Ken Klein Board’s Director, MobileIron

MobileIron Inc., in mobile enterprise security, announced that Ken Klein has joined its board of directors, effective February 24.

“Ken has great experience building and running companies at scale, and I’m delighted to welcome him to the MobileIron board,” said Barry Mainz, CEO, MobileIron. “At Mercury Interactive, Wind River, and Tintri, Ken was instrumental in building companies that pioneered new categories. We are in the early days of a new market and we have a huge opportunity in front of us. Ken’s leadership and experience will be invaluable.”

Since October 2013, Klein has served as COB and CEO of Tintri, a virtualization-aware storage company. Previously, he was with Wind River, an embedded software company, where he served as a director from July 2003 and as COB, president and CEO from January 2004 until Wind River’s $1 billion acquisition by Intel in June 2009. He continued as president of Wind River after it became an Intel subsidiary until October 2013. Prior to joining Wind River, he was with Mercury Interactive Corporation, a software company focused on business technology optimization, where he served as COO from January 2000 until December 2003. He also served as a director of Mercury Interactive from July 2000 until December 2003 and held management positions there from 1992 through 1999, including president of North American operations and VP of North American sales.

He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a USC Distinguished Alumnus, member of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Board of Councilors, founder of USC’s Klein Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Life (KIUEL), and a USC Trustee.