Barmak Meftah came to Fortify Software in early 2004 becoming the company's tenth employee. He is a technology industry veteran with over 17 years of experience in enterprise software development, product management and management consulting. Prior to his appointment at Fortify, Barmak was Vice President of Engineering and Product Management at Sychron. There he managed the strategy, development and release of products comprised in the ground-breaking practice of grid computing. Previously, he spent seven years in various senior management roles at Oracle within the Server Technologies division. Roles at Oracle included Group Manager for ease of use and manageability product lines as well as Director of Development for the eServices platform. At the time of his departure, he was the head of products for the Oracle 9i Database on Windows and .NET platforms. Earlier in his career, Barmak served as a Managing Principal Consultant at Price Waterhouse in the Management Consulting Services group and as the Group head for Wells Fargo Bank's desktop business unit.