Centrify Expands Engineering Management to Lead Centrify Technology Innovations

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ — Centrify Corporation, a leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-centric identity management solutions for Linux, UNIX and Mac, today announced the addition of Maxine Erlund as vice president of product development. Erlund will manage Centrify's worldwide development and quality assurance teams for Centrify's flagship DirectControl solution. Erlund brings over 24 years of leadership experience to her role at Centrify including director of engineering at Sun for Java Compatibility. She most recently served as vice president of engineering at Applied Identity. Centrify has also promoted Mike Patnode to vice president of technology. Patnode will apply his 20 years of solution architecture and product development experience to creating advanced product features for Centrify solutions and extending Centrify technology into new channels including OEMs and strategic partners. Both Erlund and Patnode will report to Centrify co-founder and vice president of engineering, Adam Au.