Friday's Last Word: Pneuron CEO Simon Moss — Who exactly is he?

Pneuron CEO Simon Moss oversees the management, strategy and operations of the Nashua, New Hampshire-based company that specializes in developing business solutions optimized for global environments.

Prior to Pneuron, Moss was the CEO of Avistar and served four years with Mantas, before it was acquired by Oracle Corp. He has also served as partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers and was co-founder of Risk Management Services Practice at IBM. Moss is also on the board of directors for Qumas.

What's are Moss' plans for Pneuron?

"Hit our numbers; excel in our customer satisfaction; grow the team with creative, talented and incredible people; continue to build for the banner year we expect in 2015; and give out the holiday bonuses we have been accruing all year," he says.

Who does Moss challenge to sit in the hot seat?

Vivek Ranadivé, CEO at TIBCO Software, a Palo-Alto, California-based company that provides infrastructure solutions for cloud computing-based companies.

What is "Friday's Last Word"?

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