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Dr Ajei Gopal to head CA's largest business  

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MUMBAI: CA has named Dr Ajei S. Gopal as senior vice

president and general manager of its Enterprise Systems Management (ESM)

business unit, effective immediately.






He succeeds Alan F. Nugent, who recently was named CA's chief technology officer
(CTO), and will report to Russell M. Artzt, CA's executive vice president of

products.






Gopal joins CA from Symantec
Corp
., where as executive vice president and CTO, he was the global

technology leader for the company, responsible for strategy, investments in

emerging technologies, including the Symantec Research Labs, and the development

of the patent portfolio. He also led cross-product shared services, such as

localization and usability, and was responsible for managing the company's

significant technical and product operations in India and in China.






Earlier at Symantec, he was responsible for the Compliance business unit, and
oversaw business development and mergers and acquisitions.






At CA, he will focus on extending the company's leadership position in managing
systems, networks, databases and applications for mainframe and distributed

environments. ESM is CA's largest business unit.






"Ajei's significant industry expertise and proven management track record
make him a tremendous addition to the CA team," said Artzt. "His

business experience and effectiveness in leading corporate R&D initiatives

will be particularly valuable as CA continues to deliver on its vision for

Enterprise IT Management."






Before Symantec, Gopal was chief executive officer and a board member of
ReefEdge Networks, Inc., a wireless LAN systems vendor that he co-founded.

Earlier, he was chief technology officer for IBM's Pervasive Computing Division,

where his responsibilities included product and technology strategy, product

architecture and development, and technology partnerships. He also worked in the

research division at IBM, where he conducted and managed research in the areas

of systems management, distributed and clustered systems, and operating systems.






Gopal began his career as a member of the technical staff in the Applied
Research Division at Bell Communications Research. The author of more than 20 US

patents, he earned a doctorate degree in computer science from Cornell

University and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of

Technology.






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