SoftWhere Europe—February 2009

SoftWhere Europe is a list of the major executive promotions in the software industry, compiled by Russell Reynolds Associates. The executive appointments listed are in some cases, but not all, associated with Russell Reynolds Associates’ searches. We have had a number of requests for SoftWhere Europe over the last few months and are pleased to distribute this version. We would be grateful for more feedback on the structure and content of the publication.

Second-time CEOs—A Positive Indicator

Regular readers will know about our interest in seeing the European software industry expand and prosper. One interesting dynamic within the industry is the number of CEOs of major software businesses who are in their first CEO role. When we first analysed the top 50 European software companies in 2005, every one had a first-time CEO. Being a first-time CEO itself is not a bad thing when you consider the global success of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and on a European basis Henning Kagermann, Paul Walker, Bernard Liautaud, Mike Lynch etc etc. However, having some second or third-time CEOs within the industry is also an advantage as it brings in more experience. Examples of second-time CEOs of European software businesses include Mike Lawrie at Misys (former CEO Siebel Systems), Stephen Kelly at Micro Focus (former CEO Chordiant), Carl Bish at Dicom (former CEO Unibase systems), Marco Tripi at Almaviva (former CEO Cos group), Bertrand Sciard at Aldata (former CEO Intentia) and Mike Shinya at IBS (former CEO Sherwood). Around ten of the top 50 European businesses (using the Truffle 100 at www.truffle.com) now have a second-time CEO. We see this as a positive sign of additional strength and capability within the industry.

SoftWhere Europe is a list of the major executive promotions in the software industry, compiled by Russell Reynolds Associates. The executive appointments listed are in some cases, but not all, associated with Russell Reynolds Associates’ searches. We have had a number of requests for SoftWhere Europe over the last few months and are pleased to distribute this version. We would be grateful for more feedback on the structure and content of the publication.

Amberfin

• Jeremy Deaner, the former GM EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) and Asia/Pacific of Operax becomes the CEO of Amberfin.

Anite

• Christopher Humphrey, the former CFO of Anite has been promoted to become the new CEO.

Artisan Software Tools

• Peter Kibble has joined as Vice President of Sales. Kibble joined Artisan in 1997 and most recently was the company’s Commercial Director.

Astaro

• Richard Walford joins as VP Engineering. Formerly he held senior management positions in both software and business development at Softlab, Compuware and Metier Management Systems.

AVG

• David Ferguson has joined as Chief Marketing Officer. Ferguson joins AVG from dot mobile, a Mobile Virtual Network Operator partnered with Vodafone.
• Dale Fuller, the former interim CEO and board member for McAfee, has joined as a Non-Executive Director.

BDNA

• Fred Hessabi, the former Head of Siebel Europe has joined as Head of the European region.

Civica

• Andrew Roberts, the Chairman of Kewill Systems and former CEO of Data Sciences IBM has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Civica.

Cordys

• Wayne Parslow has been appointed as UK and Ireland Managing Director. He was most recently with Imprivata.

Corvil Networks

• Gerry Gultieri joins as Global Head of Sales. Formerly he was the COO of LatentZero.

Craneware

• Craig Preston has become Finance Director. Preston comes from Intec Telecom Systems.

Day Software

• Trevor Salmon has been named Vice President of NEMEA (Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa). Salmon has held similar positions for BEA Systems and Interwoven.

GL TRADE

• Charles-Henry Choël was promoted to Global Head of the Trading Solutions Business Line. Choël joined GL TRADE in 2002. From 2006 he was the Deputy CEO of the Asian region and Managing Director of the Japan office.

HP

• Praveen Govender becomes Head of Software, South Africa. Prior to this he was Sales Manager Cisco, South Africa.
• Steen Lomholt-Thomsen joins as VP EMEA Software. He was formerly Head of Software Nordics for IBM.
• Massimo Pellegrino joins as VP Sales Business Intelligence Software, EMEA. Latterly he was AVP Southern EMEA for Teradata.

Hyperwave

• Carl Gustav van der Linden has been appointed Sales Director for all international regions, with the exception of the UK and USA. Previous companies include Oracle and Siemens Nixdorf, whose businesses he managed from Sweden to Italy.

IBM

• Henrik Scheel becomes Vice President, Software Group in North Europe, Middle East & Africa for IBM Software Group. Previously he led IBM’s Consulting Services profit and loss in Europe, Middle East and Africa in Small and Medium Businesses.

IBS

• Mark Newton, the former Managing Director of the UK for BMC has joined IBS as their new Head of Europe.
• Piyush Parsotam, the former VP of Commercial Operations for Micro Focus has joined IBS as VP, Commercial Operations.
• Doreena Ross, the former VP of HR for Micro Focus has joined IBS as SVP, HR.
• Mike Shinya, the former CEO of Sherwood International and COO of Micro Focus has joined IBS as their new CEO

IDS Scheer

• Peter Gerard has been appointed to be the new CEO and President. He comes from the company’s Supervisory Board, and has in his past held management and board positions at Arcandor, Mannesmann and IBM.

Infor Global Solutions

• Patrik Svanstrom has been named Regional Manager in the Nordic region. He previously served as CEO of BayMind.

Infor Solutions

• Benoit De La Tour has been promoted from GM France for Infor to SVP & GM EMEA.

Innovation Group

• The Innovation Group has appointed Andy Roberts as the Non-Executive Chairman.  Roberts is the Chairman of Kewill and the former Chairman of Vega.

IRIS Software

• Phill Robinson, most recently CEO of Velocix and formerly CMO of Salesforce.com, joins IRIS Software as Managing Director of their APS business.

Juniper Networks

• Adrian Carr joins as VP Enterprise EMEA. Latterly he was VP Global Field Sales for SPSS.

Kaspersky Lab

• Keith Maskell becomes VP Corporate Business at Kaspersky, a leading Content Management Solutions developer based in Moscow. He was previously Canon Russia’s MD, and before that GM of Canon Ireland. In the company’s London headquarters he managed the pan-European Corporate and International Channel.
• Roger Wilson is Kaspersky’s new VP Marketing. Prior to this appointment, Wilson held senior management positions at Dell and HP, managing Corporate Communications, and at Xerox and Ford, where he worked in marketing management.

Kofax

• Thomas Senger has been appointed SVP of Applications Software Sales for EMEA. Prior to joining Kofax, he was VP of EMEA Channels and Alliances at HP Software. He held senior sales management positions in companies such as Oracle and Siemens Business Services across the EMEA and Asia Pacific region.

Linedata Services

• Andrew Miller becomes head of Linedata’s Asian businesses.

MACH

• Guy Dubois, most recently EVP Product Group at Amdocs and the former CEO of Cramer Systems, has joined MACH based in Luxembourg as their new CEO.

Manpower Software

• Allen Swann has become the Business Development Director and a member of the Board of Directors.

Matchcode

• Peter Van Der Fluit, the former COO of Cordys and VP Worldwide Sales for HP Software, becomes the CEO.

Micro Focus

• Jorge Dinares, the former BMC executive has become VP Sales EMEA, APAC and Latin America. Previously he was CEO of Panda Software.
• Owen Williams has become the VP of Application Modernization. Before joining Micro Focus, Williams was a Senior Principal Consultant and Practice Manager at WIPRO Technologies.

Microsoft

• Multimap General Manager for B2C Jim Cruickshank has been appointed Microsoft EMEA Director of Mapping, Local and Shopping.
• Sarah Fisher, the UK HR Director of Toyota has joined as UK HR Director.
• Cathriona Hallahan has just been appointed Managing Director of Microsoft’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Operations Centre, which is based in Dublin.
• Project Kangaroo Chief Executive Ashley Highfield is leaving the BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 joint video-on-demand venture to go to Microsoft, where he becomes Head of Consumer and Online UK.
• Alexander Klaus becomes Product Manager for Business Intelligence at Microsoft Germany. Before joining Microsoft, he was Director Field Marketing Communications at SAP, and prior to that held marketing positions in various Software companies for nine years.
• Simon Negus has become Director and GM of the Enterprise and Partner Group for Microsoft in the UK. Negus worked at Dell Inc latterly as Vice President, Services and Solutions, EMEA.
•  Jutta Schneider joins as Director of Services. She was formerly Director Consulting at HP, and before that held various roles in software development and IT consulting.
• Microsoft Romania, has appointed Calin Tatomir CEO. Tatomir previously held roles at Digital and Compaq.

Mimecast

• Mike Hedger, the former CEO of KVS has become Chairman.

Misys

• Philip Rowley has joined Misys as a new independent Non-Executive Director. He will serve on each of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Rowley was Chairman and CEO of AOL Europe until February 2007.

NorthgateArinso

• Mike Ettling becomes CEO of the NorthgateArinso division of Northgate. He joins from Unisys where he was VP Global Infrastructure Outsourcing.

Novell

• Sean McCarry, the former Head of Novell UK’s Government business has been appointed the new Managing Director of the UK.

Open Text

• Detlev Leger becomes Regional VP Sales for German-speaking Europe, a position in which he will also be responsible for the group’s Partner Management. He was formerly GM EMEA for the Open Text Web Solutions Group.

Oracle

• Alain Blanc has been named Head of Applications EMEA for Oracle.
• Loic le Guisquet has been named President EMEA for Oracle replacing Sergio Giacoletto.

Promethean

• Ian Curtis the former Head of Software UK for HP becomes the UK Managing Director of Promethean.

Royalblue Fidessa

• Elizabeth Lake joins the board as a Non-Executive Director. Lake is Head of International for Broadridge Securities.

SAP

• EMEA has been reorganised into three regions reporting to President José Duarte.
  • Marinus ter Laak becomes Head of Mature Markets.
  • Volker Merck is Head of DACH.
  • Simon Paris takes up responsibility for Emerging Markets.
• Mikko Hietanen, the former Siebel and Oracle Telco leader, joins SAP as VP, Large Enterprise Sales, EMEA Telco. He was formerly the CEO of Agillic.
• Julian Johnson becomes the SVP of Industry Solutions globally. He was promoted from VP and Head of Financial Services EMEA.

SOA Software

• Wolf Gilbert, the former Microsoft executive has joined to lead the European business.

Software AG

• Holger Friedrich takes over the global responsibility for SAG’s Professional Services. Previously, he was Partner for McKinsey’s European IT Architecture Practice, and before that SVP at SAP.
• Hans-Christoph Rohland joins the company as Chief Architect. Before joining SAG, he was SVP in SAP’s NetWeaver Unit.

Sophos

• UK-based Sophos has just appointed former Symantec employee Jill Murray to the new position of EMEA Marketing Director.

SPSS

• Haydn Lewis becomes VP Sales EMEA. Previously he was MD Northern Europe for Sand Technology Systems.

SuccessFactors

• Steve Bridge, the former VP of Alliances for SAP has joined SuccessFactors to lead their indirect business in EMEA.

Symantec

• Symantec has appointed Karen Ancell as its vice president for EMEA marketing. Ancell joined Symantec through the VERITAS acquisition and previously held a senior European marketing position.

Teleca

• Leif Nørgaard has become the CFO of Teleca. Nørgaard brings more than 20 years of senior and executive management experience to Teleca, where he held the position as CFO of the Chr. Hansen Group.

Temenos

• Gareth Jones has joined as Retail Business Development Director joining from Misys.

Torex

• Steve Rowley, the former CEO of Anite has been appointed CEO of Torex, succeeding Mike Greenough who remains as Chairman.

Unica Corporation

• Robin Martin becomes the regional director for Northern Europe. Martin previously worked for IBM, Tivoli and Mercury.

VeriSign

• Martin Mackay, the former European Managing Director of Northgate HR becomes VP EMEA.

Vision OSS

• Will Blench, the former VP Sales EMEA for Cramer Systems and latterly Amdocs OSS, has joined the OSS start up to lead sales.

Vizioncore

• Roger Baskerville becomes VP EMEA. He joins from Citrix Systems where he was Regional Director, Server Virtualisation.

VMware

• Maurizio Carli has become the GM EMEA for VMware. Carli joins from Google where he was running the Enterprise business across Europe.