Former Microsoft Online CTO Joins Arxan Board of Directors

Arxan Technologies, a provider of application protection and management solutions, announced the appointment of Alexander Gounares to its board of directors.

During his time at Microsoft, Gounares led significant strategic and technical operations for projects including Microsoft’s global advertising platform, Bing search, MSN, and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Gounares also served as a technology advisor to Microsoft Chairman and Founder Bill Gates. After Microsoft, he served as AOL’s chief technology officer, and was a member of the company’s global executive operating committee. Gounares is currently the founder and CEO of Polyverse Corporation. He is also an inventor with more than 200 patents.