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Symantec EVP Balaji Yelamanchili joins Jive board

By TechTaffy Desk

Jive Software has appointed Balaji Yelamanchili to its board of directors. Mr. Yelamanchili is currently executive vice president and general manager at Symantec, where he has overall responsibility for the company’s enterprise security products and services business.

Previously, Mr. Yelamanchili led strategy, development and go-to-market for business intelligence and enterprise performance management products at Oracle. Prior to Oracle, Mr. Yelamanchili was co-general manager for the content management and archiving business at EMC.

[Image courtesy: Jive]

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