CA Technologies Names New CEO

CA Technologies has appointed Michael Gregoire as CEO, effective Jan. 7, to succeed the retiring chief William McCracken. Gregoire was formerly the president and CEO of Taleo Corp, a cloud-based enterprise software firm that was acquired by Oracle Corp earlier this year.

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CA Technologies CA said Wednesday afternoon that Michael Gregoire has been named to the post of CEO, effective Jan. 7, to succeed the retiring chief William McCracken. The 46-year-old Gregoire was formerly the president and CEO of Taleo Corp., a cloud-based enterprise software firm that was acquired by Oracle Corp. ORCL -0.68% earlier this year for almost $2 billion. He’s also served in executive positions at PeopleSoft and EDS Corp. Gregoire will also join CA’s board of directors; McCracken will step down from the board on Jan. 7.