Lisa Romano Placed as the Chief Marketing Officer at CodeGear

December 2006 - ChampionScott Partners has placed Lisa Romano as the Chief Marketing Officer at CodeGear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Borland (http://www.borland.com) that delivers innovative, high-productivity development tools for a wide spectrum of software developers ranging from individuals to enterprise teams.

Ms. Romano joins CodeGear from Zone Labs, a privately-held $40M security software company, where she served as the Vice President of Marketing. At Zone Labs, she created the company's marketing strategy and tactical plan that drove accelerated enterprise sales growth. As a result, Zone Labs established itself as a leader in the enterprise security market, and the company was positioned for an acquisition by Check Point in 2004. Prior to Zone Labs, Ms. Romano served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for KnightRidder Digital. Prior to KnightRidder Digital, she was the Founder of a marketing and e-commerce management services firm. Earlier in her career, Ms. Romano worked in marketing capacities at Knight-Ridder and Apple Computer.

Ms. Romano holds a B.S. in Marketing from Villanova University in Villanova, MA and MBA from Suffolk University in Boston, MA.

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