Fortify Software Names Rob Roy as Its Federal Chief Technology Officer

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortify Software, the market leader in Software Security Assurance solutions, has named Rob Roy as its Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As Federal CTO, Roy will be responsible for guiding Fortify's federal standards, policy and partnerships specifically with regard to systems integrators.

"Rob is a Beltway veteran with a history of expanding public sector market-share for leading software companies and technology start-ups," said John M. Jack, president and CEO of Fortify. "He is a strategic addition to the team as we continue to grow our operations to meet the increasing software security needs of our Federal customers and partners."

Roy joins an expanding Federal team at Fortify, following the recent announcement of Kelly Collins as General Manager of Public Sector Operations in October. Roy was most recently Director of Pre-Sales Engineering at Chiliad Inc. where he led efforts to expand and segment the company's core markets and provided extensive technical marketing support. Prior to Chiliad, Roy acted as Director of Public Sector Solutions at Microsoft where he was responsible for bringing secure collaboration and geospatial solutions to worldwide public sector territories. While at Microsoft, Roy led a solutions architect and business development team, introducing new products to the public sector. Before joining Microsoft, Roy served in various federal technical, sales, and business development roles at Groove Networks, Oracle, and IBM/Tivoli.

"Fortify is the global leader in software security assurance and well-versed in the specific cyber security challenges that government agencies are faced with today," said Roy. "I look forward to helping Fortify shed light on the risks associated with insecure software and working with the Federal government to reduce vulnerabilities in its IT systems and protect software from malicious attack."

About Fortify Software, Inc.

Fortify®'s Software Security Assurance products and services protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications. Its software security suite—Fortify 360—drives down costs and security risks by automating key processes of developing and deploying secure applications. Fortify Software's customers include government agencies and FORTUNE 500 companies in a wide variety of industries, such as financial services, healthcare, e–commerce, telecommunications, publishing, insurance, systems integration and information management. The company is backed by world–class teams of software security experts and partners. More information is available at www.fortify.com or visit our blog at blog.fortify.com.

SOURCE Fortify Software

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