Azul appoints Peter Maloney as CFO and COO

Azul, the world's only company exclusively focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine, announced that it has appointed Peter Maloney as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

In his new role, Maloney will be responsible for strategic financial management, accounting, tax and treasury, investor relations, legal, human resources, business systems.

Maloney is a veteran in strategy financial management with more than 25 years of experience. Prior to joining Azul, he was CFO and VP of Finance at Keynote Systems. Before this role, Maloney served as CFO at Jobvite, the leading recruiting software company. Prior to that, he worked as CFO at E2open, Inc., where he led a successful IPO, follow-on offering and sale of the company. He has also held several senior leadership roles in finance and management at several companies. 

Maloney is a graduate of the Temple University with a bachelor degree in Economics and he has an MBA in Corporate Finance from the University of Southern California.

"I'm very excited to join Azul. The company's growth opportunity is unlimited. This is because the value proposition for Oracle Java customers when they switch to Azul is ever clearer: Lower Java costs over 90 percent and get the most expert and responsive support in the industry, which keeps firms DevOps productive. ,”said Maloney. 

Co-founder, president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Scott Sellers said: "Peter is a high-energy person who goes in mesh with our culture at Azul. He brings rich experience in finance, corporate development, business operations and leading G&A functions. And he has a tremendous track record of helping companies scale quickly, which is exactly what we need at this high-growth stage of our company.”