Peter Leav was named president and chief executive officer of BMC Software, Inc., in December 2016.

Peter brings to BMC a strong background in leading multinational businesses. Over the course of his successful career in technology and services, he has led teams to create a shared vision and make strategic decisions while driving operational excellence.

Prior to joining BMC, Peter was president and CEO of Polycom, a global $1.2 billion collaboration business serving the enterprise market. Previously, he was president of industry and field operations at NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies. At Motorola, Inc., Peter was corporate vice president and general manager of the enterprise business in North America, Latin America and EMEA.

Earlier in his career, Peter held executive sales leadership positions at Symbol Technologies, Cisco Systems and Tektronix, Inc.

Peter is a graduate of Lehigh University and a member of the board of directors for HD Supply, Inc.

Paul Appleby is the executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at BMC Software, Inc.

Paul came to BMC from Salesforce.com, where he was executive vice president of global sales. Before Salesforce, Paul was senior vice president of worldwide sales at C3 LLC.

Previously, he was managing director of Continental Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan for Travelex, the world’s largest non-bank foreign exchange provider.

Prior to Travelex, Paul held senior executive positions overseeing the Asia Pacific region at both Oracle and Siebel. In earlier roles, Paul was CEO of a publicly listed B2C ecommerce company, Gocorp, and director of both financial services and telecommunications for SAP.

Paul is a former director and is now advisor to the board of the John Maclean Foundation. The foundation exists to change the lives of young Australians who use wheelchairs by inspiring, motivating and enabling them to chase their dreams.

Brian Bergdoll is executive vice president of sales for ZSolutions at BMC Software, Inc. He is responsible for sales of all mainframe solutions including the company’s industry-leading Cost Analyzer, Subsystem Optimizer and Intelligent Capping products for zEnterprise, as well as Data Management for both DB2 and IMS, and MainView.

Brian joined BMC in 1986 and was promoted to positions of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing and strategy management. As an early member of the BMC sales team, Brian created the company’s sales best practices function, and he was responsible for formalizing the process and practice of both large account management and technical account management. BMC’s product specialization sales model was created under Brian’s leadership. Over the course of his career with BMC, the company has grown from $25 million in annual revenue to more than $2 billion, and he was with BMC both when it became a public company in 1988 and when it re-privatized in 2013.

Prior to joining BMC Software, Brian was with IBM in various sales and sales management positions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Rice University, where he attended on an athletic scholarship.

Monika Fahlbusch is Senior Vice President, chief employee experience officer at BMC Software, Inc. She is responsible for Information Services & Technology, Human Resources, Facilities and Real Estate, Security, Employee Communication and Community Relations. Less than 18 months after she joined the company, BMC was named one of America’s Best Employers for 2016 by Forbes.

Prior to joining BMC, Monika was at Salesforce where she was senior vice president of global employee success. While on the executive team at Salesforce.com, she helped catapult the company from #52 to the #7 position on Fortune’s Great Place to Work list. At Salesforce, she built a hiring engine to grow from $2 billion to $4 billion in three years, increased employee engagement and reduced turnover through sophisticated use of data and analytics, and delivered innovative employee and leadership programs. She has also held HR, communication and IT leadership positions at PeopleSoft and Old Navy.

Monika was named one of the Silicon Valley Women of Influence for 2016 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She holds a bachelor of science in business administration and economics from St. Mary’s College of California. She has served as an advisory board member to the School of Business and Economics at St. Mary’s College of California.