Mark De Visser

Current

TBD at Thinking About It

Past

Chief Executive Officer at Sonatype
Chief Marketing Officer at Zend Technologies
Vice President of Marketing at Agitar Software

Vice President of Marketing at Red Hat
Vice President of Marketing at PlanetPortal
Vice President of Marketing Communications at Borland International

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Education

Technische Universiteit Delft

Recommended

4 people have recommended Mark

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Google & OpenID Profile

Mark De Visser’s Summary

Dynamic technology executive with a track record of success with introducing, and gaining visibility for, high-growth products in the software industry.

Mark De Visser’s Specialties:

Leverages a strong technical background and deep understanding of marketing strategy and tactics, to bring to bear innovative and integrated concepts that drive commercial success. Skilled at providing strategic vision, operational direction and cross-functional collaboration in both early-stage and established companies.

Mark De Visser’s Experience

TBD

Thinking About It

(Computer Software industry)

October 2009 — Present (3 months)
Chief Executive Officer

Sonatype

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Sonatype is the company behind the Apache Maven open source project, delivering build and release infrastructure for Java software development. As CEO I had overall responsibility for the company's business strategy and execution. I moved the company from a service-only business to a scalable product company. Launched Nexus Professional, the Maven Repository Manager, and accomplished category leadership for it. Established pricing, licensing and distribution policies and signed initial subscription orders from tens of major enterprise customers.
Chief Marketing Officer

Zend Technologies

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

December 2005 — September 2008 (2 years 10 months)

Zend Technologies is the “PHP Company”, supporting open source PHP projects and delivering value added products and services for commercial adoption of PHP. I managed all marketing and communications functions, including product strategy and marketing, brand management, PR, media relations, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising, sales collateral and tradeshow marketing.
Vice President of Marketing

Agitar Software

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

August 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 4 months)

Agitar Software is a supplier of software quality tools for the Java market. I managed all corporate marketing, product marketing and product management, brand management, PR, analyst and media relations.
Vice President of Marketing

Red Hat

(Public Company; RHT; Computer Software industry)

May 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 4 months)

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software, including the Linux operating system. I was responsible for global marketing activities, including product and partner marketing, corporate communications, PR and marketing communications. I helped to define and then launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the product that became the key driver for Red Hat’s strong revenue growth and profitability. I drove the marketing and rebranding efforts that contributed to Red Hat’s market-leading position in the enterprise OS space.
Vice President of Marketing

PlanetPortal

(Computer Software industry)

November 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 6 months)

PlanetPortal, a VC funded start-up, provided infrastructure to enable improved interactivity for wireless internet devices and interactive television (ITV). I was responsible for strategic planning, business model development, all marketing and communications functions.
Vice President of Marketing Communications

Borland International

(Public Company; BORL; Computer Software industry)

January 1987 — April 1999 (12 years 4 months)

Borland was one of the world’s leading software development tools companies, with products such as Turbo Pascal, Turbo C++, Borland C++, dBase, Paradox, Quattro Pro, Delphi and JBuilder.

* Vice President of Marketing Communications, 1997 to 1999
* Director of Product Marketing, 1993 to 1997
* Northern European Marketing Director, 1992 to 1993
* Northern European Customer Services Manager, 1987 to 1992

Advanced through a series of promotions in the marketing group, in both the U.S. and Europe, over a twelve year period, culminating in full charge responsibility for Borland’s marketing communications activities.