GoAhead Names Terry Pearson to Lead Product Management

Bellevue, Wash. — July 28th, 2010 — GoAhead® Software, a global leader in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software for embedded applications, today announced that Terry Pearson has joined GoAhead to lead product management for the company. Pearson is joining GoAhead at a dynamic time as the company continues its consolidation of the embedded middleware market via strategic acquisitions and aggressive revenue growth.

In his new role, Pearson is responsible for the strategy and execution of all aspects of product management for GoAhead. He will work closely with GoAhead’s customers and partners to define GoAhead’s roadmap for both existing and new products, solutions, and services.

"As we ramp up our focus on providing an integrated COTS software platform, there’s no one better equipped to lead our product management than Terry Pearson," said Bill Yaman, GoAhead’s Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. "Terry comes to GoAhead with over 20 years of product and engineering management experience in the embedded computing market and has a proven track record that spans organizations from entrepreneurial start-ups to large Tier 1 telecommunication equipment companies. We are excited to have Terry join our growing team at GoAhead."

Terry recently served as Vice-President of Product Management and Marketing for Enea, where he was responsible for all business development activities related to Enea’s middleware products. Previous to Enea, he was a co-founder and VP of Engineering for Equipe Communications, a telecommunications equipment start-up. Terry’s experience also includes software and engineering leadership positions at Nortel, Bay Networks and Wellfleet Communications.

About GoAhead Software

GoAhead Software is the worldwide leader in commercial off-the-shelf solutions for equipment manufacturers who recognize that scarce development resources should be allocated to building applications and not infrastructure. Our software platform includes high availability middleware to ensure 99.999% availability of applications as well as a management infrastructure for networked devices that require multiple management interfaces. GoAhead's leadership and commitment to Service Availability Forum standards prevent vendor lock-in and ensures application portability across different hardware and software platforms. Proven in over 65,000 deployments, GoAhead is helping industry leaders such as Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman reduce development costs and accelerate time to delivery. For more information, visit www.goahead.com.