Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2004
MARY DRIDI joined webMethods in 1998 as the company's Chief Financial
Officer and also serves as Executive Vice President and Treasurer. Ms.
Dridi is responsible for overseeing the finance, investor relations and
administration functions of the company. It was under Ms. Dridi's
leadership in February 2000 that webMethods became a publicly traded
company with one of the most successful IPOs in high-tech history. Since
taking the company public, Ms. Dridi has been at the forefront of
transforming webMethods into a respected market leader of business
integration software. Prior to joining webMethods, Ms. Dridi was Vice
President of Finance for SRA International, Inc., where she managed the
company's growth from $49 million to more than $200 million during her
seven-year tenure. Previously at KPMG, Ms. Dridi provided audit and
other business services to companies in a variety of industries and also
consulted on several IPO initiatives and advised companies on the
private placement of equity. In June 2002, Ms. Dridi was named CFO of
the Year by the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Maryland Tech
Council and the DC Tech Council. Ms. Dridi serves on Virginia Governor
Mark Warner's Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, the Advisory Board
for the George Mason University School of Management, and is active in
local charities and organizations including her service for the March of
Dimes' annual event 'Heroines in Technology,' co-sponsored by Women in
Technology. Ms. Dridi holds a BA in Commerce and Accounting from the
University of Virginia's McIntyre School of Commerce. Profile
Ms. Dridi: webMethods was founded in 1996 as a business-to-business or
B2B integration company. We quickly became the
