New Member to Rivermine Board of Directors
April 07, 2009
By Jessica Kostek, TMCnet Channel Editor
Rivermine has recently announced the company has appointed former MRO Software president and CEO, Chip Drapeau, to its Board of Directors. Drapeau brings more than 25 years of technology leadership experience to Rivermine (News - Alert), the company said in a statement. Rivermine is a provider of automated telecom expense management (TEM) solutions.
Drapeau joined MRO Software (News - Alert) in 1982. An enterprise asset management company he held a variety of management and executive positions before being appointed the company’s CEO in 1998.
Before being named CEO of MRO Software, Drapeau held roles in the sales, support, and research and development functions of the company. As CEO, he led a highly profitable organization and set the company’s strategic and product direction.
“Chip has a proven track record of helping technology companies’ scale to meet the needs of thousands of customers globally,” said Mark Logan (News - Alert), president and CEO, Rivermine. “With hundreds of companies currently using Rivermine’s solutions and 110 percent sales growth in 2008, this is exactly the type of experience we need to grow to the next level.”
Drapeau’s tenure with MRO Software culminated in a very successful acquisition in 2006 by one of the world’s largest software and systems integration companies, Rivermine officials said.
“Telecom and network asset management are natural extensions of the multi-billion dollar enterprise asset management industry that MRO Software helped to establish,” said Drapeau. “Companies are now looking to unify management of all enterprise assets, including those in the IT, facilities and telecom areas. I can help Rivermine set their strategic direction to meet the needs of this evolving market.”
Drapeau joins the Rivermine board as an independent member. Rivermine’s total number of directors is now seven.
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Jessica Kostek is a channel editor for TMCnet, covering VoIP, CRM, call center and wireless technologies. To read more of Jessica’s articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by Jessica Kostek