Textura Promotes Linda DeBruin to EVP - Technology

CHICAGO, Oct. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Textura Corporation (NYSE: TXTR) announced today the promotion of Linda DeBruin to Executive Vice President - Technology.  Linda succeeds Howard Niden as he transitions to a consulting role.

"I'm thrilled to pass the reigns to Linda's capable hands and look forward to continuing to serve the organization in my new role," said Niden, Co-Founder and Chief Solutions Architect, Textura Corporation.  "Linda has quickly proven herself an invaluable asset to the organization, impressing her colleagues, the Executive Team and our Board.  This long planned transition will allow me to focus on spending more time with my family while ensuring a smooth transition to Linda, and continuing to work with Pat and the executive team on both product development and product strategy at Textura."

"I am very pleased to promote Linda to Executive Vice President - Technology," said Patrick Allin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Textura Corporation.  "Linda has quickly proven to be a vital member of the Textura Team.  Her business acumen, deep understanding of technology and her broad based leadership and managerial talent made her the obvious choice to lead our technology efforts.  Howard will continue to be an important part of Textura and will work with me on the next generation of products and solutions." 

In April, Linda joined Textura as Chief Intellectual Property Officer after a 25 year career at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she was an equity partner in its intellectual property department.  Linda served as lead counsel in numerous intellectual property litigation matters in courts across the country in a variety of different technical fields and managed large litigation teams.  Linda focused her practice on patent litigation with a special interest in computer and communication related matters.  Some of DeBruin's recent professional recognitions include the following: Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2013; IAM Patent 1000:  The World's Leading Patent Practitioners for 2013; and The International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers 2013; In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Linda was selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer.

Prior to joining Kirkland, DeBruin spent 8 years as an engineer and computer scientist at AT&T's Bell Laboratories, first as a computer scientist and engineer and subsequently as a manager of a team of engineers while concurrently completing her law degree—at night.  During DeBruin's tenure, Bell Labs introduced the first microchip with a megabyte capacity, demonstrated the first data transmission at rates higher than a gigabit per second, and had innovations in areas ranging from fiber-optics to lasers to the C++ programming language.  DeBruin designed digital switching systems for international applications, creating the technologies that allowed people to communicate better and helping set the stage for today's interconnected world.

DeBruin graduated, with honors, both her B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. She has her J.D. from Loyola University School of Law.

About Textura

Textura is the leading provider of collaboration and productivity tools for the construction industry.  Our solutions serve all construction industry professionals across the project lifecycle – from takeoff, estimating, design, pre-qualification and bid management to submittals, field management, LEED^® management and payment. 

The Textura^® collaboration platform and online product suite represent the first time the industry has all the tools needed to manage their business in an integrated fashion to save time and money and reduce exposure to risks.  With award winning technology, world-class customer support and consistent growth, Textura is leading the construction industry's technology transformation.  www.texturacorp.com   

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Textura Corporation, Investor Relations
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