Santa Cruz, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 1995--The Santa Cruz Operation (Nasdaq/National Market System Symbol: SCOC), the provider of SCO UNIX and XENIX operating systems and application software for the x86 platform, today named Grover Righter to the position of Vice President of Strategic and Corporate Marketing. Reporting directly to Alok Mohan, President and CEO of SCO, Righter will be responsible for developing market strategies, evangelizing SCO's products and technologies in addition to investor relations.

'Grover brings a unique combination of technical knowledge, product knowledge, industry experience and spokesperson skills,' said Alok Mohan, President and CEO of The Santa Cruz Operation. 'In his new position he will be very active in telling the world about our products and solutions.'

Prior to his current position, Righter was Vice President of Marketing for SCO Americas business unit. He has also held the position of Vice President of Product Management at The Santa Cruz Operation, where he was instrumental in the launch of the SCO OpenServer™ product line.

Before joining SCO, Righter served as Novell's Vice President of UNIX Products where he established product and market strategy for Novell's entry into the UNIX-packaged product market. He also held the positions of Director of NetWare Products Group and Director of Hybrid Systems. In addition, Righter worked as a Standards Consultant for both AT&T and Unisys. Righter has degrees in Maths, Classics and EE/CS. He served in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy and was attached to the US Marine Corps.

About The Santa Cruz Operation
SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, is the world's leading supplier of UNIX systems on x86 processors. SCO's family of award winning products includes: SCO OpenServer™, SCO Desktop™, SCO XENIX™, SCO Visionware and IXI Mosaic. The company has headquarters in Santa Cruz California and offices around the world.