Technology and financial industry veteran joins board of innovative anti-malware company.
Derby, England (PRWEB) May 8, 2007 -- Prevx, a leader in anti-malware technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Olisa to its Board of Directors as a non-executive director, effective immediately. Olisa is a recognized technology and financial authority, and board member of Reuters and Open Text. Olisa is also a sought-after speaker and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.
 "I am delighted to be joining the Prevx management team. Mel Morris and I worked together at Wang and again when he launched and sold UDate and I am pleased to be joining him at such a promising time in Prevx's development," said Olisa. "I look forward to bringing my experience to the Board and to assisting Prevx in its continued development as a world leader in next generation anti-malware technology and research."
Commenting on the appointment, Mel Morris, Prevx CEO said, "Ken Olisa brings invaluable experience in both technology and finance to the Prevx Board. His appointment strengthens and complements our management team."
Olisa's technology career spans over 30 years, beginning with IBM from whom he was awarded a scholarship while attending Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge. At IBM he served in various positions including systems engineering, sales and marketing. He joined Wang Laboratories in 1981 in positions including Marketing Director for Europe, Vice President of US Marketing, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, and later as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Olisa is also the founder of two technology merchant banks, Interregnum and Restoration Partners.
His current public company appointments include Directorships at Reuters, where he is a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Board of the Reuters Foundation, and Canadian software developer Open Text Corporation, where he chairs the Remuneration Committee. He serves as a Board member or advisor to several privately held and innovative companies including BioWisdom and Metapraxis.
In addition, Olisa is a Freeman of the City of London; a Liveryman and Court Assistant of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists; Chairman of Thames Reach (a charity working to shelter and resettle the homeless in London); and a Governor of the Peabody Trust. He was an inaugural Postal Services Commissioner from 2001 to 2004.
About Prevx
Prevx Limited is a privately-held, UK-based Internet security company that has developed a revolutionary approach to protecting computers from an ever-escalating assortment of malware for which it has been named a "Herd Intelligence" leader by Yankee Group and "Cool Vendor" by Gartner Research. Unlike traditional security companies that identify malicious code by its "signature" and then must develop a cure one virus at a time, Prevx's Community Intrusion Prevention (CIP) system identifies malicious code by its "behavior" and is able to neutralize whole classes of malware before it ever has a recognized signature. As the traditional line of computer defense crumbles under the mounting threat of malware, Prevx is able to use intelligence derived from detailed analysis of its rapidly growing community of users to offer more aggressive, comprehensive and effective protection from malware for the world of interconnected computers. More information about Prevx is available at http://www.prevx.com.
Media Contacts
Arthur Germain
Principal, Communication Strategy Group for Prevx
631-239-6335
agermain(at)gocsg.com
www.gocsg.com
Rich Mullikin, APR
Communication Strategy Group for Prevx
925-779-9115
www.gocsg.com
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