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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 1998--Centura Software Corporation CNTRC today announced a reorganization of its worldwide sales management team to better enable the company's execution of its plans to position and sell Centura products in an open development environment. The reorganization has resulted in the promotion of several key individuals whose senior skills and experience, the company believes, qualify them for leadership positions in Centura's new strategic plan. "Centura is very fortunate to retain some outstanding talent in our worldwide sales organization," said Michael Moore, Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Sales. "With this strong team of seasoned industry professionals, we are well positioned to execute an aggressive strategy that combines maximizing the company's traditional strengths in embedded database and tools with exciting new product developments and solid business practices. "Our customers around the globe will benefit from the leadership of these individuals in their respective markets." Organizational Changes, Europe
John Griffin, most recently Director of Northern Europe, has been named Centura's Vice President and Managing Director of all European, Middle East and African (EMEA) Sales Operations, and will work at Centura's UK headquarters in Marlow (London). Griffin's previous experience includes 15 years at IBM UK and ten years as Managing Director for BMC Software for UK, Benelux, France, and Spain. Newly reporting to Griffin are the following: -- Patrick Velonis, former Centura Sales Manager, is now Country Manager, France. Velonis joined Centura 20 months ago as a Corporate Accounts Manager. He previously worked for Lotus, Computer Associates, and Powersoft. -- Heinz Hoereth, Central European Region Director, residing in Munich. -- David Lythgoe, Sales Director, MEA, residing in London. -- Armando Addati, Sales Director for Italy, residing in Milan. -- Gerard van Pernis, Sales Director for Benelux, residing in Amsterdam. -- Jit Aujla, European Finance Director, residing in London. Asia Pacific -- Roy Brady, previously Managing Director for Australia/New Zealand, has added new responsibility for Asian Operations. He will continue to operate out of Centura's Asia/Pacific support center in Sydney, Australia. North America
-- Antonio Espinosa has been promoted to Managing Director for North America. He was previously Director of Business Development for International Sales at Centura and is a four-year veteran of the company, joining in 1993 as Director of Latin American Sales. Japan
-- Ric Lucien has been named Country Manager for Japan, and is currently located at Centura Redwood Shores. Previously he lived in Japan for three years while working with Tohmatsu Company, an affiliate of Deloitte, Touche, Tohmatsu International. Latin America
-- Herzen Cortes, former Country Manager for Mexico, has been promoted to Managing Director for Latin America and is based in Mexico City. In addition, -- Centura has established an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, headed by Joubert Stape, Jr. Corporate
-- David Saunders has been appointed Director of World Wide Sales Strategies, with responsibility for all aspects of field sales training and worldwide customer development.
About Centura Software
Since its inception in 1984, Centura, formerly known as Gupta Corporation, has enjoyed a rich history of innovation, creating the first client/server DBMS for PCs. Its current product lineup includes an embedded database, SQLBase, and application development tools, SQLWindows, Centura Team Developer, and Quest/Web. Today, Centura has 26 offices around the world, supporting hundreds of thousands of developers who embed its tools in application used by more than 1 million end users. Centura is positioning its client/server products to be WEB capable and Mobile ready. New Centura products are all Year 2000 Compliant. |
