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Moxie Names Rebecca Ward CEO

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Moxie Software has appointed Rebecca Ward president and CEO. Former CEO Tom Kelly will continue to serve on the board of directors.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Ward was the CEO of Tealeaf, and presided over Tealeaf’s sale to IBM in June of 2012. Prior to joining Tealeaf, she served as group president of engineering, marketing, and product development at Digex. Before Digex, she worked for BBN/GTE Internetworking, where she held the position of vice president of product management and engineering. She started her career at Xerox.

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