McAfee Puts Financial Woes in Hands of New CEO

McAfee (Quote) has named former EMC (Quote) exec
David DeWalt CEO of the troubled security software company, replacing interim CEO Dave Fuller, who joined McAfee in October.

The last
permanent CEO, George Samenuk, resigned amid a stock option mess. Fuller will advise DeWalt during the transition, according to a statement.

McAfee’s new CEO previously led EMC’s Customer Service Operations,
overseeing worldwide customer operations. DeWalt was CEO of content
management software company Documentum prior to its 2003 EMC
acquisition.

As CEO, DeWalt will have to alleviate concerns from Wall Street and
federal prosecutors, experts say.

“McAfee seems to have a never-ending string of financial misdeeds
coming to light,” Gartner analyst John Pescatore told
internetnews.com. “Any new CEO will first have to convince
Wall Street and shareholders that McAfee is finally beyond that now.”

Last week, former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts pled not
guilty to federal fraud charges, including allegedly
falsifying an entry in Network Associates’ board minutes in 2002 when then-CEO Samenuk received stock options.

Samenuk resigned in October after nearly six years as McAfee CEO,
citing “the best interests of the company, shareholders and
employees,” internetnews.com previously reported.

McAfee non-executive Chairman Chuck Robel echoed Samenuk’s words,
pointing to DeWalt’s “excellent track record in driving shareholder
value to McAfee.”

McAfee was not immediately available for comment.

By naming DeWalt, McAfee quieted Wall Street concerns that the troubled
security company couldn’t attract high-caliber candidates, said Cowen
and Company financial analyst Walt Pritchard.

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