Leadership

Marc Sokol

Mr. Sokol has more than 30 years of experience in the enterprise software industry. Prior to joining JK&B, Mr. Sokol was a Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Marketing for Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) where he was responsible for product positioning, channel marketing, Web marketing and advertising. Prior, Mr. Sokol was a Senior Vice President of Business Development and Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology. He was actively involved in defining technical and product strategies for CA products and was responsible for the technical evaluation of strategic new business initiatives including database management, enterprise management and security and was responsible for CA's merger and acquisition activities including investments in technology ventures. Prior, Mr. Sokol was responsible for a number of engineering development projects at CA.

Prior to CA, Mr. Sokol was co-founder of Realia, Inc., where he co-authored the Realia COBOL compiler, runtime and various utilities. In 1991, he sold his company to Pansophic Systems, Inc., which in turn was acquired by CA. Early in his career, Mr. Sokol was a software developer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Mr. Sokol is widely recognized as an authority on Internet and infrastructure technologies, including enterprise management and information security as well as 3-D visualization. He testified before the U.S. Congress on the Year 2000 computer challenges, and addressed the United Nations on the challenges of managing global computing infrastructures. He also has spoken frequently at seminars for chief information officers on maximizing business value from information technology.

Mr. Sokol is on the Board of Directors of AppStream, ClearPoint Metrics, Vormetric, Scalent Systems, AlterPoint, Splunk, Cittio and Chumby Industries.