Career
He is best known for his advocacy of the mainframe platform in industry. Christopher O’Malley became President and CEO of Compuware Corporation in December 2014 after serving as its President of mainframe operations for six months. His nomination came soon after the acquisition of the company by Thoma Bravo for $2.5 Billion and its split of mainframe business into a new company.
O'Malley has held senior management and board member positions in a number of IT companies, including Bluenog (December 2009 - present), Nimsoft, Inc. (April 2011 - July 2012), YJT Solutions (July 2012 - March 2015), and VelociData, Inc. (September 2012 - present).
He has also founded Christopher Ventures LLC established in July 2012. From October 1988 to July 2010, O’Malley served at CA Technologies as Senior Vice President of sales, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Mainframe Business Unit, Executive Vice President of cloud products and solutions business line, Executive Vice President and General Manager of growth enterprises and General Manager of growth markets CSU.
