 This involved improving its balance sheet and returning Sybase to profitability, including by leveraging its existing database knowledge to create new products to address the emerging markets for analytics and mobility.Sybase achieved strong financial performance and shareholder returns under Chen’s leadership, including 55 consecutive quarters of profitability, $2.8 billion of cash generated, and a 28 percent compound annual growth rate of its market capitalization (from a low of $362 million to $5.8 billion through 2010).Sybase was acquired in 2010 by SAP AG.