Former Salesforce.com Executive, Matthew Stodolnic Joins Hyperic
Matthew Stodolnic Brings Expertise in SaaS and Cloud Computing to Fast-Growing Software Company
San Francisco, Calif. — November 11, 2008 — Hyperic Inc., the leading provider of web application performance monitoring software for the datacenter and the cloud, today announced the appointment of Matthew Stodolnic to the newly created company position of vice president of marketing. Stodolnic, who joins the Hyperic executive team after seven years with Salesforce.com, will be responsible for the company's overall marketing strategy and further expansion into cloud computing.
"I am joining Hyperic at a really exciting time. Building on the success of SaaS, cloud services are at a tipping point for the entire datacenter to move to the cloud. Making sense of how cloud computing will impact the overall performance, availability and reliability of the next generation of business applications presents new challenges and opportunities for our industry," Stodolnic said. "As the company that already powers the performance of many of the world's largest websites, Hyperic is uniquely suited to play a critical role in the emerging cloud computing ecosystem, helping companies scale their web computing environments quickly and cost effectively."
Stodolnic brings more than 15 years of marketing experience at both start-ups and Fortune 1000 companies to help guide Hyperic's fast-paced growth. He has worked for successful technology companies during their early stages of development within the enterprise software and Software as a Service (SaaS) industries. Prior to Hyperic, he served on the management team at Salesforce.com, where he was responsible for online demand generation, global Web strategy, advertising and branding.
"Matt has more than seven years of stand out success and executive leadership at the forefront of cloud computing," said Javier Soltero, CEO, Hyperic. "As we stand today on the horizon of the next phase of this technology evolution, Matt will be focused on helping us to maximize our opportunities in these markets. He will play a key role in building Hyperic's presence in the software-as-a-service and cloud computing communities, demonstrating the innovation that is possible with Hyperic technology."
About Hyperic Inc.
Hyperic provides open source and enterprise monitoring and management software for all types of web applications, whether hosted in the cloud or on premise. Its software reduces the workload for operations teams at the world's biggest web companies, including CNET Networks, hi5 Networks, Contegix, Rackspace's Mosso, and more. Its award-winning Hyperic HQ software auto-discovers and updates asset inventory and allows operations teams to quickly pinpoint, correct, and prevent problems at every major layer-including hardware, networks, virtualization, cloud environments and applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hyperic is a private company funded by Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital. For more about Hyperic, see http://www.hyperic.com/
