SolarWinds appoints Dennis Howard to its Board of Directors

– USA, TX –  SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced the appointment of Dennis Howard, EVP and Chief Information Officer for Schwab Technology Services, Charles Schwab & Co, to its Board of Directors, effective September 17, 2020, succeeding Paul Cormier, President and CEO, Red Hat, who resigned from the Board.

“For over 20 years, SolarWinds has been committed to making IT look easy by arming technology pros with the powerful tools they need to solve today’s IT management challenges. Dennis’ deep operating expertise and leadership roles in building and scaling technology environments for large enterprises will be a valuable addition to our Board of Directors as we continue to build and position SolarWinds as a partner of choice for IT infrastructure management solutions,” said CEO, Kevin Thompson.

He added: “We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Paul Cormier for lending his expertise and perspective to the Board for these past two years.”

Howard will also serve on the company’s audit committee.

About Dennis Howard

Dennis Howard has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. since 2016, and previously served as its Senior Vice President, Core Technology Services from 2014 to 2016. Prior to Charles Schwab, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Visa Inc., and in various other information technology roles at Visa across a number of disciplines, including the development of enterprise systems, data and analytics, and client-facing product development. Howard has also worked in technology at Commerce One, Inc. and other firms and served in several roles in the public sector.

“The SolarWinds leadership position in the market and a strong focus on continued disruption of the IT infrastructure management space make it a compelling time to join the company,” said Dennis Howard. “I look forward to adding my experience as an IT leader to this Board.”

He holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Master of Public Policy & Administration degree from Baylor University.

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT infrastructure management software. Our products give organizations worldwide, regardless of type, size or IT infrastructure complexity, the power to monitor and manage the performance of their IT environments, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid models. We continuously engage with all types of technology professionals—IT operations professionals, DevOps professionals, and managed service providers—to understand the challenges they face maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures. The insights we gain from engaging with them, in places like our THWACK online community, allow us to build products that solve well-understood IT management challenges in ways that technology professionals want them solved. This focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT performance management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in network management software and MSP solutions.

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