Staffware bucks employment trend in IT industry
Announcement posted by Staffware 01 Oct 2002
Demand for business process management software drives growth
Staffware announces several new appointments and promotions, signifying its rapid expansion in the Asia Pacific region. In line with the burgeoning demand for BPM (business process management), the new appointments will enhance Staffware's expertise and experience in the marketing, business development and services sectors of the business.
Angela Gregory, Asia Pacific Managing Director of Staffware said, "In a market where many vendors are struggling, Staffware is very pleased to announce this expansion of its regional operations. These new appointments strengthen both our regional and local operations and enable us to consolidate our position as market leader in the business process management market."
Summary of new appointments
* Mike Cawsey has been appointed Regional Sales and Marketing Director, Asia Pacific. Mike previously held the position of Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for the overall strategic development of Staffware's regional sales and marketing activities.
* Supporting Mike in his new role will be Tim Rubin, who has been promoted to the position of Product Marketing Manager. Tim will be responsible for Staffware product and competitive information and will help promote the Staffware application frameworks in conjunction with local partners and sales teams.
* Ken Cameron has been appointed as Business Development Manager for South and SE Asia, based in Singapore. Mr Cameron will assume the responsibility of developing and implementing business strategies to secure new business in the Indian subcontinent and in the ASEAN countries.
* Tim Parker has been appointed Business Development Manager to the Financial Services sector in Sydney. He will focus on developing company relationships with current and prospective clients. Previously, Mr Parker held the position of Client Executive with both CSC and IBM.
* Peter Tolhurst joins Staffware's Victorian office as Business Development Manager to the Financial Services Sector to further strengthen the sales team. Mr Tolhurst joins Staffware with extensive experience in the Victorian Market having worked for several major software vendors in a senior capacity.
* Brain Cahalane, who joined Staffware in August, will be responsible for Sales and Marketing support based in Staffware's Sydney office.
* Man Hui has joined the Hong Kong team as Principal Consultant. Man brings with him over 15 years experience in IT and has worked for several major software vendors in the Greater China region.
* Other recent appointments include Neal Allen as Principal Consultant, Tony Nudd as Senior Consultant and Benjamin Wheeler and Richard Lowe as consultants in the Australian Professional Services Group.
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Notes to editors:
Staffware
With over 1.5 million licensed users globally, Staffware has built an unrivalled reputation on the strength of its products and on its commitment to its customers. Staffware employs around 350 people worldwide with offices in 16 countries, supported by a global network of partners, covering all major business centres of the world. Staffware has grown organically, ten-fold in the last 6 years.
Staffware is the founder and global leader of Business Process Management and has delivered world class technology and solutions for more than 15 years to over 5,000 customers in the general commercial, insurance, banking,
telecommunications, utilities and government sectors. Staffware customers have achieved substantial cost-savings and operational efficiencies through the rapid implementation of Staffware based applications that have been designed to their exact requirements.
Staffware's award winning Process Suite provides a complete set of tools to transform and streamline internal processes and tasks of an organisation. Available on a wide range of technology platforms with unrivalled interoperability, Staffware technology also facilitates the effective integration and automation of an organisation's internal operations with those of it's trading partners, customers, suppliers and intermediaries.
The Staffware Process Suite provides market leading BPM and CRM technologies as a foundation for improvements in organisational productivity; adherence to statutory, industry and management regulations; increased levels of customer service and greater competitive advantage.
In a recent test carried out on the iProcess Engine component of the Staffware Process Suite, Doculabs Inc. independently verified its performance capabilities in terms of massive volume transaction throughput, very large user populations supported and embedded resilience, declaring that the Staffware Process Suite has defined new standards for people-to-people; systems-to-systems and people-to-systems BPM.
Staffware has worked with numerous major financial services providers across the industry, from retail, wholesale and investment banks to insurance companies. Staffware has successfully implemented cost saving and streamlining solutions to a broad range of financial services companies and are recognised leaders in this field. Clients include; Allied Irish Bank, Barclays PLC, Commonwealth Bank Group of Australia; Nedcor Group, Citibank, Deutsche Asset Management, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, SOCX, Allianz, Skandia Life, UnumProvident and Vital Insurance.
Angela Gregory, Asia Pacific Managing Director of Staffware said, "In a market where many vendors are struggling, Staffware is very pleased to announce this expansion of its regional operations. These new appointments strengthen both our regional and local operations and enable us to consolidate our position as market leader in the business process management market."
Summary of new appointments
* Mike Cawsey has been appointed Regional Sales and Marketing Director, Asia Pacific. Mike previously held the position of Regional Sales Director, Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for the overall strategic development of Staffware's regional sales and marketing activities.
* Supporting Mike in his new role will be Tim Rubin, who has been promoted to the position of Product Marketing Manager. Tim will be responsible for Staffware product and competitive information and will help promote the Staffware application frameworks in conjunction with local partners and sales teams.
* Ken Cameron has been appointed as Business Development Manager for South and SE Asia, based in Singapore. Mr Cameron will assume the responsibility of developing and implementing business strategies to secure new business in the Indian subcontinent and in the ASEAN countries.
* Tim Parker has been appointed Business Development Manager to the Financial Services sector in Sydney. He will focus on developing company relationships with current and prospective clients. Previously, Mr Parker held the position of Client Executive with both CSC and IBM.
* Peter Tolhurst joins Staffware's Victorian office as Business Development Manager to the Financial Services Sector to further strengthen the sales team. Mr Tolhurst joins Staffware with extensive experience in the Victorian Market having worked for several major software vendors in a senior capacity.
* Brain Cahalane, who joined Staffware in August, will be responsible for Sales and Marketing support based in Staffware's Sydney office.
* Man Hui has joined the Hong Kong team as Principal Consultant. Man brings with him over 15 years experience in IT and has worked for several major software vendors in the Greater China region.
* Other recent appointments include Neal Allen as Principal Consultant, Tony Nudd as Senior Consultant and Benjamin Wheeler and Richard Lowe as consultants in the Australian Professional Services Group.
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Notes to editors:
Staffware
With over 1.5 million licensed users globally, Staffware has built an unrivalled reputation on the strength of its products and on its commitment to its customers. Staffware employs around 350 people worldwide with offices in 16 countries, supported by a global network of partners, covering all major business centres of the world. Staffware has grown organically, ten-fold in the last 6 years.
Staffware is the founder and global leader of Business Process Management and has delivered world class technology and solutions for more than 15 years to over 5,000 customers in the general commercial, insurance, banking,
telecommunications, utilities and government sectors. Staffware customers have achieved substantial cost-savings and operational efficiencies through the rapid implementation of Staffware based applications that have been designed to their exact requirements.
Staffware's award winning Process Suite provides a complete set of tools to transform and streamline internal processes and tasks of an organisation. Available on a wide range of technology platforms with unrivalled interoperability, Staffware technology also facilitates the effective integration and automation of an organisation's internal operations with those of it's trading partners, customers, suppliers and intermediaries.
The Staffware Process Suite provides market leading BPM and CRM technologies as a foundation for improvements in organisational productivity; adherence to statutory, industry and management regulations; increased levels of customer service and greater competitive advantage.
In a recent test carried out on the iProcess Engine component of the Staffware Process Suite, Doculabs Inc. independently verified its performance capabilities in terms of massive volume transaction throughput, very large user populations supported and embedded resilience, declaring that the Staffware Process Suite has defined new standards for people-to-people; systems-to-systems and people-to-systems BPM.
Staffware has worked with numerous major financial services providers across the industry, from retail, wholesale and investment banks to insurance companies. Staffware has successfully implemented cost saving and streamlining solutions to a broad range of financial services companies and are recognised leaders in this field. Clients include; Allied Irish Bank, Barclays PLC, Commonwealth Bank Group of Australia; Nedcor Group, Citibank, Deutsche Asset Management, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, SOCX, Allianz, Skandia Life, UnumProvident and Vital Insurance.