Andrew Weiss MERANT CTO n Joined MERANT in May 1999, focusing on corporate strategy and technology futures and aligning the company's technologies and services with customer business requirements. n Also responsible for product management and operations for MERANT PVCS. n Previously senior vice president for Advanced Technology at Fannie Mae. Spearheaded efforts to leverage information technology to reduce the cost of home ownership and to deliver real business benefits from client/server computing, data warehousing, object technologies, and the Internet. n Prior to Fannie Mae, Andrew helped large global companies develop and implement IT strategies while at the consulting firm of Nolan, Norton.

MERANT n Focused on helping companies manage change n Deliver tools and support that enable all software and web teams to increase efficiency n PVCS Enterprise Change Management l Software configuration management and web content management u Broadest coverage of digital assets u Unsurpassed scalability u End-to-end change management Make change your competitive advantage

MERANT and eclipse.org Eclipse is truly a unique platform in that it allows customers to independently develop applications with best-of-breed technology, without worrying about compatibility. This is consistent with the strategy that has driven the PVCS product suite over the years – to empower customers to manage development in as cost-effective and simplified manner as possible. With its strong support of eclipse.org, MERANT is continuing its approach to providing customers with freedom of choice.