BOSTON, Aug. 22, 2006 -- FullArmor, the leader in enterprise policy management, today announced the appointment of Matt Dircks as President of its Policy Solutions business. In this newly created position, Dircks will oversee the expansion of FullArmor's policy management product line and entry into new market segments. Dircks brings 20 years of software industry experience in corporate and product management, sales, marketing, and business development to FullArmor. He has held executive and product management positions with industry leading software vendors including NetIQ and Citrix Systems.
Dircks assumes all management responsibilities for leading FullArmor's expansion into mobile, remote and tele-worker environments as well as overseeing its existing policy management products. In a recent report entitled "Portable Policy Management: Taking Control of Today's Extended Enterprise", industry analyst firm IDC cites the needs and challenges of implementing policy management technologies to gain control of mobile and remote devices. A free copy of the report is available at: http://www.fullarmor.com/knowledge-white-papers.htm.
"We see a tremendous opportunity to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of managing policies across increasingly diverse environments," said Matt Dircks. "FullArmor has a long history of providing innovative solutions for managing endpoint policy in very large and distributed organizations. We are building on this expertise and developing new technology that will take policy management to the next level. I am excited to be part of the FullArmor team."
"Matt Dircks is a proven leader who has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to profitably run software businesses and quickly establish markets for new software products," said Richard Farrell, CEO of FullArmor. "Matt's executive management skills, deep security and Windows expertise, and industry contacts will play a key role in establishing FullArmor as the number one provider of policy management solutions for the mobile and remote markets."
Matt Dircks joins FullArmor from NetIQ Corporation where he held a number of executive and product management positions, including senior vice president of products. Prior to NetIQ, Dircks was general manager of the Web Products Group and head of worldwide product management at Citrix Systems, a leader in on-demand access products. Dircks has also held product management, marketing, sales, and business development positions with enterprise software vendors PowerCerv Software, Macola/Exact Software, and Best Software. Dircks holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
About FullArmor
FullArmor Corporation develops software that helps organizations manage their IT environment more securely and effectively while leveraging investments in Group Policy and Active Directory. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. More than 5 million users and 1,500 organizations worldwide rely on technology developed by FullArmor. For more information visit us on the web at www.fullarmor.com or call 800.653.1783.
