s permanent CEO. He has been
the interim CEO for less than three months and has served on Jive’s board of
directors for well over two years.
“Jive is leading the Social Business revolution, just like Facebook and
LinkedIn did in our personal and professional lives,” said Tony Zingale, CEO
of Jive. “Social Business is the biggest shift in the way business gets done
in a generation. Jive has the right strategy, people and products to lead
this market like never before.”
Tony Zingale Background
Tony Zingale has over thirty years of experience building market leading
technology companies. Prior to Jive, Zingale served as President and CEO of
Mercury Interactive, the worldwide leader of Business Technology
Optimization (BTO) software, where he successfully grew the company to over
$1B in annual revenue. In 2006 HP purchased Mercury for $5.1 billion. Prior
to Mercury, he was President and CEO of Clarify, a leader in customer
relationship management (CRM) software, where he grew the company to more
than $300 million in annual revenue. Nortel acquired Clarify for $2.1
billion in 1999. He serves on the board of directors of Coverity, Inc.,
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), and ServiceSource.
Record Growth Fuels Continued Expansion; Palo Alto, California Named Jive’s
Headquarters
In less than a year Jive has increased its Silicon Valley team from 4 to 50
and expects to have over 100 employees in Palo Alto, Jive’s new
headquarters, by the beginning of next year. To accommodate this growth,
Jive recently signed a lease for a new facility in Palo Alto’s downtown
business district on 325 Lytton Avenue. Jive continues to aggressively hire
engineering, sales, marketing, product management, services and support
professionals in the Bay Area, and will relocate to the new headquarters
this fall.
Jive’s Portland center will continue to be a major hub of innovation and
investment. Jive recently reached capacity of its current office in
Portland, and this summer will begin the build out of an additional floor to
accommodate planned hiring. Jive also recently moved into a significantly
larger office located in Boulder, Colorado’s Pearl Street District. “Now we
have a strong hold in three of the top cities in the country for attracting
the best and brightest talent in the social software market,” said Bryan
LeBlanc, CFO at Jive.
Social Business – The New Way to Business
Social Business Software is the new way to engage employees, customers and
the social web. Just as social technologies changed our personal lives,
Social Business is changing how enterprises create competitive advantage.
SBS is emerging as the most important new enterprise software category in a
decade. Analysts project the Social Business Software market is growing in
excess of 25% CAGR and will reach nearly $5 billion by 2013.
About Jive Software
Social Business Software is the new way to engage employees, customers and
the social web. Just as social technologies changed our personal lives,
Social Business is changing how enterprises create competitive advantage.
SBS is emerging as the most important new enterprise software category in a
decade. SBS combines the power of community software
project the Social Business Software market is growing in excess of 25% CAGR
and will reach nearly $5 billion by 2013.
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