26th Mar 2007 11:00
Micro Focus(R) (LSE:MCRO.L), a leader in enterprise applicationmanagement and modernization solutions, today announces theappointment of Doreena Ross as vice president of worldwide humanresources. In this position, Ms. Ross will be responsible for theoverall human resources strategy and operations. In this key position,Ms. Ross is also a member of Micro Focus' executive management team. £ In addition, Micro Focus makes two key promotions from within thecurrent management teams. With immediate effect, Stuart McGill is nowchief technology officer - a newly created position - and Frank VanBaar has been named vice president of business operations. £ Ms. Ross joins Micro Focus with extensive experience in leadinghuman resources teams in the technology sector both in the UK andoverseas. She joins Micro Focus from Open Text Corp., the world'slargest independent content management software company, where she wasvice president of human resources for EMEA. Ms. Ross has more than 20years of leading human resources teams at organizations includingInterwoven, Inc., in California, as senior vice president of worldwidehuman resources. Other companies include Documentum, Sybase and ICL. £ "Doreena is a great addition to the Micro Focus leadership team,"said Stephen Kelly, chief executive officer, Micro Focus. "She bringsproven expertise in building exceptional human resources teams inhigh-growth software businesses. As Micro Focus continues to grow itsbusiness across the globe, attracting and developing outstanding teamsis of paramount importance. In fact we are demonstrating that todaywith the additional promotions of Stuart McGill to CTO and Frank VanBaar to lead our business operations." £ "I'm delighted to be joining Micro Focus at such an exciting timein the company's development," said Ms. Ross. "As we strive tocontinue on this growth path, it's important to focus on our people,who are vital to the company's ongoing success." £ The newly expanded roles of Mr. McGill and Mr. Van Baar reflecttheir continued contribution to the organization. Mr. McGill, who hasbeen with Micro Focus for more than 20 years, was most recently vicepresident of marketing and product management. In his new role, Mr.McGill will lead the product vision to ensure Micro Focus continues tobuild world-class customer-centric technology solutions. Mr. Van Baar,who joined Micro Focus in 2006 as vice president of technicalservices, will now focus on the company's growth strategy, M&Aopportunities and strategic operations. £ With the expansion of both Mr. McGill's and Mr. Van Baar'sresponsibilities, Micro Focus has retained two industry experts. SallyHanson has been recruited as global marketing communications directorand comes to Micro Focus from Cognos. Ms. Hanson has more than 15years experience directing marketing communications. Peter Gadd hasbeen recruited as vice president of technical services. Mr. Gadd, withmore than 24 years of IT experience, comes to the company from BMCSoftware, and prior to that Chordiant Software where he held seniormanagement positions within the respective technical servicesorganizations. Both Ms. Hanson and Mr. Gadd will report to MikeShinya, chief operating officer. £ About Micro Focus £ Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovativesoftware that allows companies to dramatically improve the businessvalue of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus EnterpriseApplication Modernization and Management software enables customers'business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embracemodern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additionalinformation please visit www.microfocus.com. £ The very latest perspectives, expertise and developments fromCustomers, Partners and Micro Focus are under one roof at Micro FocusWorld 2007. For more information visit: www.microfocusworld.com. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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