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MokaFive Bolsters Management Team to Meet Demand for Desktop Virtualization Solution
Company Rounds Out Its Advisory Board with Technology Executive, Dale Fuller, as a Strategic Advisor
May. 5, 2008 05:00 PM
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MokaFive expanded its management team with new executive
appointments. John Whaley, a co-founder of the company, has been promoted to
Chief Technology Officer while former Cisco/IronPort executive, Ravi Khatod,
joins the company as Vice President of Sales. In addition, MokaFive rounded out
its advisory board with the addition of Dale Fuller, a seasoned technology
veteran with a strong background in operations and information security.
"MokaFive is at an important stage of growth, having
just launched our vision for virtual desktops as a service," said Bill
Demas, President and CEO, MokaFive. "John's deep technical know-how,
Ravi's proven ability to drive revenue growth and Dale's leadership and experience
building shareholder value will be invaluable to the company as we expand our
footprint in the desktop virtualization market."
In his new role as CTO, Dr. Whaley will be responsible for
the technical vision for MokaFive. He co-founded MokaFive in 2005 with his
research colleagues from Stanford
University and was a
principal engineer behind the company's flagship offering.
Mr. Khatod assumes the role of Vice President of Sales, a
new position with responsibility for revenue growth. With over 15 years in
software sales, Mr. Khatod brings a strong track record in building effective
sales teams, introducing new products, penetrating new markets, and exceeding
revenue targets. He comes to MokaFive from Cisco Systems' IronPort business
unit, where he was Group Vice President for Email Compliance and Encryption
products. He joined IronPort through its acquisition of PostX, where, as
Domestic Vice President of Sales, he oversaw doubling of revenues and a five-
fold increase in the company's customer base.
Mr. Fuller, a technology veteran with extensive experience
in starting and growing both technology and consumer businesses, joins an
advisory board of industry and academic luminaries. As an advisor, he will
provide guidance and industry insight to MokaFive's global distribution
strategy. Mr. Fuller commented: "Though still a nascent space, desktop
virtualization will change the way we think about both business and personal
computing. MokaFive's virtual desktops as a service approach-simple in its design
yet powerful in its technical prowess and execution-reduces many of the
complexities and security issues associated with desktop management."
Currently, Mr. Fuller is on the board of Krugle and Phoenix
Technologies. He has served as interim CEO of McAfee and CEO of Borland, both
of which experienced huge shareholder value and revenue growth during his
tenure. Prior to that, he founded WhoWhere, an Internet community site acquired
by Lycos, and led the expansion startups such as Angelfire.com and Mailcity. He
is an active personal investor in approximately 60 different early stage
startups in Silicon Valley, China and India.
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