Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 27, 2001

Chris Gahagan – Bmc Software Inc (bmc)

CHRIS GAHAGAN is Vice President and General Manager of the Recovery and Storage Management business unit at BMC Software, Inc., the leading provider of e-business systems management. Mr. Gahagan has extensive technical and managerial experience. At Sterling Software he served as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and was instrumental in developing and maintaining the strategic product and technology vision for the company's storage management group. Prior to his work with Sterling, he was Chief Software Architect for Spectra Logic Corporation, and during his tenure with the company, he facilitated the development of Alexandria, the company's flagship backup product. Mr. Gahagan also played an important role in Sterling Software's acquisition of Spectra Logic's storage management business component. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch and an overview of

BMC Software, Inc.?

Mr. Gahagan: BMC Software was founded in September of 1980, we are

headquartered in Houston, Texas.