Rove Appoints Russell Ure President and Chief Operating Officer
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - May 14, 2010 - Rove Inc., the leader in IT infrastructure
management from smartphones, today announced that Russell Ure, the company’s Vice President of Research and Development, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. With over 20 years of progressive experience in a range of management and executive roles, Mr. Ure brings well proven managerial and leadership skills to this vital appointment.
Mr. Ure’s prior executive positions include Vice President of Research and Development for Alcatel Networks, where he oversaw the activities of a development organization of several hundred developers and designers responsible for Alcatel’s Network Management product family. Mr. Ure has also led a team to develop a virtual battlefield simulation for the US Army Research Institute, managed the development of IBM's Visual Age for Basic product and led the development of a market-leading Secure Private Networking product at a start-up company that was eventually acquired and integrated within Alcatel's networking portfolio. During his tenure as Vice President of R&D at Rove, Mr. Ure provided the product and technology direction plus the operational expertise instrumental to Rove establishing itself as a global leader of innovative mobile IT solutions.
“Russell is an exceptional talent who is capable of guiding strategy and attaining the operational excellence required for Rove’s next stage of growth,” said John Criswick, Chief Executive Officer, Rove. “I am extremely confident in his abilities to leverage Rove’s unique technology and market position for sustained expansion.”
"I welcome the additional demands and responsibilities of this appointment and the confidence expressed by Rove's Board of Directors," said Russell Ure. "The opportunities for Rove at this time of rapid growth and change in our industry are unprecedented. I look forward to continuing to move Rove forward in serving the needs of the global IT community.”
Having offered innovative products to mobile IT Professionals for almost a decade now, Rove is well positioned and seeing an increased uptake in all aspects of the mobile marketplace.
About Rove
Rove (www.roveit.com) is the leader in software for IT infrastructure management from smartphones.
Our award-winning solution, Rove Mobile Admin, lets IT staff take action anytime, anywhere for
faster incident resolution, reduced downtime, improved customer service and increased IT
efficiency. Rove partners with leading IT system providers including Microsoft,
Research In Motion, Nagios, VMware, BMC, HP and IBM. Rove participates in the iPhone Developer
Program and is a BlackBerry Alliance Elite Member.