Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2003

Kris Hagerman – Veritas Software Corporation (vrts)

RENEE BUDIG is Vice President of Investor Relations of VERITAS Software Corporation. Prior to joining VERITAS in April 2002, Ms. Budig was Vice President of Finance at Quantum Corporation. There she directed the Investor Relations program in addition to worldwide treasury management responsibilities. Prior to Quantum, she was a partner/consultant with Horn Murdock Cole (formerly Murdock & Associates, Inc.) a financial consulting firm in Santa Clara, California, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms. Budig is a Certified Public Accountant. Profile
KRIS HAGERMAN is Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations of VERITAS Software Corporation. Mr. Hagerman is responsible for all strategic alliances, business development, mergers and acquisitions, and venture investments at VERITAS Software. Previously, he was Vice President of Strategic Alliances, where he led VERITAS' strategy and business development efforts for key partners including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Oracle, EMC, Compaq, Intel, Dell and Brocade. Before joining VERITAS, Mr. Hagerman served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Affinia. Prior to that, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BigBook, Inc., In addition, he has held various management positions in consulting, sales and marketing, business development, and finance at companies such as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Odyssey Research, McKinsey & Company, and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Hagerman holds an MBA from Stanford University. He also earned a Master's degree in International Relations from Cambridge University and a Bachelor's degree in Russian and Economics from Dartmouth College. Profile
TWST: Could you tell us what VERITAS does?

Mr. Hagerman: Veritas is the world's largest storage software

company. We provide software that operates at the very center of

the IT infrastructure