MailFrontier Expands Executive Leadership
Roles to Drive
Next Stage
of Company's Growth
Anne Bonaparte Named CEO and President; Pavni Diwanji Appointed
Chairman
Palo Alto, Calif., June 29, 2004 – MailFrontier
TM , a pioneer in email security and leading provider of anti-spam
solutions, today announced the realignment of two executive positions.
Anne Bonaparte, previously Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business
Development at MailFrontier, has been named CEO and President. In her
role as Chairman, Pavni Diwanji, founder and previously CEO of MailFrontier,
will continue to provide input on the company's business strategy and
product vision, as well as foster relationships with customers and
partners.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed being MailFrontier's CEO and now would
like to focus more of my time on the broader strategic issues facing
MailFrontier and the email industry at large,” said Diwanji. “Our challenge
now is to expand the company's initial success to the next level of
growth and maturity. I believe that Anne is the single best choice
to lead MailFrontier forward. She has an intimate understanding of
the company, its products and customers, as well as the highly competitive
market environment we're facing today. I'm excited to continue working
in partnership with Anne to develop the business and product strategies
to guide the future direction of MailFrontier.”
Since joining MailFrontier, Bonaparte has made a significant impact
in areas critical to accelerating the company's growth and establishing
market leadership, including strengthening the MailFrontier brand and
establishing key strategic partnerships. In her new role, her focus
will be on driving the company's business strategy and execution to
solidify MailFrontier's leadership in the email security market. In
addition to overseeing day-to-day company operations, Bonaparte will
tap her worldwide distribution expertise to further MailFrontier's
global market development.
Prior to joining MailFrontier, Bonaparte served as VeriSign's Vice
President, International, where she restructured the company's international
operations and positioned the company for international growth during
a tumultuous economy. Previously, Bonaparte founded Buzzsaw, Inc.,
and built the company to a market leadership position in less than
two years before selling it to Autodesk. She received a bachelor's
degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an MBA
from Harvard University.
“This leadership expansion will make the best use of Pavni and Anne's
unique strengths,” added Timothy Draper, Founder and Managing Director
of Draper Fisher Jurvetson and a member of MailFrontier's Board of
Directors. “Anne brings a wealth of experience in business strategy
and operations, channel and global market development, all needed to
drive MailFrontier's growth to the next level. Pavni can apply
her passion for business innovation and customer success with full
vigor to the company's business and product strategies, customer relationships,
and partnership development.”
Diwanji founded MailFrontier in February 2002 and developed the company's
initial business model and strategy, and secured multiple rounds of
funding. Under her leadership, MailFrontier brought successful products
to market – MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway TM and MailFrontier Desktop
TM – and acquired more than 500 enterprise customers over the past
12 months. Diwanji has led the company's effort in building a strong
reputation for technical innovation and customer focus.
About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is a leading provider
of email security solutions that stop unwanted email by protecting
enterprises from the growing number of dangerous and costly email threats
while giving them the ability to anticipate and stop new threats as
they emerge. MailFrontier offers a comprehensive defense against all
known email threats, including spam, viruses, phishing, blended threats
and other attacks, such as directory harvest attacks. The company has
more than 500 customers, including Peet's Coffee & Tea, Pier 1
Imports, PNM Resources, San Francisco Giants and Wyndham International.
Founded in February 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto,
California. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com.
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