Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 5, 2004

PRASHANTH BOCCASAM – APPROVA CORPORATION PRASHANTH

PRASHANTH V. BOCCASAM is Chief Executive Officer of Approva Corporation Prashanth, or "PV", brings over 16 years of management experience to the job of CEO at Approva. Before founding Approva, PV was co-founder and president of Entevo, Corp., which was sold to a NASDAQ-listed company for $125 million in January 2000. Following the acquisition, he defined the overall strategic direction of the company's product portfolio. Prior to founding Entevo, PV spent several years developing and managing projects at Microsoft's Systems Division, and later in its Worldwide Consulting Groups experience includes building, marketing, and selling enterprise software products in the areas of Internet and application infrastructure, directory, and security management. PV holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Pune (India) and the University of Cincinnati, and is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at MIT Sloan School. Profile
TWST: Could we start off with a brief overview and history of Approva

and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Boccasam: Approva is an enterprise software company based in Vienna

Va., just