Imperva names Roger Sippl to board of directors

Imperva has named alumnus Roger Sippl (CS BS ’77 ) to its board of directors. Sippl is a Silicon Valley software pioneer, entrepreneur and innovator. He founded Informix Software (now part of IBM) in 1980, when he was just 24, to develop and commercialize SQL relational database software. He subsequently took two more companies through IPO: The Vantive Corporation, which became part of PeopleSoft/Oracle, and Visigenic Software, which was acquired by Borland. Sippl received the CS Distinguished Alumni award in 1995.