Black Duck Expands Management Team With Sales Executive

Waltham, Mass., December 6, 2004 -- Black Duck Software, the leading provider of software compliance management solutions, today announced the appointment of Timothy Bridge as vice president of worldwide sales. Bridge will lead all worldwide sales initiatives and programs for Black Duck's protexIP(TM) suite of software compliance management solutions.

Most recently, Bridge was vice president of worldwide sales at Mountain View, California-based Reasoning Inc., a provider of automated software inspection services. There, he launched the company's reseller program and also played an integral role in helping the company secure its Series C round of venture funding. Prior to Reasoning, Bridge was vice president of worldwide sales at Mainsoft Corporation, a cross-platform development company that enables businesses to develop mission-critical applications with Visual Studio software and deploy them natively on Linux and other open source platforms. At Mainsoft, he generated nearly $50 million in new business revenue and exceeded revenue goals for 13 consecutive quarters.

"Tim is a proven sales executive and a great addition to Black Duck's management team. His worldwide sales and industry-specific experience are complimentary to our company and we look forward to Tim developing and leading our sales force," said Douglas A. Levin, CEO of Black Duck. "As Black Duck continues to expand into new domestic and international markets, Tim will play an important role in helping to grow our company and meet the increasing demand for our protexIP line of software services."

"Black Duck addresses a serious business issue facing any organization developing software," said Tim Bridge. "I am excited to help Black Duck bring an enterprise scaleable solution to compliance management issues and accelerate the adoption rate of protexIP worldwide."

About Black Duck Software
Founded in 2002, Waltham, Massachusetts-based Black Duck is the leading provider of software compliance management solutions for governing software assets. Black Duck's customer base includes enterprises, vendors, law firms and other organizations worldwide. For more information about Black Duck, visit www.blackducksoftware.com, email sales@blackducksoftware.com, or call +1 781.899.2718, extension 500.

For more information, please contact:
John Riley, Black Duck Software          
Tel: +1.781.891.5100, x404
jriley@blackducksoftware.com

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