Brad Boston, Chief Information Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc, has joined the Mercury board of directors. Mercury Interactive Corporation is the global leader in business technology optimisation (BTO).
At Cisco, Boston is responsible for the company`s worldwide use of IT. Boston drives Cisco`s IT foundation strategy to enable end-to-end business processes and IT efficiencies throughout the organisation in order to optimise the company`s productivity, speed and agility.
"Brad is a recognised business and technology leader," said Amnon Landan, chairman and CEO at Mercury. "His insights and experience in technology innovation and optimisation will be an invaluable addition to Mercury, our board, and our customers."
"Mercury has emerged as a strategic partner to CIOs who are optimising the business value of IT," said Boston. "I am delighted to join the Mercury board of directors to help Mercury extend its leadership in BTO."
Boston is a recognised team builder and leader and is known for his business acumen. Throughout his career he has had a strong track record of technological innovation and IT transformation across diverse corporate cultures.
Boston has held executive positions at Corio, Sabre, American Express, Visa, United Airlines/Covia and at American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago. He holds a bachelor`s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois` College of Engineering.
In addition to the Mercury board of directors, Boston is a member of the Hewlett-Packard board of advisors, NetNumber, Inc board of directors, Harvard Group board of advisors, and the e-business advisory board for Texas Christian University MJ Neeley School of Business.
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Mercury Interactive (NASDAQ: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimisation (BTO), is committed to helping customers optimise the business value of IT. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services to govern the priorities, people and processes of IT; deliver and manage applications; and integrate IT strategy and execution. Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to improve quality and performance of applications and manage IT costs, risks and compliance. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners. For more information, please visit www.mercury.com.
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