Executive Management

John Mutch, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Mutch has been an operating executive and investor in the technology industry for over 25 years and has a long, sustained track record of creating shareholder value through both activities.

Prior to joining BeyondTrust as CEO in 2008, Mr. Mutch was a founder and managing partner of MV Advisors, LLC, a strategic block investment firm which provides focused investment and strategic guidance to small and mid-cap technology companies. Prior to founding MV Advisors, In March of 2003 Mr. Mutch was appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy court to the Board of Directors of Peregrine Systems. He assisted that company in a bankruptcy work out proceeding and was named President and CEO in July of 2003. Mr. Mutch ran Peregrine Systems operating the company under an SEC consent decree, restating five years of operating results and successfully restructuring the company culminating in a sale to HP for $425 million dollars in December of 2005. Prior to running Peregrine, Mr. Mutch served as President, CEO and a Director of HNC Software, an enterprise analytics software provider. Under his leadership, the company nearly doubled revenue and successfully spun out Retek in an IPO which returned more than $2.5 billion to shareholders. HNC Software was sold to Fair Isaac Corporation in August of 2002 for $825 million. Prior to HNC Software, Mr. Mutch spent seven years at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of executive sales and marketing positions. Mr. Mutch previously served on the boards of Edgar Online (NASDAQ:EDGR), Aspyra (Amex:APY), Overland Storage (Nasdaq:OVRL) and Brio Software.

He currently serves on the board of Adaptec Inc. (Nasdaq:ADPT) as a director designee of Steel Partners and the board of Agilysys (Nasdaq:AGYS) as a director designee of Ramius Capital. Mr. Mutch holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. from Cornell University where he serves on the advisory board for the undergraduate school of business.

Ken Saunders, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Saunders is a senior finance executive with 25 years experience, Saunders has broad experience managing and driving the financial growth of both private and public companies. As CFO, Saunders will guide all aspects of the company’s financial operations.

Immediately prior to joining BeyondTrust, Saunders was CFO of Bazaarvoice, which he helped triple in size during his two year tenure. Saunders remains a board adviser to the company. Before joining Bazaarvoice, Saunders served as CFO of enterprise software company Open Solutions. Prior to that, he served as CFO of Peregrine Systems, helping turn the company around after a Chapter 11 filing and negotiating its sale to HP in December 2005. Saunders was also CFO of analytical application software company HNC Software, serving the company through its acquisition by Fair Isaac Corp. in 2002. He then served as CFO of Fair Isaac, overseeing global finance and accounting, tax, investor relations and legal operations.

After Fair Isaac, Saunders joined Peregrine Systems where he helped turn around Peregrine after a financial scandal put the company through bankruptcy. Peregrine was sold to Hewlett Packard in December 2005 for over $400 million. Upon completion of this sale, Ken joined Open Solutions, an enterprise software company to the financial services industries, in January 2006 as its CFO.

Geoff Haggart, President of BeyondTrust International

Mr. Haggart leads all international aspects of BeyondTrust, including customer relations and support, business development, operations and international revenue growth. Mr. Haggart brings more than 30 years of global sales and software industry experience to his role.

Before joining BeyondTrust, Mr. Haggart most recently served as senior vice president of international sales at Websense. There he oversaw the growth of the company’s international business from $1.5 million in 1999 to $150 million annually. As the first international employee with the role of developing and expanding business in EMEA, Mr. Haggart oversaw the formation of sales and marketing teams in offices worldwide including Eastern Europe, Middle East, India and China. Mr. Haggart previously served as vice president of international sales at Continuus Software. Prior to that he also held various management positions at Legent, culminating in his role as Vice President of Sales, Northern Europe.

Mr. Haggart graduated from Hutcheson’s Boys Grammar school in Glasgow and today resides in the London area.

Brian T. Anderson, Chief Marketing Officer

Mr. Anderson brings more than 25 years of global enterprise software and security industry experience to BeyondTrust where he will be responsible for all aspects of corporate brand development, lead and demand generation to increase awareness and interest in all customer and investor segments. In addition, he will be responsible for building a VAR channel to expand distribution for BeyondTrust products globally.

Prior to BeyondTrust, Anderson served as a serially successful chief marketing officer for several venture-funded companies. At Siderean Software his branding efforts garnered rave reviews and numerous awards including “innovator” status in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. At Avamar Technologies, his leadership resulted in a huge revenue increase and numerous awards. Avamar was subsequently acquired by EMC. Prior to Avamar, Anderson was director of marketing at IBM’s Tivoli Security and Storage, a role he inherited after successful building industry leader Access360’s brand and sales pipeline through successful positioning for a sale to IBM. Anderson also served as CMO of HNC Software, which experienced tremendous growth during his tenure and was successfully acquired by Fair Isaac in 2002.

Anderson served for seven years prior to HNC at FileNet Corporation culminating in his role as vice president, worldwide corporate marketing. At FileNet, Anderson built a tremendous global channel organization that ultimately represented almost 50 percent of the company’s revenue.

Mr. Anderson received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of New Orleans.

Jeff Nielsen, Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Nielsen leads BeyondTrust's engineering and quality assurance departments. He is a software veteran and brings over 20 years of experience to the company's engineering team.

Before joining BeyondTrust, Mr. Nielsen held management positions at software vendor Computer Associates, Platinum Technology, and IT management positions at Zenith Insurance and Tecolote Research. His background includes development, technical support, product management, services, operations and business management experience. Most recently, Mr. Nielsen worked as an independent consultant managing software implementation and development projects.

Mr. Nielsen holds a B.A. from Occidental College in Economics.

Natasha Bergeron, Vice President of Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources, Mrs. Bergeron drives BeyondTrust’s recruitment, performance management, and employee plans. Bergeron brings 15 years of experience in Human Resources, with the past nine years at high growth technology companies, including Bowstreet Software, Computer Associates, and Sophos, Inc.

Bergeron received a B.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Notre Dame College. She is a Certified Human Resource Professional and an active member of several industry associations including the New England Human Resource Association and the Society for Human Resource Management.