Nimsoft Management Team

Gordon Daugherty

Nimsoft COO

Gordon Daugherty joined Nimsoft as COO following its acquisition by CA Technologies. He came to CA Technologies in 2009 via the acquisition of NetQoS where he oversaw the corporate development, strategy and product management functions.

Prior to joining NetQoS, Gordon served as President for VCON Inc, a global supplier of videoconferencing systems and as Chief Marketing Officer for Britestream Networks, a provider of network security technology.

Since starting his career at IBM, Gordon has held middle management and executive-level positions in a variety of functional disciplines, including sales, marketing, product management, and business development. While at Compaq, he led the North American product marketing efforts for the multi-billion dollar server software, networking and options segment.

Gordon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Baylor University and is Founder & Principal of Shockwave Innovations, a strategy consulting firm for start-up companies.

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Michael Crest

Senior Vice President, Nimsoft Worldwide Sales

Mike Crest is senior vice president of worldwide sales for Nimsoft, leveraging more than 20 years of IT industry experience specializing in direct and indirect sales and marketing

Most recently, Mike was general manager for the Data Management business at CA Technologies, responsible for the team that develops and supports the company’s ARCserve and ERwin product lines.

Earlier in his career, Michael spent eight years in management positions at Corporate Express/ASAP Software, where he drove sales and built key relationships with IT sourcing partners.

Mike earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration and Communications from Minnesota State University, graduating Magna Cum Laude with concentrations in marketing, management information systems

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Mark Frost

General Manager, Nimsoft Solutions Group

Mark Frost is general manager of the Nimsoft Solutions Group. He is responsible for engineering, product management, customer success and marketing.

Mark has an impressive record of success in the SaaS market. He was executive vice president and general manager of the SaaS business unit at MarketTools, a San Francisco-based leader in software and services for enterprise feedback management and market research. Prior to that, he was COO at Saba Software, where he provided the strategic and tactical leadership that helped drive the company from $42 million to more than $100 million in annual revenue in 24 months.

Earlier, Mark was general manager of the 880-person Human Capital Management product division at PeopleSoft, where he provided the leadership that drove a 20% increase in license revenue within a 12 month timeframe. As the general manager of product operations at Documentum, he helped the company to establish and maintain market leadership.

Mark also held key positions at Neovista, EDS and General Electric during his more than 20 years in the software industry.

Mark earned a bachelor of arts degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Mark Rivington

CTO

Mark Rivington has deep knowledge of the systems and network management vendor space having served in numerous technical and marketing roles at key software organizations over the last twenty years. At Candle, Boole & Babbage, BMC and RiverSoft, Mark gathered significant understanding of how management software can be developed and deployed to maximize customer returns in terms of business benefit.

In his current role this understanding helps drive the direction of the Nimsoft technology towards maximum customer benefit.

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