BMC Software appoints two new divisional heads in Asia Pacific
Announcement posted by Howorth 05 Jun 2007
Focused leadership team to capture growing demand for Business Service Management (BSM) solutions
BMC Software [NYSE: BMC], a global leader in enterprise management software, today announced new divisional heads in Asia Pacific. Chip Salyards has been appointed director, enterprise systems management (ESM); and Terry Wellington appointed director, mainframe systems management (MSM).
Tom Schodorf, BMC vice president, Asia Pacific, said the new appointments bring a concentrated management focus to two important BSM business streams.
"Chip and Terry both have strong track records of delivering outstanding sales results and are ideal leaders for our ESM and MSM businesses. Their experience and deep knowledge of our company will be invaluable as we further advance our BSM strategy. This is an exciting time for BMC and these two appointments will ensure we have focused leadership and management in the Asia Pacific market and deliver on our business goals."
Chip Salyards
Salyards is responsible for ESM sales in Asia Pacific. He will lead country and sales managers, partners and software consulting and professional services teams with strategic planning, territory and account planning, opportunity execution and field enablement.
Salyards first joined BMC in 1999 and held several roles within the US sales organization. He was later promoted to best practices director, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Prior to BMC, Salyards held sales and management roes with several US software companies and worked extensively in the Healthcare sector.
Terry Wellington
Wellington has been appointed to lead the MSM business unit's sales and services initiatives in Asia Pacific having completed a successful assignment spanning three years for BMC Software as CEO and president in Japan.
Wellington will focus on retaining and growing BMC's existing mainframe customers that have been with the company for many years using its IBM mainframe tools and utilities. In addition, he will be expanding the user base for BMC's world class Control-M scheduling solutions.
A 30-year IT industry veteran, Wellington joined BMC Software in 1999 as Asia Pacific operations director, following BMC's acquisition of Open Technology Limited, a private New Zealand company that specialised in software development, sales and services. At that time, Wellington was the company's managing director and a major shareholder.
About Enterprise Systems Management
The ESM business is the fastest growing at BMC and comprises the software solutions for IT Service and Performance Management, Identity and Access Management and Distributed Systems Management. These solutions are the heart and foundation for BSM and include offerings such as BMC Atrium, BMC Performance Manager and BMC Remedy ITSM.
About Mainframe Systems Management
The MSM business comprises BMC's Mainview and enterprise scheduling products. It is an integral part of the company's strategy and combined with other BMC products and solutions, it enables BSM, the strategy which helps companies to maximise and optimise its IT investment by aligning IT to business.
About BMC Software
BMC Software is a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to automate and manage their IT infrastructure in alignment with their business needs. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. For the four fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2007, BMC revenue was approximately $1.58 billion. For more information, visit www.bmc.com.
BMC, BMC Software, and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software, Inc., are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other BMC trademarks, service marks, and logos may be registered or pending registration in the U.S. or in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © Copyright 2007 BMC Software, Inc.
Tom Schodorf, BMC vice president, Asia Pacific, said the new appointments bring a concentrated management focus to two important BSM business streams.
"Chip and Terry both have strong track records of delivering outstanding sales results and are ideal leaders for our ESM and MSM businesses. Their experience and deep knowledge of our company will be invaluable as we further advance our BSM strategy. This is an exciting time for BMC and these two appointments will ensure we have focused leadership and management in the Asia Pacific market and deliver on our business goals."
Chip Salyards
Salyards is responsible for ESM sales in Asia Pacific. He will lead country and sales managers, partners and software consulting and professional services teams with strategic planning, territory and account planning, opportunity execution and field enablement.
Salyards first joined BMC in 1999 and held several roles within the US sales organization. He was later promoted to best practices director, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Prior to BMC, Salyards held sales and management roes with several US software companies and worked extensively in the Healthcare sector.
Terry Wellington
Wellington has been appointed to lead the MSM business unit's sales and services initiatives in Asia Pacific having completed a successful assignment spanning three years for BMC Software as CEO and president in Japan.
Wellington will focus on retaining and growing BMC's existing mainframe customers that have been with the company for many years using its IBM mainframe tools and utilities. In addition, he will be expanding the user base for BMC's world class Control-M scheduling solutions.
A 30-year IT industry veteran, Wellington joined BMC Software in 1999 as Asia Pacific operations director, following BMC's acquisition of Open Technology Limited, a private New Zealand company that specialised in software development, sales and services. At that time, Wellington was the company's managing director and a major shareholder.
About Enterprise Systems Management
The ESM business is the fastest growing at BMC and comprises the software solutions for IT Service and Performance Management, Identity and Access Management and Distributed Systems Management. These solutions are the heart and foundation for BSM and include offerings such as BMC Atrium, BMC Performance Manager and BMC Remedy ITSM.
About Mainframe Systems Management
The MSM business comprises BMC's Mainview and enterprise scheduling products. It is an integral part of the company's strategy and combined with other BMC products and solutions, it enables BSM, the strategy which helps companies to maximise and optimise its IT investment by aligning IT to business.
About BMC Software
BMC Software is a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to automate and manage their IT infrastructure in alignment with their business needs. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. For the four fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2007, BMC revenue was approximately $1.58 billion. For more information, visit www.bmc.com.
BMC, BMC Software, and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software, Inc., are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other BMC trademarks, service marks, and logos may be registered or pending registration in the U.S. or in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © Copyright 2007 BMC Software, Inc.