
Phil Odence is responsible for expanding Black Duck’s reach, image and product breadth by developing partnerships in the multi-source development ecosystem. He came to Black Duck from Empirix (formerly RSW Software and Hammer Technologies) a leader in carrier VoIP, contact center and Web application testing and monitoring. He served there as Vice President of Business Development successfully developing the firm’s alliance program, creating strategic partnerships, starting up new businesses and supporting M&A activities. Prior to Empirix, Phil was a partner at High Performance Systems, a computer simulation modeling firm where he was responsible for consulting and partnerships with leading management consultancies, including McKinsey and A.T. Kearney. He began his career with Teradyne’s digital logic simulation group in several sales and marketing management roles. He has an AB in Engineering Science and an MS in System Simulation from Dartmouth College.
