Jerry Rudisin

Who is Jerry Rudisin?

Jerry Rudisin - CEO and President - joined Agitar as CEO in July

2003 and has served on Agitar's board of directors since November 2002.

Jerry Rudisin joined Agitar in July 2003 from NightFire Software, a

startup offering service-management software to telecom carriers, where

he was CEO from April 1999 to July 2003. NightFire, founded in October

1997, was funded by Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, US

Venture Partners, Technology Partners, and The Roda Group. Jerry led

NightFire to profitability in spite of the telecom depression; the

company was sold in August 2003 to NeuStar (NYSE: NSR). Prior to

NightFire, Jerry led marketing for almost eight years at Rational

Software Corporation (now IBM Rational), joining when it was a private

company with $28 million in revenue and leaving when it was a public

company with $412 million in revenue and a $3 billion market

capitalization. He was responsible for product and corporate marketing,

sales support, and the marketing aspects of three public company

acquisitions and two stock offerings, which raised a total of $217

million. Previously he was vice president of marketing and customer

support, product manager, development manager, and software architect

at startups in Boston and Pittsburgh. Jerry earned a master's degree in

computer science from the University of California at Los Angeles and a

bachelor's degree in electrical engineering/computer science from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.