Dave DeWalt is President of McAfee, Inc. He joined McAfee in April, 2007. Prior to McAfee, DeWalt oversaw customer operations and sales at EMC Corporation. His responsibilities included channels, alliances and partners, product sales, global accounts, vertical programs, and field business operations. DeWalt also led EMC's content management and archiving software business.
Previously, DeWalt was executive vice president and president, EMC Software Group. He was responsible for business, product, technology, and go-to-market strategies, for accelerating the integration of the EMC Documentum and EMC Legato sales teams, and for advancing EMC's evolution to a leading solutions-focused technology company. Prior to that, DeWalt was executive vice president, EMC Software Group, sharing responsibility for its leadership with executive vice president Mark Lewis since 2004. DeWalt joined EMC in 2003 when EMC acquired Documentum, the global leader in enterprise content management, where he served as president and CEO for more than two years. DeWalt led Documentum through nine consecutive quarters of growth, five record revenue quarters, and four successful acquisitions.
DeWalt has more-than 20 years in the technology industry-spanning engineering, product management, marketing, and sales management. Prior to joining Documentum, De Walt was founding principal and vice president of Eventus Software. Following the 1998 acquisition of Eventus by Segue Software, DeWalt served as Segue's vice president of North American sales. Before Eventus, he was vice president of sales and marketing at Quest Software, and before that held various positions in sales management over six years at Oracle Corporation.
DeWalt was named one of the 25 most influential executives in high technology by the readers of the industry publication CRN. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware.
I am excited to announce another important milestone in our growth as the world’s largest dedicated security company. Today, McAfee completed the acquisition of privately owned Sentrigo, a leading provider of database security and compliance, assessment, monitoring and intrusion prevention solutions. Through this acquisition, we believe McAfee can broaden its security portfolio to now secure Read more…
Tags: Acquisition, database security, vulnerability management
While on the road last week meeting with investors, Renée James, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Intel Software and Services Group, and I also presented four phases of synergy that we see between McAfee and Intel. These phases are closely related to my list of reasons why McAfee will benefit as Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, Dave DeWalt, enterprise, intel, Mid-Market
The worlds of computing hardware and computer security are coming together. Last week Renée James, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Intel Software and Services Group, and I jointly presented to Wall Street about McAfee joining the Intel family. This was the first time since the acquisition of McAfee by Intel closed Read more…
Tags: Acquisition, Cybercrime, Dave DeWalt, embedded, enterprise, intel, malware, McAfee, Mid-Market, Mobile
We are very pleased to report that Intel completed its acquisition of McAfee today. The transaction cleared reviews by the US. Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, and other regulatory bodies and received overwhelming votes of approvals from the appropriate boards of directors and stockholders. For McAfee customers, it’s business as usual and better. McAfee Read more…
Tags: Consumer, Cybercrime, enterprise, intel, Mid-Market, Public Sector
Today, McAfee reported excellent Q3 financial performance with strong results across nearly all areas of our business. We’re proud to report: – Q3 revenue of $523 million, up eight percent year-over-year – Q3 deferred revenue of $1.4 billion, up eight percent year-over-year – Year to date operating cash flow of $431 million, up 23 percent year-over-year Read more…
Tags: Consumer, enterprise, Mid-Market
Yesterday, McAfee completed the acquisition of privately owned tenCube, the provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service. I’m excited to say that McAfee will now have a single platform, from the consumer to the enterprise, to address the management and security of all devices types, to all markets and with the most robust feature set. Read more…
Tags: Acquisition, Cybercrime, Mobile
Big news today for the security industry and the future of the Internet with the agreement for McAfee to be acquired by Intel. This is incredibly exciting to me as it reflects what we at McAfee have been saying for some time: security is a fundamental component of modern computing and it is increasingly relevant Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, intel
Today, we announced our second quarter 2010 results to Wall Street and our intent to acquire privately owned tenCube, the provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service. I see several major themes that I want to outline today as part of understanding McAfee, our market and our second quarter results: The market we address is Read more…
I am excited to announce another important milestone in our growth as the world’s largest dedicated security company. Today we complete the acquisition of privately owned Trust Digital, a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility management and security software. This transaction reinforces McAfee’s position as an industry leader in security risk management, providing our customers Read more…
Tags: Acquisition, Dave DeWalt, McAfee, Mobile
Today, we announced our first quarter 2010 results to Wall Street and delivered McAfee’s 17th consecutive quarter of revenue growth. First quarter revenue was a record $502.7 million, an increase of 12 percent year-over-year. Additional highlights include: Deferred revenue reached a first quarter record of $1.4 billion, an increase of nine percent year-over-year Cash flow Read more…
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