Composite Software announced the appointment of Randy Bartlewski as VP of Alliances. In this newly created position, Bartlewski will be responsible for expanding Composite's global partner programs to meet the growing demand for Composite's virtual data federation/data discovery solutions.

Composite's current partners include of a group of prestigious companies that embed or resell the Composite Information Server and Composite Application Data Services, such as BMCSoftware, Cognos (now an IBM company), Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), Informatica, Motive, Pitney Bowes, SAS and Tripos International. In addition, Composite works with leading system integrators including Adaptivity, BearingPoint, e-brilliance LLC, EDS, HP, MomentumSI, SAIC, Software by Desig and Wipro Technologies who combine Composite's data virtualization offerings with their own business and technical consulting services to help customers maximize the value of their Composite investments.

"Data virtualization, information-as-a-service and service-oriented architecture aresignificantIT strategies thatrequire data virtualization middleware," said Tony Bishop, founder and CEO of Adaptivity, an IT Management Consultancy that coaches firms on how to leverage technologies such as Composite's to maximize business value through dynamic information. "Meeting this accelerating demand requires strong vendor partnerships andseasoned leaders likeRandy."

"The strategy to partner with technology giants and specialists during our formative years contributed greatly to our success today," said Jim Green, CEO of Composite Software. "Of greater impact, however, are the comprehensive customer solutions that have resulted from these relationships. As we continue to respond to the needs of global enterprises to reduce their costs and the time to access their precious information resources, we will continue to broaden our relationships with partners that share our vision. Randy's expertise, business sense and sales acumen will take us to the next level."

"Customers appreciate it when best-in-class vendors work together to provide comprehensive solutions," said Bartlewski. "My job will be facilitating this process, especially as Composite continues to expand internationally."

Bartlewski joins Composite Software from EVault, where, as VP of Channel Sales, he managed a high-performance channel sales organization that delivered enterprise storage software, SaaS, DR/BCP consulting services and e-mail compliance services. He also helped expand the company's reseller program by adding more than 500 new partners over a three-year period. Prior to that, he worked in increasingly responsible sales management positions for wireless communications companies including T-Mobile USA, Abovenet Corporation, Northpoint Communications, Winstar Communications (formerly Midcom) and Frontier/Allnet Communications. Bartlewski earned his bachelor's degree with honors in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento.