MEDFORD, NEW YORK: KEMP Technologies, a leader in application delivery optimization for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB), has announced the appointment of Marc Goodman as the company's new marketing director.

Marc Goodman has over 25 years experience in the technology industry, with a history of building industry leading brands for emerging companies, managing product marketing and marketing communications. Marc is responsible for leading KEMP Technologies' overall corporate and product marketing.

Prior to joining KEMP, Marc managed his own marketing consulting practice, and held marketing management positions within high technologies companies. From 1998 to 2001 Marc served as senior director of marketing at F5 Networks, where he led the marketing organization. In 1993 Marc served as the director of marketing at SPRY/Compuserve, where he spearheaded one of the first Internet consulting companies, and helped bring the company's first Internet products to market. Marc has also served in marketing management positions with Asentria, Threshold Networks, UBmatrix, Cogent Networks, Attachmate and Wall Data.

"Marc's background and understanding of the application delivery marketplace is going to be a great asset to KEMP as we move forward in strengthening our position in the marketplace," said Kevin Mahon, president of KEMP. "We are very pleased that Marc has joined our company. His successful track record and experience in managing global marketing organizations brings a critical capability to KEMP."