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Software AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
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Software AG expands Executive Board:
New Chief Customer Officer appointed
August 21st, 2014.
Software AG's Supervisory Board has appointed Mr. Eric Duffaut (52) as
member of the Executive Board (Vorstand), effective as of October 2014. He
will be responsible as Chief Customer Officer for Software AG's global
sales, consulting services and marketing.
With the appointment of Duffaut, Software AG is now bundling all
go-to-market activities in order to accelerate the transformation of the
company to a totally customer centric organization. This new organizational
structure will significantly strengthen the direct sales execution
capabilities as well as the development of a partner eco-system and cloud
offerings. Software AG expects to better leverage the leading position of
its product portfolio.
Duffaut previously held global sales leadership positions at Oracle and
SAP, most recently as Corporate Officer and President of SAP's global
partner eco-system. His knowledge of the global software industry, proven
leadership skills and total customer centric management approach makes him
ideal for this new position.
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PRESS RELEASE
Software AG expands Executive Board: New Chief Customer Officer appointed
Darmstadt, August 21, 2014 - Software AG's Supervisory Board has appointed
Mr. Eric Duffaut (52) as member of the Executive Board (Vorstand),
effective as of October 1st, 2014. He will be responsible, as Chief
Customer Officer, for Software AG's global sales, consulting services and
marketing.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Andreas Bereczky, said: 'With
Eric Duffaut we were able to win a high-profile executive with many years
of distinctive international management and sales experience in the
software industry.'
Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG, said: 'With the appointment of
Eric Duffaut we are bundling all our go-to-market activities. This will
accelerate our transformation to a totally customer centric organization.
Through this new organizational structure we will better utilize the
leading position of our product portfolio. We will significantly strengthen
our direct sales execution capabilities as well as the development of our
partner eco-system.'
Eric Duffaut previously held global sales leadership positions at Oracle
and SAP, most recently as Corporate Officer and President of SAP's global
partner eco-system. His knowledge of the global software industry, proven
leadership skills and total customer centric management approach makes him
ideal for this new position.
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About Software AG
Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) helps organizations achieve their
business objectives faster. The company's big data, integration and
business process technologies enable customers to drive operational
efficiency, modernize their systems and optimize processes for smarter
decisions and better service. Building on over 40 years of customer-centric
innovation, the company is ranked as a leader in fourteen market
categories, fueled by core product families Adabas-Natural, ARIS, Alfabet,
Apama, Terracotta and webMethods. Software AG has more than 4,600 employees
in 70 countries and had revenues of EUR973 million in 2013.
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Company: Software AG
Uhlandstraße 12
64297 Darmstadt
Germany
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