UnboundID™ Names Emeka Obianwu to Lead Business DevelopmentIndustry Veteran Tapped to Accelerate Growth into New MarketsAustin, Texas – January 27, 2010 — UnboundID Corp., a developer of identity management software for Internet-driven, consumer-facing architectures, today announced that it has named former Troux and IBM executive, Emeka Obianwu, to the position of Vice President of Business Development. In his new role, Mr. Obianwu will lead partner, channel and other market expansion opportunities for the UnboundID Directory Services 2.0 software platform, which is designed to support the identity management needs of high-volume applications. "Emeka has spent over a decade helping growth-oriented technology companies accelerate their success through strategic partnerships," said Stephen Shoaff, co-founder and CEO of UnboundID. "His experience creating new opportunities through channel and technology partnerships will help us to accelerate the delivery of unique identity management solutions to customers, and will be invaluable as our business continues to grow." Prior to joining UnboundID, Mr. Obianwu led Corporate Development for Troux Technologies, where he built strategic go-to-market alliances. Previously, he oversaw Business Development at BuildForge, which was acquired by IBM in 2006. Following the acquisition, Mr. Obianwu worked with the IBM Rational business development team to identify new growth markets and channels for the IBM Rational brand. He is a seasoned executive in enterprise software sales and strategy consulting, and holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. The UnboundID suite is a new class of identity management applications designed to process billions of entries and transactions to support the demands of today’s multi-channel applications, such as cloud-based systems, texting and smart phone applications. The suite includes the UnboundID Directory Server, the UnboundID Directory Proxy Server, the UnboundID Synchronization Server, as well as the industry’s only updated and maintained LDAP software development toolkit – the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. To learn more about UnboundID and its identity management software solutions, visit www.unboundid.com. About UnboundID Corp.UnboundID is an emerging leader in the field of next-generation identity management software. The company’s Directory Services 2.0 technology offerings help organizations meet the demands of Internet-driven, consumer-facing architectures. UnboundID is a privately-held company based in Austin, Texas and is funded by Silverton Partners. For more information, visit www.unboundid.com. UnboundID is a trademark of UnboundID Corp. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Media Contact: |
