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Tod Nielsen joined Borland Software Corporation in November 2005. Mr. Nielsen brings with him more than 20 years of leadership experience in the enterprise software and application development industries, having held executive level positions at companies such as Microsoft Corporation, BEA Systems and Oracle Corporation. As president and chief executive officer, Mr. Nielsen is responsible for advancing Borland’s vision for Software Delivery Optimization and helping deliver customers the solutions, training and process expertise they need to make software delivery a more manageable and predictable business process.
Mr. Nielsen most recently served as senior vice president, marketing and global sales support for Oracle Corporation, responsible for the marketing of the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware product lines. Prior to Oracle, Mr. Nielsen was the chief marketing officer and executive vice president of engineering of BEA Systems, where he had overall responsibility for BEA’s worldwide marketing strategy and operations, as well as all research and development operations. Mr. Nielsen joined BEA after the acquisition of his private company, Crossgain Inc., where he served as its chief executive officer.
Mr. Nielsen also spent twelve years with Microsoft Corporation, in various roles, including general manager of database and developer tools, vice president of developer tools, and at the time of his departure, vice president of Microsoft’s platform group. Throughout his tenure with Microsoft, he worked on many parts of the business, with an emphasis on infrastructure and developer oriented technologies.
Mr. Nielsen holds a degree in Business Administration from Central Washington University, and currently is a member of the board of directors for Fortify Software and Trolltech Inc. | 