and then Oracle bought a part of th

and then Oracle bought a part of the combined company (essentially the part that was MDS) in 1995. With their long history of working together, these three cofounders formed the intellectual core of the company and recruited other key executives to the nascent firm. For example, they recruited Stefania Nappi, an MIT graduate with a 20 year history of building software organizations and former chief operating officer of IntraNet, to be the chief executive officer and president.