Pure Software Appoints Executives from SGI and Wilson Sonsini to its Board of Directors; Thomas Jermoluk and Larry Sonsini Join Pure Software's Board

Business Wire,  Feb 13, 1996  

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 1996--Pure Software Inc. today announced the addition of two new members to its board of directors.

Effective immediately, Thomas A. Jermoluk, president and chief operating officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Larry Sonsini, chairman of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, join the board of directors for Pure Software. As directors, Jermoluk and Sonsini will advise the company on matters affecting the operation and direction of the newly-public company.

"We are fortunate to have executives from two of Silicon Valley's most successful businesses join our board," said Reed Hastings, president and CEO of Pure Software. "Tom Jermoluk and Larry Sonsini each bring an impressive background to Pure Software's board. Tom's reputation for operational excellence at SGI and Larry's experience founding and running one of the industry's most successful business law firms complement the board of directors' existing skill set and perfectly match our needs going forward."

At Silicon Graphics, Jermoluk is responsible for research and development, finance, marketing and sales, operations, manufacturing and support for the company's entire range of IRIS workstation products. Jermoluk has been with Silicon Graphics since 1986 and reports directly to chairman and CEO, Edward R. McCracken. Prior to joining Silicon Graphics, Jermoluk worked as a manager at Hewlett-Packard and in the UNIX development lab of Bell Laboratories.

Larry Sonsini specializes in corporate law, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. Sonsini is chairman of the firm's executive committee and a recognized expert in securities law and corporate finance. In addition to lecturing and writing extensively on these subjects, Sonsini currently is a director of Novell, Inc. and Lattice Semiconductor Corporation.

Pure Software, with over 4,000 corporate customers, is the world leader in Automated Software Quality (ASQ) tools that improve the reliability, scalability and performance of Windows and UNIX applications. Pure Software is the only ASQ company that addresses the entire software lifecycle of development, testing and deployment.

Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Pure Software posted revenues of $44 million for 1995, a 100 percent increase over 1994 revenues. The company's shares are traded under Nasdaq: PRSW. More information on Pure Software is available on the Internet at: http://www.pure.com. -0-

Note to Editor: Pure Software and Purify are U.S. registered trademarks of Pure Software Inc. The Pure Software logo is a trademark of Pure Software Inc.

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