RALEIGH, N.C. — Software startup rPath, which closed on $6.4 in financing earlier this year, is expanding its management team.
rPath said Thursday that Brett Adams, a former executive with software developer Versata, would join the company as its vice president of product development.
“It is exciting to join a company in its entrepreneurial stages and to be part of the force that propels it to success,” Adam said. “rPath has all the ingredients to become a significant player in the industry: the right products, the right team and the right timing.”
rPath, founded by former Red Hat executives Erik Troan and Billy Marshall, has developed a platform for the building and maintenance of software appliances. A software appliance combines an application with an operating system that installs on standard hardware or runs as a virtual machine file. (A virtual machine is a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer.)
rPath launched its first products, rBuilder and rPath Linux, in February.
Adam has more than 20 years of experience in software development and building of companies, ranging from software architecture to sales and marketing. He has also started three companies, including Verve, Inc., a developer of embedded business process engines.
rPath Engineer Joins Software Groups Board
Matthew Wilson, one of the founding engineers at rPath, has been elected to the board of the Software Freedom Conservancy. The group focuses on “free and open source software”, or FOSS, projects. The board provides financial and administration support for FOSS efforts.
Wilson was an engineer at Red Hat before joining rPath.
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