A 20-year industry veteran, Alex Eckelberry joined Sunbelt Software in May 2002. As CEO, Alex is responsible for the development and execution of Sunbelt's corporate and product strategy, overseeing the company's financial performance, building and strengthening the senior management team, as well as establishing and growing a strong operational base. Prior to Sunbelt, Alex was a managing director with Bulldog Capital Management, an investment firm with peak assets of $1.2 billion, where he managed the firm's venture capital investments and later worked in marketing and public equities securities analysis. As a venture capitalist, he worked on investments in a range of private companies, including Auctionwatch, Acta Technology (acquired by Business Objects), Vina Technology (IPO, then merged with Larscom), Achex (acquired by First Data), YouCentric (acquired by J.D. Edwards) and T.sqware (acquired by Globespan). Before Bulldog, Alex was the executive vice president for Mijenix Corporation, where he was instrumental in achieving growth of over 700% in two and a half years, leading to the sale of the company to publicly-traded Ontrack Data International. Prior to Mijenix, he was with Quarterdeck Corporation (now part of Symantec) for over six years, starting at the company prior to its IPO. His most recent positions at Quarterdeck were vice president, worldwide marketing and vice president and general manager, utilities business unit. As the general manager of the company's utilities division, he directed the marketing and development direction of a number of successful products, including CleanSweep, QEMM, WINProbe, and Hijaak Pro. Prior to Quarterdeck, Alex worked for software companies Aegis Development, Oxxi, Inc. and Borland International. Consulting and advisory positions include: Serving on the board of advisors at Cybermedia Corporation, which later went public and was subsequently acquired by Network Associates; being a board member of VitalStream; and being a consultant to Executive Software, one of the leading enterprise software companies for Windows NT/2000 platforms. An expert on spyware, Alex writes extensively on security issues, and in 2005 was recognized along with other security experts by Google, Inc. for contributions to Google’s security and product safety.