Rick Pleczko is the president and CEO and also a co-founder of Idera. Prior to Idera, Mr. Pleczko held senior executive positions in a number of leading software companies including LBMS, Platinum Technology, Mission Critical Software, and most recently NetIQ Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise systems and security management solutions where he served as senior vice president of worldwide marketing. A 25+ year veteran of the systems and database management software industry Mr. Pleczko has held positions ranging from software engineer and DBA to CEO.
 

Mike Clark is a co-founder of Idera. Prior to Idera, Mr. Clark co-founded PointSecure, Inc. where he served as the company's chief executive officer and vice president of business development. Prior to PointSecure, Mr. Clark co-founded PentaSafe Security Technologies, Inc. where he served as vice president. His duties included strategic planning, sales management, partnership development, and strategic acquisition identification. Mr. Clark was named a finalist in the 1999 Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" awards program. Prior to PentaSafe, Mr. Clark was a sales executive with BindView Development Corporation, a Houston-based systems management software company.
 

Mike Bennett joined Idera's Board of Directors in December 2003. He previously served as the chairman, CEO, and president of Mission Critical Software, a leader in systems management for the Microsoft Windows platform, that successfully completed a public offering in 1999 and merged with NetIQ Corporation (NASDAQ: NTIQ) in 2000. After the merger, Mr. Bennett served as executive chairman of NetIQ Corporation. Both companies provide e-business infrastructure software for the Windows NT and Windows 2000 markets. Mr. Bennett has also served as CEO and president of LBMS and Summagraphics-Interlan. Prior to his tenures as CEO, Mr. Bennett was a senior executive at Digital Equipment Corporation.
 

John Thornton joined Idera's Board of Directors in December 2003. Mr. Thornton is a general partner at Austin Ventures and has been with them since 1991. He is actively involved in managing the firm's overall operations and focuses on software investing. Previously, Mr. Thornton was with McKinsey & Co., where he served clients in the U.S. and Europe. He has worked with companies such as Active Power, Dazel, Metasolv, Mission Critical, Vignette, Motive, Pentasafe, and Waveset. Mr. Thornton received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his BA summa cum laude from Trinity University, where he graduated first in his class. He is a founding board member of the Austin Entrepreneur's Foundation and a trustee of Trinity University and the Austin Museum of Art.
 

Mike Rovner is a Partner at Austin Ventures, which he joined in September 2000. He is a stage agnostic investor with a broad range of experience in startup formation, corporate spinouts, and growth equity. In addition to helping lead the firm’s financial services initiative, Mr. Rovner focuses on financial technology, information and business services, and enterprise software. Prior to joining Austin Ventures, Mr. Rovner led business development and mergers and acquisitions for Mission Critical Software, which went public in 1999 and later merged with NetIQ. Earlier in his career Mr. Rovner served as a management consultant to FedEx Global Logistics and Electronic Commerce. Before this he held executive management positions with Stanford Technology Group (acquired by Informix) and Empart Technology (acquired by ARI Network Services), where he was a founder. Mr. Rovner received his BA from the University of California at Los Angeles.
 

Keith Kreuer joined Idera's Board of Directors in December 2003. Mr. Kreuer was a co-founder of PentaSafe Security Technologies where his most recent position was director of global services. Prior to PentaSafe, Mr. Kreuer was president and CEO of Penta, Inc., a Houston-based applications development and systems integration firm that he co-founded in 1991 and COO at VeriCenter Inc, a Houston-based Managed Service Provider. He has also held management positions at Ernst and Young, Generator Systems and Exxon USA. Mr. Kreuer serves on the Board of Directors of Target Hunger and is a charter member of the IT advisory committee for North Harris Community College. He is a graduate of Iowa State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Computer Science.
 

Rod Endo is a co-founder of Idera. Prior to Idera, he was a co-founder of PointSecure, Inc. where he performed various roles within the company's business, including CEO and COO. Prior to PointSecure, Mr. Endo worked as a senior financial analyst for Compaq Computer Corporation and was responsible for the management and oversight of the Compaq's OEM relationships. Prior to Compaq, Mr. Endo held various positions in product marketing and business development. Mr. Endo has also performed gene therapy research at Scripps Research Institute.