(Linkleri Üyelerimiz Görebilir. UslanmaM Üyeliği İçin Tıklayın) - McAfee's board of directors on Monday named former EMC executive Dave DeWalt as the security software company's chief executive officer and president.
DeWalt, 42, takes the helm of a company tainted by:-)Linkleri Üyelerimiz Görebilir. UslanmaM Üyeliği İçin Tıklayın:-)by former executives.
DeWalt, a 20-year veteran of the technology industry, most recently was executive vice president and president of customer operations for EMC.
David aaaaer, McAfee's interim president and CEO, will leave that job April 1, the day before DeWalt takes over. aaaaer will stay as an advisor to help with the transition and will remain on the board. DeWalt is also expected to be appointed to the board.
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DeWalt told IDG News that he is prepared to take over the company, even as it operates under a legal cloud.
"It definitely is an issue for me to deal with," he said. "I don't condone what happened but it is behind us."
A federal indictment alleges improper backdating of stock option grants by McAfee executives in 2000 and 2002.
Last week, former McAfee legal counsel Kent Roberts was arraigned on federal fraud charges in relation to his role in the backdating scandal. He pleaded not guilty before a federal judge in San Francisco.


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