During his five and a half year tenure as CEO, Nichols continued Corel’s tradition of acquiring companies on the downgrade for their technology and engineering bench. Nichols rose to take the CEO seat of Corel from his role as GM at Winzip, one of Corel’s piggy bank divisions like Wordperfect and more recently Parallels. Equity firm Francisco Partners spun Quest Software with its acquisition of Dell Software Group in 2016. Quarles joined equity firm Advent International as an operating partner involved in investments in the consumer, marketplace, and Fintech industries.Ĭorel has been in the market for a new CEO since its previous CEO Patrick Nichols announced his acceptance of the CEO post at Quest Software. He also notes that Quarles is new school with experience at innovative technology companies. In the prepared statements welcoming Quarles, John Park, Chairman of the Board and KKR Partner, praised Quarles’ experience in B2B and the consumer Internet Space, areas where Corel clearly wants to find strength. Quarles comes to Corel from stints as CEO of OpenTable and executive positions at NextDoor, and The Walt Disney Company. Can Christa Quarles take Corel up a notch with a more innovative cloud and digital services strategy? Christa Quarles is Corel’s new CEO and joins the company’s board of directors.Ĭhrista Quarles has been named CEO of Corel Corporation.
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