Kosten is VP Marketing at Tideway, primarily responsible for product and solutions marketing. Kosten was previously VP of Business Development at MetaSolv Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSLV), and Orchestream (prior to acquisition) and was a member of the management team. Kosten developed partnerships with technology firms such as Juniper, Cisco and put in place global OEMs with Alcatel and Ericsson. Prior to this, he was responsible for creating and running the technical services team, including pre and post sales consulting, training and support. Kosten has also worked as a senior consultant at Renaissance Worldwide, a leading strategy and technology consultancy founded by Kaplan and Norton who conceived the balanced scorecard methodology, and as a research scientist at Philips Research Laboratories.

Kosten holds an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University.

About Tideway
Founded in 2002, Tideway Systems provides a shared platform for technologists to visualize and report on the data they need to make informed decisions. Tideway Foundation software continuously maps application relationships to physical and virtual infrastructure, including the dependencies between them. This single, automated view of application topology enables enterprises to cut costs, reduce risk and better manage change. Tideway is rated as a category leader by prominent analyst firms.

Tideway's customers include Dresdner Kleinwort, ING, Linklaters, and Mizuho Bank. Partners include IBM, Sun, HP and Compuware. Tideway has over 100 employees and is headquartered in London and New York, and has offices in several other European and US locations.