South Jordan-based Ivanti has shuffled its top executives and added some key hires, the comp-any announced in a recent release. The firm, which produces software for IT security, IT service and asset management and supply chain management, was formed in January 2017 with the merger of LANDesk and HEAT Software.
Jim Schaper, most recently Ivanti’s chairman of the board and a 30-plus-year veteran of the software industry, has been appointed CEO, effective immediately. Ivanti’s longtime CEO, Steve Daly has retired but will continue to serve as a board member.
“Jim is a software private equity industry pioneer and innovator of many software company transformations, including buy-and-builds, and he is the perfect fit to lead Ivanti day-to-day as chairman and CEO,” said Behdad Eghbali, co-founder and managing partner at Clearlake Capital, the majority owner of Ivanti. “We are fortunate to have Jim as our partner as Ivanti accelerates growth, drives industry consolidation and develops the premier buy-and-build platform in infrastructure software.”
Prior to joining Ivanti, Schaper was the founder and CEO of global enterprise software company Infor.
“This is an exciting time for Ivanti and I’m truly honored to lead the company,” said Schaper. “With its world-class solutions, talented workforce and the exceptional backing of Clearlake, Ivanti is poised to unify IT departments at organizations around the world and I look forward to our continued success.”
Ivanti also announced that multiple seasoned technology industry executives with experience at leading global software companies have joined Ivanti’s senior leadership team.
Jeff Abbott, who most recently served as executive vice president and general manager at Infor, has joined Ivanti as president. Michael McClellan, an operating executive at several Clearlake portfolio companies, has joined Ivanti as executive vice president and chief financial officer, while Mary Trick, former Infor senior executive vice president, will be Ivanti’s executive vice president and chief customer officer.
Additional new officers at Ivanti include Angie Gunter, formerly a vice president of marketing at Infor, who has been hired as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, and former Infor executive vice president John Flavin, who becomes senior vice president and general manager of Ivant’s independent business unit, supply chain business unit and license management.
Mark Chamberlain, formerly vice president of sales operations and partner programs at Ivanti and recently vice president of finance at Avetta, has re-joined Ivanti as senior vice president of global operations.
“Each member of our new management team has successfully and directly contributed to the growth of other thriving, global enterprise software companies that drove innovation in their respective industries,” said Schaper. “Additionally, each has extensive experience in acquiring and integrating complementary software companies and solutions. This team will help our employees and partners unify and streamline our customers’ IT processes.”