San Mateo, Calif. – August 2, 2011 – DotNetNuke Corp., the company behind the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for Microsoft .NET, today announced that Bob Kruger has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Engineering. In this role, Mr. Kruger will be responsible for leading DotNetNuke’s worldwide engineering organization.
A seasoned engineering executive with more than 34 years of computing industry experience, Mr. Kruger joins DotNetNuke after a successful tenure at data management start-up SmApper Technologies. Mr. Kruger’s background covers a diverse range of technologies, from distributed computing, to systems management, to archiving and data protection, networking, security, and virtualization.
After an almost 11-year stint at Microsoft Corp., Mr. Kruger held executive-level engineering and technology roles at Mimosa Systems, Mendocino Software, Citrix Systems and BMC Software. In these roles, Mr. Kruger drove the creation of highly effective multi-geographic engineering and research, in addition to the creation of new, diverse and valuable product lines.
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Navin Nagiah, President and CEO at DotNetNuke Corp.
“I am extremely excited to add Bob Kruger to the DotNetNuke team. As an experienced technology veteran, Bob brings with him a history of proven, successful product creation. His extensive background and diverse range of expertise add a dimension to our engineering team that will drive innovation and expansion.”
Bob Kruger, Senior Vice President of Engineering at DotNetNuke Corp.
"DotNetNuke Corporation has made extraordinary progress with the release of its latest platform update, DotNetNuke 6. I am pleased to be joining DotNetNuke at a time that is so exciting not only for the company, but for the global DotNetNuke community.”
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About DotNetNuke Corp.
DotNetNuke Corp. is the steward of the DotNetNuke open source project, the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Organizations use DotNetNuke to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites, intranets, extranets and web applications. The DotNetNuke platform is available in a free Community and subscription-based Professional and Enterprise Editions with an Elite Support option. DotNetNuke Corp. also operates Snowcovered.com where users purchase third party software apps for the platform. Founded in 2006 and funded by Sierra Ventures, August Capital and Pelion Venture Partners, DotNetNuke Corp. is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif.
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