Mr. Trotman, 35, is a director of software development in Valhalla, N.Y., for the Oracle Corporation, the computer software company.
Her mother retired as the director of software development at Omni Data Systems in Oceanside, N.Y.
"They want to keep expectations tame in front of Windows 7," said Israel Hernandez, director of software research at Barclays Capital.
As part of the deal with Platinum, he has been named director of software development for Platinum Studios' New Media Group.
He was until May the director of software engineering in San Francisco for Organic, a Web site design and consulting business.
He is the director of software training and technology solutions at the Stride Rite Corporation, the footwear company in Lexington, Mass.
In 1998, Mr. Koscik quit his job as director of software development at NCR to join his wife's firm.
They reported that the director of software development put fewer than 100 miles a year on his car.
"Software is growing faster than any other piece of the business," says George Mele, EMC's director of software marketing.
"It's software, software, software".
Pernille Bruun-Jensen, managing director of Intuit, an accounting software developer, thinks the future is an exciting one: "The world is changing.
