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TheInfoPro : , an independent research company for the IT industry, today announced that it is continuing to strengthen its management team with the appointment of Ivan Ruzic : as its chief executive officer. Ruzic, an IT industry veteran with extensive global experience, will lead all key facets of TheInfoPro’s global research business and accelerate the

company’s go-to-market strategy, including the expansion of new research sectors such as cloud computing, virtualization, procurement and organizational dynamics for IT staffing.

“TheInfoPro is on an aggressive timeline to expand its research network of IT decision-makers and increase the types of data we can provide our vendor clients, the investor community and IT end users,” said Ryan Ziegler, of New Jersey venture capital firm Edison Venture Fund and TheInfoPro’s board chairman. “Ivan brings a high-level of operations experience in addition to being a successful global sales and marketing leader for public U.S. corporations as well as small to start-up size businesses. These skills will be critical to our company’s longer-term growth.”

Ruzic will now be at the helm of the largest network of IT decision-makers from over 800 U.S. Fortune 1000 and midsize enterprises and organizations. The prestigious network represents more than $24 billion in annual IT infrastructure spending. TheInfoPro offers highly customizable data in the sectors of networking : , storage : , servers : and information security : . Prior to joining TheInfoPro, Ruzic was the CEO of Exclaim, a leader in user-generated content, socialization and infotainment community applications for mobile consumers. Ruzic has also held key executive positions at several marquee IT companies, including Borland International, BEA Systems and Novell.

“TheInfoPro’s data and research products provide valuable insights to the IT community, including trends not even on the mainstream radar,” said Ruzic. “Our market intelligence was consistent with the market bottoming in late 2008 and I am cautiously optimistic about prospects for the IT industry in 2010. My priority is to expand TheInfoPro’s capabilities to ensure we’re an invaluable part of the IT decision-making process.”

Ken Male : , founder and former CEO has stepped up to the role of Executive Vice Chairman and will work with Ivan to spearhead the company’s business development initiatives into new intelligence products, geographies and channels. Male will also continue to focus on expanding TheInfoPro to represent the Global 2000 and work closely with institutional investors to help them make intelligent, data-supported ratings of IT companies.

“As we move into the next year, executives will be forced to make concise IT decisions to support their corporate mandates, and leveraging our peer base is a critical component of their technology and vendor selection process,” said Ken Male, executive vice chairman for TheInfoPro. “Our management team now represents the best in IT research and corporate operations expanding TheInfoPro’s optimal platform for the Global 2000 to make informed IT strategies.”


Originally a native of Australia, Ruzic holds a B.Sc., with majors in Chemistry and Biochemistry, a Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and a Science Ph.D. from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Earlier in his career, he was also a marketing professor at the David Syme School of Business in Melbourne.



About TheInfoPro

TheInfoPro is the only independent research network for the information technology (IT) industry. Through a peer network of more than 1,800 of the world’s largest buyers and users of IT, including Citigroup, FedEx, McGraw-Hill, MasterCard, Pfizer, Vodafone, PepsiCo, JPMorgan Chase and Harvard University, TheInfoPro delivers detailed budget, vendor performance and technology roadmap data without spin or bias. Known as the “voice of the customer,” TheInfoPro helps IT professionals, technology providers and institutional investors make sound decisions on technologies, vendor relationships and investments. Founded in 2002 by alumni of Gartner, Giga, EMC and Bell Labs, TheInfoPro is headquartered in New York City. To learn more, visit www.theinfopro.com : or call (212) 672-0010.

TheInfoProNicole L. Messier, 518-306-4029Director of
Corporate CommunicationsFax: 212-688-6598 nicole@theinfopro.com : mailto:nicole@theinfopro.com