BlackBerry Appoints Barry Mainz to its Board of Directors
BlackBerry Limited announced that it has appointed software executive Barry Mainz to its Board of
Directors.
Mr. Mainz is a technology veteran with 30 years of experience in
executive leadership, global sales, marketing, product-led growth, and product
development. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Forescout Technologies, a
global cybersecurity leader, and has previously served as President of Wind
River Systems, Chief Operating Officer of Malwarebytes, as well as Chief
Executive Officer and director of MobileIron. Mr. Mainz has also served as an
Operating Partner at Crosspoint Capital and has held leadership roles, as well
as advisory and board positions, at public and private companies such as
Mercury Interactive, Makara (acquired by Red Hat), and Sun Microsystems. Mr.
Mainz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from San Francisco
State University.
"We're very pleased to announce Barry's appointment and the
further strengthening of the BlackBerry board," said Dick Lynch, Board
Chair. "Barry brings to BlackBerry a unique combination of relevant
strategic, operating and go-to-market experience from across the security
software industry - from embedded software, to network security to unified
endpoint management."
"I'm honored to join the
BlackBerry Board of Directors at a moment when the company's leadership in
Secure by Design technologies has never been more critical, said Barry Mainz.
"We're seeing both strong growth in the deployment of high-performance,
safety-critical software at the edge and a significant increase in breaches
targeting non-traditional connected devices from automotive systems to medical
devices to aerospace and defense. BlackBerry's QNX platform and secure
communications expertise is critical in both powering and securing the next
wave of these non-traditional connected devices."
In connection with the appointment of Mr. Mainz, the Board
increased the total number of directors to eight, seven of whom are independent
directors, including Mr. Mainz.
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