About the Authors

John Mutch has been an operating executive and investor in the technology industry for over 30 years and has a long, sustained track record of creating shareholder value through both activities. Since 2008, he has served as chief executive officer (CEO) at BeyondTrust, the industry leader in mitigating insider threats across physical, virtual, and cloud information technology. Prior to joining BeyondTrust, Mutch was a founder and managing partner of MV Advisors, LLC, a strategic block investment firm that provides focused investment and strategic guidance to small- and mid-cap technology companies. Prior to founding MV Advisors, Mutch was appointed by a US bankruptcy court to the board of directors of Peregrine Systems in March 2003. He assisted that company in a bankruptcy workout proceeding and was named president and CEO in July 2003. Mutch ran Peregrine Systems, operating the company under an SEC consent decree, restating five years of operating results and successfully restructuring the company, culminating in a sale to Hewlett Packard for $425 million in December 2005. Prior to running Peregrine, Mutch served as president, CEO, and a director of HNC Software, an enterprise analytics software provider. Under his leadership, the company nearly doubled revenue and successfully spun out Retek in an IPO that returned more than $2.5 billion to shareholders. HNC Software was sold to Fair Isaac Corporation in August 2002 for $825 million. Prior to HNC Software, Mutch spent seven years at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of executive sales and marketing positions. He previously served on the boards of Edgar Online (NASDAQ: EDGR), Aspyra (Amex: APY), Overland Storage (NASDAQ: OVRL), and Brio Software.

Mutch currently serves on the board of Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT) as a director designee of Steel Partners and the board of Agilysys (Nasdaq: AGYS) as a director designee of Ramius Capital. He holds a Master's in business administration from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, where he serves on the advisory board for the undergraduate school of business.

Brian Anderson brings more than 25 years of global enterprise software and security industry experience to this book. He has a track record for award-winning branding and product launches, as well as inbound and outbound marketing models to low-touch, scalable, measureable, and predictable results. Anderson is a frequent industry spokesperson and a published author. Since 2009, he has served as chief marketing officer at BeyondTrust, where he is responsible for all aspects of corporate brand development, as well as lead and demand generation to increase awareness and interest in all customer and investor segments.

Prior to BeyondTrust, Anderson served as a serially successful CMO for several venture-funded companies and senior executive at publicly traded companies. At Siderean Software, his branding efforts garnered rave reviews and numerous awards. At Avamar Technologies, his leadership resulted in a huge revenue increase and numerous awards. Avamar was subsequently acquired by EMC. Prior to Avamar, Anderson was program director of marketing for IBM Tivoli Security and Storage, after successfully building industry leader Access360's brand and sales pipeline and positioning for a sale to IBM in 2002. Anderson also served as CMO of HNC Software, and for seven years prior to HNC at FileNet Corporation, culminating in his role as vice president of worldwide corporate marketing. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of New Orleans.