Ancile Hires New Chief Technology Officer

Alan Young will be responsible for defining the technology roadmap, overseeing current product portfolio deliverables, initiating research, and providing technology vision to the analyst, partner and customer communities.

Elkridge, Md. — Oct. 2

Ancile Solutions Inc., a developer of learning and performance software, has announced the appointment of Alan Young as its chief technology officer (CTO).

An industry veteran with a career spanning more than 20 years, Young will be responsible for all facets of Ancile’s technology initiatives, including defining the technology roadmap; overseeing current product portfolio deliverables; initiating research to drive potential new product offerings; and providing technology vision to the analyst, partner and customer communities.

Young has extensive experience in the enterprise software and services industry building new, multi-site, multi-country operations and products, developing profitable client and partner relationships, and defining and executing offshore and international business strategies.

Prior to joining Ancile, Young served as senior vice president of research and development and the general manager of the Application Development Platform Business Unit at Progress Software in Bedford, Mass.

Young has also held executive positions at BEA Systems in San Jose, Calif., as well as at CA Technologies in Islandia, N.Y.

Young received a bachelor’s of science degree in computer science from the University of Texas and a master’s degree in business administration from Boston University.

He also holds multiple patents in various enterprise software areas, including enterprise application and service management, infrastructure and business process discovery and complex event processing.

Source: Ancile Solutions Inc.