Management Team

Bob Flynn oversees day-to-day operations for the Attachmate and Novell business units. His role comprises product development, management, and marketing, as well as technical support, sales, and sales operations. He is responsible for the overall goals, strategies, and decision making that impact business-unit financial results, employee morale, and customer satisfaction.

Bob joined Attachmate in 1998 following a 17-year career with IBM in numerous management and executive positions, specializing in service and support for large enterprise environments. At IBM, he led global multi-million-dollar consulting engagements at Fortune 100 companies, directed and redefined key internal IBM processes, and managed a region-wide $500 million services division.

He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Oregon State University.

Boris Ivancic is responsible for all activities across The Attachmate Group business units in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, India, and Singapore.

Prior to joining Attachmate in 1999, Boris was the sales director in charge of Australia and New Zealand for Lotus Development. He also held various sales and channel management roles with Compaq.

Boris earned an electrical engineering degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Edwin Bowman is responsible for all activities across The Attachmate Group business units in Mexico, Central America, and South America. He brings nearly 20 years of IT experience, along with a strong focus on customers and results, to this position.

Before joining Attachmate in 1999, Edwin was national sales director for NCR Corporation, where he spent six years.

He holds management, finance, and MBA degrees, as well as a business Spanish certificate, from the University of Cincinnati.

Eric Varness directs the Attachmate and Novell product marketing, product management, and marketing communications teams. He also serves as strategic director for technology solutions, establishing feature requirements and ensuring timely product releases.

With more than 17 years of technology management experience, Eric's career has included product marketing and management positions at DataChannel and Mosaix.

He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Washington.

Jennifer Shettleroe leads design, engineering, testing, and ongoing support for more than 20 enterprise software products used by the Attachmate business unit's Global 2000 customers. Her responsibilities and expertise include both client and server products as well as a wide range of technologies, languages, platforms, and protocols.

Jennifer worked in a variety of technical capacities at Agena Corp. (now AMS Services/Vertafore) before joining Attachmate.

She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, with an emphasis in business, from Seattle Pacific University.

Kathleen Owens is in charge of the Attachmate business unit's North America sales success and sales teams, including the direct sales force, field technical resources, and sales-channel partner relationships. Having started her Attachmate career in regional and international sales, she has more recently served as territory manager and sales director.

In addition to her 12 years with Attachmate, Kathleen has had experience in the nonprofit sector and was transportation coordinator at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame.

With responsibility for the Attachmate and Novell global sales operations teams, Katherine Tate oversees the processes that ensure smooth business transactions for customers, partners, and field sales. She also spearheaded the effort to define the vision, mission, and beliefs framework used by all business units across The Attachmate Group.

In addition to sales operations, Katherine's 21-year career at Attachmate has spanned technical support, consulting, sales tools, and training. Prior to Attachmate, she was an HP3000 systems manager at the University of Maryland and a technical editor at MYU Research.

Katherine has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Idaho as well as an MBA with an emphasis on technology management from the University of Washington.

Norman Rohde is in charge of EMEA sales success and sales teams, including the direct sales force, field technical resources, and sales-channel partner relationships.

Prior to this business-unit position, Norman served as EMEA general manager, as well as Central and Eastern Europe director of sales and marketing for Attachmate. He has also held various management positions at Bull, Intel, Lucent Technologies, and Novell.

He earned BA honors in business administration as well as a German Diplom Betriebswirt.