J.D. Edwards Appoints Executive Team to Lead Vertical Markets Initiative
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1999--
Leadership Demonstrates Company's Commitment to Provide Highly Functional, Industry Solutions and Enable Idea to Action
Enterprise business software provider J.D. Edwards & Co. (Nasdaq: JDEC) today announced that it has appointed two senior executives to run the company's recently defined vertical groups. Ray Rebello, 46, has been appointed vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for the Service vertical group and William Goodison, 43, has been appointed vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for the Industrial vertical group. This move underscores the Company's commitment to influencing vertical markets through an aggressive development and sales strategy and to delivering tailored solutions geared towards individual customers.
J.D. Edwards' Service sector includes retail, banking, health care, insurance, hospitality, entertainment, business service providers, public services, construction, engineering, real estate and mining. The Company's Industrial sector includes industrial fabrication and assembly, electronics and automotive supply.
"We are very pleased to have Ray and Bill lead our new vertical groups, as they have consistently demonstrated leadership and industry expertise during their tenure at J.D. Edwards," said Doug Massingill, president and CEO of J.D. Edwards. "As we aggressively pursue these vertical markets, Ray and Bill will play an integral role in providing the industry vision and market direction to enable us to be successful. With the definition and commitment to concentrate on these vertical markets, we are poised to quickly and efficiently address customers' specific business needs and enable Idea to Action."
Rebello, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, will lead the Service vertical industry sales and marketing programs in addition to his responsibilities in market intelligence, product marketing and product alliances. Prior to his new assignment, Rebello served as director, where he was responsible for the worldwide launch of OneWorld. Before joining J.D. Edwards in 1992, Rebello was president of PRISM Systems in Atlanta. Rebello also spent 10 years with IBM in various manufacturing and sales positions. He holds a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Miami and a B.S. degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida.
Bill Goodison, former director of sales, has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing for the Industrial vertical group. With more than 18 years of MRP/ERP experience, Goodison's new responsibilities include market intelligence, product marketing and product alliances. Prior to joining J.D. Edwards as branch manager in August 1992, Goodison was district sales manager at ASK Computer Systems. He holds a B.S. in marketing management from San Francisco State University.
The Service and Industrials vertical organizations will support corporate programs by helping to manage relationships with business partners, develop target market training curriculums, provide sales support and execute market/solution identification and delivery.
About J.D. Edwards
J.D. Edwards provides Idea to Action(TM) software for managing the enterprise and supply chain. The Company's integrated applications give customers control over their front office, manufacturing, logistics/distribution, human resources and finance processes for the consumer products, industrial and service industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra(TM), a collection of tools and technologies that extend J.D. Edwards' SCOREX supply chain solution and OneWorld(TM) and WorldSoftware(TM) enterprise business software. ActivEra allows customers to change their enterprise software quickly and easily during and after implementation. The Company's solutions operate in multiple computing environments, including Windows NT(R), UNIX(R) and OS/400(R), and are Java(TM) and HTML enabled.
Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1998 revenues of $934 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at 1-800-727-5333 or via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com.
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