Jim Adkins VP Engineering at PGP

PGP Corporation announced that Jim Adkins has joined the Company as its new Vice President of Engineering. Adkins, 46, will be responsible for PGP Corporation’s Engineering Development and Engineering Services teams, as well as the Company’s technology executives.

Adkins has almost 25 years of engineering development and management experience with companies such as GE, Netscape/AOL, Rational/IBM and most recently Opsware, Inc. (which was purchased by HP in October of 2007). He has a proven track record of building focused, successful teams for conceiving, planning and delivering leading-edge software. Adkins served for 3 years as an Executive Vice President while at Opsware, Inc., overseeing all engineering, product management, support and IT functions. He was responsible for successfully growing the Opsware product offerings from 2 to 8, integrating the Rendition Networks, Creekpath Systems and iConclude acquisitions and expanding their product group personnel from 70 to 200 employees across the United States and Romania.

Prior to his tenure with Opsware, Jim was Senior Vice President at Catapulse, which was acquired by Rational and subsequently IBM, where he was responsible for product architecture, development, and management of the Catapulse hosted developer tools. Adkins was also a leader at Netscape where, as Vice President, he built the product team and operations function from the ground up.

“Jim comes to us equipped with an impressive background in engineering and product development from some of the industry’s most recognized and respected brands,” said Phillip Dunkelberger, president and CEO of PGP Corporation. “His experience and dedication to creating innovative solutions will be integral as we continue to expand our platform of award-winning data protection solutions.”