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Actify(R) Names David Opsahl as CEO and Christopher Jones As President; Industry Veterans to Lead Actify to New Heights.


SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  -- Actify Inc., the worldwide leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration solutions for the high technology, automotive, industrial automation and discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems.  industries, today named its new CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and President. Effective immediately, David Opsahl, former Vice President of Business Development, will assume his role as CEO; Chris Jones, former Vice President of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets.  Sales, will assume his role as President. As Actify continues to grow and improve its products, the Board of Directors decided that having the right executive team to lead the way is critical. With more than two decades of experience in the manufacturing industry, Opsahl and Jones are equal to the task and are committed to seeing the company realize its full potential.

"I am very excited about the possibilities Actify has before it," said David Opsahl. "The team here is truly an exceptional one, and Chris is a tremendous partner. Together, we can form a stronger, more united company that will no doubt have a profound impact on the quality of products produced and the quality of this company as a whole. The products are exciting, and are evolving in some very appealing ways. We have a great network of customers and partners, and solid backing from the investors. What more could you ask for?"

Opsahl joined Actify in May 2004 as Vice President of Business Development. He came to Actify from product information management software provider Cardonet, Inc., where he was director of business development. Prior to that, he was founder and vice president of marketing and business development for Assentive Solutions, a provider of collaboration solutions for manufacturers.

Christopher Kenneth Jones Kenneth 'Ken' Jeffrey Jones OBE (December 30, 1921 - April 18, 2006) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres, who was later a Welsh rugby union footballer.  came to Actify in December 2005 as the new Vice President of EMEA Sales, where he immediately played a key role in expanding Actify's EMEA operations. Before joining Actify, Jones was president of Dassault's Smarteam Europe Ltd. and was responsible for the successful and profitable turnaround of Smarteam's EMEA business.

About Actify Inc.

Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions. Actify's SpinFire product line provides the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries manufacturing industries nplindustrias fpl manufactureras

manufacturing industries nplindustries fpl de transformation

 and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] 
. For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415-227-3800.
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