| Date: March 19, 2008

Adaptive Appoints Max Gano as Vice President and
General Manager of Information Delivery
Addition of Metadata and Governance Expert
Establishes New Directions for Adaptive Offerings
March 19, 2008 – Arlington, VA
- Adaptive, Inc. a leading provider of Metadata Repository solutions,
has hired Max Gano as Vice President and General Manager of Information
Delivery Services. As part of his initial responsibilities, Mr. Gano
will spearhead the framework and organization for managing Adaptive
product requirements, marketing, packaging, delivery, and quality
assurance for Metadata offerings.
Mr. Gano also will help support Adaptive in understanding
requirements and opportunity areas for interoperability with best
of breed third-party technologies. As part of this effort, he will
participate in industry standards bodies representing Adaptive such
as Object Management Group, to help fuel Adaptive’s commitment
to an open architecture.
“We are excited to have Mr. Gano joining us,”
said Jeff Goins, president and CEO of Adaptive. “I consider
Max one of the most respected people I know. He will make a tremendous
difference for Adaptive with his deep knowledge and experience in
the metadata environment, and I know everyone is thrilled to welcome
him onboard.”
“We have asked Max to help define our future direction
in supporting information management,” added Goins. “We
look forward to establishing exciting new business-centric solutions
such as comprehensive information governance with a world-class user
experience.”
Mr. Gano has over 15 years of experience in data and
information management, most recently serving at Washington Mutual
as Vice President of Data Architecture for the Information Management
Governance program. He was a member of the core leadership team delivering
a two-year Data Management Program, establishing one of the financial
industry’s most mature platforms of capabilities and processes
in support of enterprise information management.
Mr. Gano also has participated in a number of successful
Northwest startups which, according to Goins, suits him for the dynamic
growth envisioned for Adaptive in the coming months.
About Adaptive, Inc.
Adaptive is a global corporation providing a web-based
and industry standards compliant Metadata and Enterprise Architecture
Management Repository. Its products are open, enterprise-scale software
that integrate architecture information from modeling tools, office
applications and operational systems.
Adaptive Foundation™ is a repository platform
that enables Adaptive and its partners to quickly create Adaptations
which encompass techniques, tools and analytical capabilities tailored
to target specific domains or markets. The Adaptive suite includes
a number of “Adaptations”, including Adaptive Enterprise
Architecture Manager™ (EAM), Adaptive Metadata Manager™
(MM) and Adaptive IT Portfolio Manager™ (ITPM).
Adaptive works with many large organizations and governments
around the world to address the challenges of enterprise architecture,
business performance improvement, IT governance, meta-data management
and Model Driven Architecture™. For more information, visit
www.adaptive.com.
Media Contact:
Kim Larkin
Larkin Communications for Adaptive
703-250-3590, x3406
klarkin@larkincomm.com
www.larkincomm.com
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