Delphix Adds Penny Herscher to Board of Directors
18 September 2018 - 11:00PM
Delphix, the company accelerating innovation through DataOps, today
announced the addition of Penny Herscher to its Board of Directors,
effective August 2018. With deep experience in building and growing
sustainable software companies, Penny will join a seasoned board to
help usher in the next phase of the company’s growth.
“Penny has a wealth of experience helping companies grow quickly
and accelerate true business transformation and I’m thrilled to add
her to our board,” said Chris Cook, CEO of Delphix. “She will be
instrumental in helping us extend our leadership position in the
DataOps market, freeing more companies from the pain of data
friction, and empowering them to accelerate application development
in the location of their choice: on public, private or hybrid
clouds.”
An experienced tech CEO, Penny has built a career helping
innovative startups break through and become category leaders and
disruptors. While at top electronic design automation (EDA) pioneer
Synopsys, Penny helped the company establish itself as the category
leader and took it through a highly successful public offering.
Then, as CEO, she took her next company, Simplex Solutions, through
a successful IPO and subsequently sold it to Cadence Design
Systems. Following Simplex, Penny served as Chairman and CEO of
artificial intelligence and analytics company, First Rain, until
its later sale.
Penny also brings over a decade of Board Director leadership to
Delphix, which includes leading the Compensation Committees at tech
pioneer Rambus. She was one of the founding board members of
Lumentum as it spun out of JDSU to form the highly successful
optical leader it is today. She currently sits on the boards of
four publicly traded companies: Faurecia SA (EPA:EO), Verint
(NASD:VRNT), PROS (NYSE: PRO), and Lumentum Operations LLC
(NASD:LITE).
“I see enormous potential for growth in Delphix,” Penny added.
“Customers today need to manage extraordinary data volumes, while
simultaneously supporting rapid development cycles and the move to
eclectic cloud architectures. Delphix has the world’s leading
solution with world-class customers and it’s an honor to join the
team.”
Herscher joins the Delphix board, which is comprised of seasoned
executives and investors, including Jed Yueh (Executive Chairman),
Chris Cook (Delphix CEO), Asheem Chandna (Greylock), and Chris
Schaepe (Lightspeed Ventures). In addition, she will help play a
key role in the development of the Delphix Advisory Board, which
includes three-time CEO Betsy Atkins and ex-Accenture veteran Liz
Tinkham.
About Delphix
Delphix's mission is to free companies from data friction and
accelerate innovation. Fortune 100 companies use the Delphix
Dynamic Data Platform to connect, virtualize, secure, and manage
data on the cloud and in on-premises environments. For more
information visit www.delphix.com.
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