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March 13, 2006 | Comments: (0)

Univa Names New CEO

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According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Grid start-up Univa -- aka "the Red Hat of The Globus Toolkit" -- today announced a new CEO.

Mike Ellis, formerly a VP with Oracle and i2 Technologies (a supply chain vendor), has a deep background in enterprise sales (including international sales and channel programs). Ellis replaces Steve Tuecke, the co-founder of Univa (along with Ian Foster), and the original chief architect of the Globus Toolkit. Tuecke will resume duties as CTO of Univa.

For the last six months, Tuecke has led Univa through funding ($8mil), in addition to juggling the technical decisions for the company's flagship product (Univa Globus Enterprise). With the move, Tuecke can focus 100% of his energies on the product and strategic technology partner alliances.

Ellis' enterprise sales chops will come into play immediately as Univa carves out its revenues in the emerging enterprise Grid market.

With Ellis now at the helm, and Tuecke able to spend the bulk of his time in the engine room, better keep an eye on this ship.

Posted by Greg Nawrocki on March 13, 2006 08:46 AM

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