Teradici Announces Appointment of Val Rahmani and Don Listwin to Its Board of Directors

BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teradici Corporation, the developer of the innovative PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol that enables a true PC experience for desktop virtualization, today announced the appointment of Val Rahmani, CEO of Damballa and previously an IBM General Manager for software, services, and Internet business units, and Don Listwin, a 25-year software and networking industry leader and former Cisco Systems EVP to its board of directors.

“Tier 1 customers and partners, innovative technology and proven leadership place Teradici clearly at the forefront of the cloud computing space.”

“I am very excited to welcome both Don and Val to our board and to play a vital role in Teradici’s explosive growth as enterprise PC’s transition to a virtual desktop infrastructure,” said Dan Cordingley, President and CEO, Teradici Corporation. “Don’s remarkable track record of building innovative technology companies and transforming them into market leaders combined with Val’s extensive experience developing security and software technologies into multi-billion dollar organizations are excellent additions to our board.”

"Teradici’s breakthrough PC-over-IP protocol and market position have the game changing potential to transform enterprise desktop computing at a very critical time,” said Mr. Listwin, “Tier 1 customers and partners, innovative technology and proven leadership place Teradici clearly at the forefront of the cloud computing space."

“I am delighted to join this distinguished board and to work with this seasoned management team,” said Ms. Rahmani. “There is tremendous opportunity for Teradici, both in virtual desktops today and in delivering cloud-based applications in the future. Teradici is poised to accelerate the adoption of PC-over-IP technology across large Enterprises and Service Providers.”

Mr. Listwin previously served as CEO of Openwave, where he built the company into the worldwide leader in mobile Internet solutions. Prior to Openwave, Mr. Listwin was an executive vice president at Cisco Systems, where he oversaw business units totaling more than $12 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Listwin is currently founder and chairman of the Canary Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to early detection of cancer, and also serves on the board of directors at Calix, Clustrix, Genologics, Isilon Systems, Stratos Bioscience, and the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors. Mr. Listwin has previously served on the boards of Openwave, JDS Uniphase, Redback Networks, TIBCO Software, E-Tek, and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).

Ms. Rahmani has over 25 years of customer-driven business and technical leadership. Prior to her current position as CEO of Damballa Inc., Ms. Rahmani served as General Manager of IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division after IBM's $1.3 billion acquisition of the company. At ISS, she was responsible for the strategic direction, growth and integration of all ISS products, services and research into IBM's overall security offerings. Prior to ISS, Ms. Rahmani held several general management roles within IBM, including multi-billion dollar hardware, software and services businesses. Her IBM experience includes UNIX, mainframe, telco, utilities, global wireless and media markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She also ran a strategy unit, where she focused on emerging markets, global alliances and services business models.

About Teradici

Teradici Corporation has developed PCoIP^® (PC-over-IP^®) technology, a unique remote display protocol which makes network delivered computing a viable corporate computing reality. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Burnaby, BC, Canada, Teradici for the first time enables an exceptional end user experience for datacenter-based computing. Through a combination of unique graphics algorithms, flexible software solutions and high-performance silicon processing, and workstation/server add-in cards, the company is changing how personal computers are used, deployed and managed. More information, including current career openings, visit: www.teradici.com.

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