Garrett Pettingell joined VirtualWorks as CFO in March 2009 with overall responsibility for administrative and financial operations including accounting, finance, human resources, legal, facilities and investor relations.

A seasoned technology executive with more than 30 years of experience, Garrett has served in CEO and CFO capacities for a range of domestic and international companies, both privately held and publicly traded. He views the emerging content virtualization category as the next logical step to address digital data overload being experienced by organizations of all sizes around the world.

Prior to VirtualWorks, Pettingell was CEO of Blue Frog Solutions, an enterprise software company serving the financial services industry. During his leadership at the company, he turned around the struggling company and sold it to strategic investors in less than two years. Previously, Pettingell was the head of Corporate Banking for Bank Austria Moscow, where he helped to create a $300 million balance sheet within 18 months. He served as CFO for various public companies, including Voiceglo, TeleComputing and Apptix.

Pettingell holds a masters degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School, and master's degrees in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and Accounting from Nova Southeastern University. He is a licensed CPA in Florida and a retired Army Reserve Special Forces officer. In his free time, Pettingell enjoys camping and hiking with his wife and five children.