CA Technologies Taps Mark Frost to Head IT Management Software-as-a-Service Efforts

Proven SaaS Executive to Join Company's Growth Markets Customer Solutions Unit

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Sep 16, 2010, 08:30 ET

ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) today announced that it has appointed Mark Frost as general manager of its IT Management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Customer Solutions Unit (CSU). He reports to Chris O'Malley, general manager of the company's Growth Markets CSU.

Frost brings an impressive record of success in the SaaS market to his new position. Before joining CA Technologies, Frost was executive vice president and general manager of the SaaS Business Unit at MarketTools, a San Francisco-based leader in software and services for enterprise feedback management (EFM) and market research. Prior to that, he was COO at Saba Software, Inc. Before that, he served as general manager of the Human Capital Management product division at PeopleSoft.

Frost has also held leadership positions at Documentum, NeoVista, EDS and General Electric during his 20-plus years in the industry.

At CA Technologies, Frost will be responsible for product management and delivery of SaaS solutions for IT management.

"Mark Frost has clearly demonstrated an excellent grasp of both the evolving demands of SaaS customers and winning strategies for profitably meeting those demands," said O'Malley. "He is an important addition to the leadership of the Growth Markets CSU, which is highly focused on SaaS, the cloud, and other emerging models for delivering great business value and agility."

The Growth Markets CSU is focused on growth companies under $2 billion in revenue, growth markets such as Latin America and the Asia Pacific region, and service provider channels.

"It is very exciting to have been chosen to help guide the next phase of CA Technologies go-to-market strategy for SaaS, especially given the charter of the Growth Markets CSU," said Frost. "The SaaS model offers growth customers a highly compelling value proposition. It is especially compelling when it comes to IT management since there is such tremendous commonality in customers' requirements when it comes to monitoring, managing and securing their computing and communications resources."

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