Gordon Burnes Appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing for OpenPages

April 7, 2008

Waltham, Mass. – April 4, 2008 – OpenPages®, the leading provider of enterprise GRC management solutions that optimize business performance, is pleased to announce that Gordon M. Burnes has been promoted to Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Burnes’ promotion will further align the sales and marketing functions as the company continues to meet the strong market demand for its GRC software.

Burnes was most recently Vice President of Marketing, and has been responsible for the company’s corporate and product marketing initiatives as well as product management. As part of his new sales responsibilities, Burnes’ mission is to lead the OpenPages sales team and to continue to help drive the company’s growth in the enterprise GRC market, in which OpenPages is a globally recognized leader.

“I am excited about leading our sales team and I am looking forward to contributing to the team’s momentum," said Burnes. “We have an outstanding sales organization and a tremendous opportunity to expand our relationships as more companies choose OpenPages because of our market-leading solutions and highly regarded services organization.”

Burnes joined OpenPages as the Vice President of Business Development and brings over seventeen years of experience working with high growth companies. Prior to OpenPages, Burnes was with McNamee Lawrence, a boutique investment bank focused on the information technology sector, where he provided strategic financial advisory services to mid-market software companies. Before that, Burnes held a variety of marketing and business development roles in emerging technology companies.

"Gordon has earned this leadership position at OpenPages through his dedication and performance in building OpenPages into a market leader. I am looking forward to his valuable contributions in this new position," said OpenPages President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael J. Duffy. "OpenPages’ success is a direct result of the vision, experience, work ethic, teamwork, and high professional standards of our employees. As we continue to provide GRC management solutions that seamlessly adapt to customers' unique risk management methodologies while providing the flexibility to evolve their GRC processes over time, Gordon will deliver the leadership in sales and marketing required to maintain OpenPages’ status as the undisputed market leader today." 

About OpenPages

OpenPages® is the leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions that optimize business performance. OpenPages empowers the world’s largest companies by unifying governance, risk and compliance across the enterprise and by incorporating risk management into day-to-day business processes. Founded in 1996, the company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international offices in Japan and the United Kingdom, and regional offices throughout North America.

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