PKWARE, recently acquired by an investment group led by Novacap, a leading Canadian private equity firm, announced that V. Miller Newton has been named President and Chief Executive Officer.

“PKWARE is an amazing company with proven data management and security solutions, a marquee customer base, and a great team,” said Newton, President and Chief Executive Officer for PKWARE. “I am excited to accelerate PKWARE’s efforts to help our customers address their critical concerns regarding compliance regulations, audit requirements, protection of sensitive information, and reducing overall operation costs.”

Newton was previously Chief Executive Officer for Monster, the renowned global employment solution. He is credited with growing the company from $400,000 to $45 million in revenue and from 50 to 230 employees.  Prior to being named CEO of Monster, he was Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TMP Worldwide, a global marketing communications company and parent company of Monster (now Monster Worldwide – NYSE: MWW). Newton was instrumental in taking TMP Worldwide public in 1996.

In addition to his tenure with Monster, Newton was previously Chief Executive Officer of Netkey, a leading provider of applications and management software for self-service kiosks and digital signage.  Netkey was acquired by NCR (NYSE: NCR). Prior to that, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Boston-based Lavastorm Technologies (now Martin Dawes Analytics), an international data analytic software company focused on improving business performance.

“Miller’s experience in growing technology companies, combined with his leadership style, management expertise and marketing savvy, make him the ideal person to lead PKWARE,” said Pierre McMaster, General Partner of Novacap.