Progress Software Corp. has appointed Mike Gualtieri as vice president of marketing of the Responsive Process Management, or RPM practice. Formerly with research firm Forrester Research, Gualtieri will lead the marketing of the Progress RPM solutions, which helps organizations sense and respond to threats and opportunities, and helps them stay ahead of the competition through continuous business process improvement. Before joining Forrester, he was with Bank of America and was president of Mesh Technologies for more than ten years.