Aster Data Appoints Shahani-Mulligan Marketing EVP

Aster Data has appointed Sharmila Shahani-Mulligan has executive vice president of worldwide marketing.

Most recently, she was chief marketing officer of the business technology optimization business within HP Software.

Previously, she was executive vice president of marketing at Opsware Inc. where was responsible for all marketing functions including driving the creation of the data center automation market category.

Shahani led marketing from the start of Opsware in 2002 to its eventual acquisition by Hewlett-Packard for $1.65 billion in Sept. 2007.