7th Aug 2006 07:02
Micro Focus International plc07 August 2006 7 August 2006 Micro Focus further strengthens Senior Management Team Jim Riley appointed as Senior Vice President for North America Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus"), the international softwarebusiness, announces the appointment of Jim Riley as Senior Vice President ofNorth American operations, with immediate effect. In this newly created role, Jim Riley will be responsible for all go to marketactivity in North America, focused on driving sales growth and brand awareness.He will report directly into Mike Shinya, the Group's newly appointed ChiefOperating Officer. Mr Riley joins Micro Focus with more than 22 years' experience in IT sales andsales management. He was most recently Vice President of sales for SecureSoftware, Inc, where he was responsible for worldwide field operations. Priorto this, he led IBM's mid-Atlantic Commercial Software Sales Group, managingsales and technical teams for large commercial and government accounts. He cameto IBM through its acquisition of Rational Software, where he was a VicePresident and held a number of senior sales positions, helping to grow theapplication development tools company to over $650 million in annual revenues.He has also held senior sales positions with Sun Microsystems, Oracle and DataGeneral. Commenting on the appointment, Mike Shinya, Chief Operating Officer of MicroFocus, said: "We are delighted to welcome Jim Riley to handle our go to market activity inNorth America. His extensive experience in the software sector with global bluechip organisations adds strength to our Senior Management Team as we continue toroll out best practice and drive operational excellence." Enquiries: Micro Focus Tel: +44 (0)1635 32646Mike Shinya, Chief Operating Officer Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0)20 7831 3113Giles SandersonHarriet KeenHaya Chelhot This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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