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Kevin B. Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kevin B. Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer


Mr. Thompson has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2010. He served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since July 2006 and assumed the title and responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer in July 2007 and President in January 2009. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Mr. Thompson was Chief Financial Officer of Surgient, Inc., a software company, from November 2005 until March 2006 and was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SAS Institute, a business i... 
Michael J. Berry
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael J. Berry
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Mr. Berry has been our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2010. Mr. Berry most recently served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting and Chief Financial Officer of i2 Technologies, Inc. from August 2005 until January 2010. From November 2003 to August 2005 he served in various executive roles at The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, Inc., a provider of software and services to the retail automotive industry, most recently as Senior Vice President of Soluti... 
Doug G. Hibberd
Executive Vice President, Strategic Operations
Doug G. Hibberd
Executive Vice President, Strategic Operations


Mr. Hibberd has served as our Senior Vice President, Engineering since January 2009 and General Manager of Asia-Pacific Operations since October 2010. Mr. Hibberd served as our Vice President, Product Development from August 2006 until January 2009. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Mr. Hibberd was Vice President, Engineering at RealVue Simulation Technologies, Inc., a provider of custom simulation software to the commercial, industrial and manufacturing sectors, from September 2004 until May 2006. M... 
J. Barton Kalsu
Senior Vice President, Finance
J. Barton Kalsu
Senior Vice President, Finance


Mr. Kalsu has served as our Chief Accountant and Vice President, Finance since August 2007. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Mr. Kalsu worked for JPMorgan Chase Bank as Vice President, Commercial Banking from June 2005 until August 2007. From April 2002 until June 2005, Mr. Kalsu worked for Red Hat, Inc., an enterprise software company, as Senior Director of Finance. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.... 
David Owens
Vice President, Finance and Operations, EMEA
David Owens
Vice President, Finance and Operations, EMEA


Mr. Owens has served as our Vice President, Finance and Operations, EMEA since April 2007. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Mr. Owens worked for Red Hat, Inc., an enterprise software company, for over seven years, where he served initially as Director of Global Logistics and Production and then as Senior Director of Finance- EMEA. Mr. Owens qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland .... 
Bryan A. Sims
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Bryan A. Sims
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


Mr. Sims has served as our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2007. From July 2005 until March 2007, Mr. Sims was Of Counsel at Squire Sanders and Dempsey, where he was head of the Open Source Software Group and focused on intellectual property, corporate mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions. From September 2000 until August 2005, Mr. Sims served as a Vice President at Red Hat, Inc., an enterprise software company. Mr. Sims holds a B.A. in English with ... 
Paul Strelzick
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Paul Strelzick
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales


Mr. Strelzick has served as our Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales since January 2009. Mr. Strelzick served as our Vice President, Worldwide Sales from January 2008 until January 2009 and as our Vice President, North American Sales from July 2007 until January 2008. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Mr. Strelzick served as Vice President, Sales for various technology companies, including Uplogix, Inc., a provider of remote network management solutions, from March 2006 until April 2007, Messag...