Technology >> CEO Interviews >> December 9, 2003

ROBERT FARRELL – METASTORM INC

Robert J. Farrell assumed the role of President and CEO on March 28, 2011. Before joining EDGAR Online, Inc., he was Chairman and CEO of Metastorm, a global provider of business process management software and solutions, where he grew the company from a startup to an established firm with revenues of $75 million, recently overseeing the sale of the company to OpenText Corporation. Prior to Metastorm, Mr. Farrell was President of the Americas region for Mercator Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise application integration software. In this capacity, Mr. Farrell directed Mercator's operational and sales activities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America. Mr. Farrell was also COO at LeadingSide, where he led day-to-day operations for the global provider of knowledge-driven information retrieval and also served as Executive Vice President of international operations at Computer Horizons Corp., a worldwide provider of IT services and solutions to Fortune 1000 and government organizations. Earlier in his career, he held positions at several large organizations, including E. F. Hutton & Co., American Express and Grumman Data Systems. Profile
TWST: Give us a little bit of history on Metastorm and a quick overview

of the company today?

Mr. Farrell: Metastorm was founded in 1996 to capitalize on the need for

efficient process