Vericept Corp. Announces Dave Parkinson as President and CEO

Denver, Colorado -- Vericept Corporation, the leading provider of comprehensive compliance and content control solutions, today announced Dave Parkinson has joined the company as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director.

“Dave brings an impressive array of leadership skills and demonstrated success to Vericept and he will be a tremendous driver to the growth of the company,” said Bob Davoli, Managing Director of Sigma Partners. “We are excited about the prospect of combining Vericept’s technology leadership position with Dave’s ability to further develop and expand emerging growth companies. His impressive combination of strong leadership skills and solid track record will be instrumental to the continued success of Vericept.”

Parkinson joins Vericept from Sigma Partners where he served as an Executive in Residence since March of 2002. Prior to Sigma Partners, he served as the President and CEO of Books24X7, the fastest growing e-learning company for six consecutive years since 1999. Books24X7 was sold to Skillsoft in December of 2001 under Parkinson’s leadership.

Prior to Books24X7, Parkinson was with Boston Consulting Group, an international consulting firm, where he served as Director, Partner and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Boston Consulting Group, Parkinson was Co-Founder of SystemSoft Corporation, which had a successful IPO in 1995. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Phoenix Technologies, a Sigma Partners portfolio company that went public in 1988. Parkinson started his high tech career at Cullinet Software, the first independent software company listed on the NYSE.

“Vericept is uniquely positioned to perform extremely well in this rapidly growing segment of the enterprise software market,” said Parkinson. “The company is an innovator in the content control space and enjoys an excellent reputation with over 600 customers and 2.2 million users. Leveraging the existing customer base will allow us to continue to add innovative features to our core offering and expand our product line.”

Vericept Corporation provides comprehensive compliance and content control solutions. Vericept mitigates internal risk by providing enterprise-wide visibility that enables full control of the information exchanged inside and outside an organization. Vericept’s patent pending Intelligent Content Control Engine dramatically reduces security risks and “insider threats” within an organization. These can include regulation compliance violations, information leaks, inappropriate Internet activity and more.