"That could further compound the success that Drupal has already seen, having been tapped by NASA, Sony, MTV, Mozilla and others, as well as a number of community Web sites.
"Erickson, who has also held the position of chairman since October, previously served as CEO at Systinet, a player in service-oriented architecture software that Mercury Interactive acquired in 2006. He replaces co-founder Jay Batson, who will stay with the firm in another management role, the company said."