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This profile was last updated on 12/23/12  and contains information from public web pages and contributions from the ZoomInfo community.

Vice President of Engineering

Email: r***@***.com
Boundary Inc
1550 Bryant St. Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94103
United States

Company Description: Boundary (www.boundary.com) enables organizations running Big Data applications to deliver continuous quality of service and enhance their operational agility....   more
Background

Employment History

  • Vice President of Engineering
    Zenoss Inc
  • Member, Executive Team
    Zenoss Inc
  • Vice President of Management Software
    Meiosys Inc
  • Executive Management Positions
    Meiosys Inc
  • Software Architect
    IBM Corporation
  • Vice President, Product Management
    Ejasent
  • Vice President of Software Engineering and Vice President of Operations
    Ejasent
  • Vice President, Professor Services and Operations
    Ejasent
  • Vice President of Engineering
    IT Service Management
  • Venture Partner
    AmBex Venture Group LLC
  • Vice President
    Management Software

Education

  • Computer Science
    Oregon State University
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Web References
Rick ...
boundary.com, 23 Dec 2012 [cached]
Rick Houlihan
Rick is Vice President of Engineering at Boundary. Before Boundary, he was Vice President of Engineering at Zenoss, where for two years he drove delivery of IT Service Management and Service Assurance solutions for virtualized datacenters. Prior to Zenoss, Rick was a software architect at IBM, where he led the implementation of the Meiosys virtual process management software with IBM Systems Director and the implementation of a massively scalable endpoint simulation platform capable of accurately emulating a wide variety of device types, agent protocols, and server side workflows. The Meiosys technology was the foundation of the AIX WPAR Manager, and the simulation platform drove over $10M in cost-efficiency and savings for IBM in its first 12 months of deployment. Rick has also held executive management positions at Meiosys and Ejasent.
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Zenoss Exceeds 100% Year-Over Year Growth in Q1 2011
www.zenoss.com, 20 April 2011 [cached]
Rick Houlihan joined Zenoss' executive team as Vice President of Engineering. He is a cloud computing veteran with over 20 years of broad experience, spending the last decade focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Before joining the Zenoss team, Houlihan was a Software Architect at IBM. Zenoss is currently monitoring the first private Cloud service available as part of the U.S. Government's Apps.gov program, managed by Autonomic Resources.
Zenoss Management
www.zenoss.com, 8 Nov 2012 [cached]
Rick Houlihan, VP Engineering
Rick Houlihan joined Zenoss in 2010 to lead the company's product development efforts in IT management, virtualization, and cloud computing. Rick is a proven thought leader in virtualization and cloud computing and has authored several patents related to policy driven management of virtual partition mobility and dynamic allocation of CPU cores. Prior to joining Zenoss, Rick was a Software Architect at IBM for IBM Systems Director. Rick joined IBM via the acquisition of his previous company, Meiosys, a leading provider of virtual server management products, where he was VP of Management Software. Prior to Meiosys, Rick held senior level engineering and architecture positions at Ejascent, a provider of application virtualization technology for utility computing that was subsequently acquired by Veritas. Rick also held positions at Ambex Venture Group and NETFrame Systems.
Arriba Technologies - IT Solutions for Wineries and The Winery Industry
www.arribatech.com, 2 Nov 2005 [cached]
Rick HoulihanSenior PrincipalNetworking Technologies and Software Architecture
Rick brings over 15 years of product engineering and management experience to the Arriba Technologies team.After studying Computer Science at Oregon State University, Rick worked in the R&D Division of NCR and contributed to the success of the Lynx 4210 project.In 1992 Rick joined Nortel Networks as a senior member of their Network Operations Staff where he developed and maintained enterprise class networking solutions.In 1995 Rick joined NetFRAME Systems where he drove the implementation of a controlled Product Life Cycle process, dramatically shortening product development timeframes.Rick moved on to Venture Capital management in 1997 as a venture partner at Ambex Venture Group where he had sole responsibility for all aspects of diligence investigations concerning private equity investments.During his 4 year tenure at Ambex, Rick held director and observer positions on the boards of several companies including Tripwire Security Systems and Virtualis Systems.In 2001 Rick joined the team at Ejasent as Vice President, Product Management.Rick served in a variety of roles at Ejasent, including Vice President of Software Engineering and Vice President of Operations, before joining the Arriba Technologies team in 2002 as a Senior Principal.
Rick Houlihan
www.ejasent.com, 24 Aug 2002 [cached]
Rick HoulihanVice President, Prof. Services & Operations
Rick brings over 15 years of product engineering and management experience to the Ejasent team.After studying Computer Science at Oregon State University, Rick worked at the R&D Division of NCR and contributed to the success of the Lynx 4210 project.Following several years of working as an independent consultant focused on helping businesses implement e-business strategies in 1992 Rick joined Nortel Networks as a senior member of their Network Operations Staff where he worked on deploying enterprise class networking solutions.In 1995 Rick joined NetFRAME Systems where he drove the innovative implementation of a controlled Product Life Cycle process to shorten product development schedules.Prior to joining Ejasent, Rick was a venture partner at Ambex Venture Group where he had sole responsibility for all aspects of diligence investigations concerning private equity investments.Rick has held director and observer positions on the boards of several companies including Tripwire Security Systems and Virtualis Systems and has extensive experience with the strategic management of venture-backed companies.
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