Tuesday, October 10, 2006

WatchGuard Shuffles Executives

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies has shuffled its executive staff, naming today a new CEO and VP. The firm said that it has named Bruce T. Coleman as its new chief executive officer, and also appointed a new VP of Marketing, Kathleen Brush, Ph.D. The firm also promoted Shari McClaren to VP of Software and Support Subscriptions. The firm was acquired last week by Francisco Partners and Vector Capital. WatchGuard is a provider of security appliances for threat management.