Narus Elects Charles Picasso to Board of Directors
Longtime IT-Services and Carrier-Industry Veteran becomes non-executive Chariman
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—August 16, 2007—Narus, Inc., the leader in carrier-class security for the world’s largest IP networks, today announced the election of Charles Picasso to their Board of Directors as non-executive Chairman. With more than three decades of proven success in building, developing and leading exceptional sales, marketing and consulting organizations, Picasso will be responsible for leading the Board in its strategic efforts to expand globally and manage corporate growth.
“Charles’ experience and proven strategic leadership coupled with his intimate understanding of carrier and IT markets will be an incredible asset to Narus as we continue our rapid growth and global expansion,” said Greg Oslan, president and CEO at Narus. “Charles will help us capitalize on broader, strategic opportunities, and be a good advisor to the management team.”
“Narus provides the right mix of market-proven technology, strategy and executive leadership to successfully tackle the IP security and management challenges facing today’s large, distributed carrier networks,” said Mr. Picasso. “I look forward to extending their market leadership by helping drive the next stage of company growth.”
Mr. Picasso is the retired president and chief executive officer (CEO) for Information Handling Services (IHS), the worldwide leader in developing and implementing engineering, technical and regulatory information solutions for customers in more than one-hundred countries. He has extensive experience in the management of leading computer manufacturers, business applications and information technology consulting firms worldwide. Prior to IHS, Picasso was COO of Digital Island Inc., where he introduced hosting services in key markets. Mr. Picasso has also served as the senior vice president for AT&T Global Information Solutions and president and chief executive officer for AT&T Istel, managing AT&T’s professional services organization in Europe.
Mr. Picasso earned his Computer Science degree from the University of Sciences, Montpellier, France.
About Narus, Inc.
Narus is the global leader in real-time traffic intelligence for the protection and management of large IP networks. Narus is the only software company that provides security, intercept and traffic management solutions within a single, flexible system. With Narus, service providers, governments and large enterprises around the world can immediately detect, analyze, mitigate and target any unwanted, unwarranted or malicious traffic. Narus solutions provide its customers with complete, real-time insight into all of their IP traffic from the network to the applications, enabling customers to take the most appropriate actions quickly.
Narus’ system protects and manages the largest IP networks in the U. S. and around the world, some of which include: KT (Korea), KDDI (Japan), Raytheon, Telecom Egypt, Reliance (India), Saudi Telecom, U.S. Cellular, Pakistan Telecom Authority and many more.
