Former Sun Tools Exec Surfaces At Startup

One of Sun Microsystems' top Java software executives has resurfaced at a startup founded by BEA Software co-founder and former chairman and CEO Bill Coleman.

Rich Green, who left Sun just after the Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor unveiled its landmark deal with Microsoft a week and a half ago, now is executive vice president of product development at Cassatt, a small ISV in San Jose, Calif.

Green spent 14 years at Sun, where he was instrumental in the creation of Java as a leading development technology, as well as establishing Sun's business model around Java. He spent his last several years in the Java tools group at Sun, most recently as vice president of developer tools.

"I have known Rich since our days together at Sun, and I have followed his many successes," said Coleman, Cassatt chairman and CEO, in a press statement. "He brings a wealth of world-class expertise in software development for the enterprise that is crucial to helping our customers get the most value out of their technology infrastructure investment. We're excited to have him as part of our team."

Cassatt, which is currently in stealth mode, provides infrastructure software for the convergence of grid computing and service-oriented architectures (SOAs), according to a press statement. Coleman left BEA in September 2003 to form the new venture, which has been funded by Warburg Pincus. He had already stepped down from his post as chairman and CEO of BEA and was serving as the vendor's chief customer advocate when he left to start his new company.

Coleman is not the only notable technology executive Green will be joining as part of Cassatt's management team. Sunir Kapoor, founder of E-Stamps and a former vice president at Oracle, serves as the company's chief marketing officer and executive vice president, and, Mark Forman, who as former CIO of the U.S. federal government was responsible for its $58 billion IT budget, serves as Cassatt's executive vice president of worldwide services.