Sun today announced the appointment of Richard Green as executive vice president, Sun Software, reporting directly to Jonathan Schwartz, Sun’s president and chief executive officer.

Effective immediately, Green will assume responsibility for the overall operational leadership of Sun’s software division, overseeing the Solaris Enterprise System, including the Solaris Operating System, the Java Enterprise System suites, N1 management software, Sun Studio and Java Studio developer tools. In addition, he will lead a variety of industry-standards efforts and open source communities.