AmberPoint Expands Executive Team with Addition of Vice President of EMEA and Vice President and Legal Counsel; Willie Kirkpatrick and Dan Lascell Bring Extensive Industry Experience to New Posts at AmberPoint.OAKLAND, Calif. -- AmberPoint, the leading provider of service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) management software, today announced the appointment of Willie Kirkpatrick as vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa (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. ) and Dan Lascell as vice president and legal counsel. These new executives bring to AmberPoint a great deal of experience from successful careers in the software industry. Vice President of EMEA, Willie Kirkpatrick Willie Kirpatrick will focus on expanding AmberPoint's EMEA presence and growing market demand for its SOA management solutions. One of his first objectives will be to build on AmberPoint's European base by increasing its regional footprint and service. He will also work closely with existing customers and partners to ensure high levels of delivery and growth. Kirkpatrick will build on AmberPoint's already significant presence in customer installations around the globe. In related news today, AmberPoint also announced that it has added a number of new customers, extending its leadership in the service oriented architecture (SOA) runtime governance market. The customers include companies and governments in Australia, Chile, France, Japan, Norway and Spain (see "AmberPoint Signs Prominent New Customers to Extend Global Market Leadership"). With an outstanding sales record in business and sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a , Kirkpatrick brings more than twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of seasoned IT experience to AmberPoint. After serving as director of Forte Software Division at Sun, Northern Europe, and prior to joining AmberPoint as VP EMEA, Willie founded and successfully ran his own executive coaching Executive coaching basically refers to bringing about an improvement in the overall personality of an individual for a better outcome professionally. These are like any other coaching classes; the only difference is that they are meant for business executives, entrepreneurs, HR business. At Forte Software, he reported directly to the company's president and ran twenty-five percent of worldwide revenues across Northern Europe as well as the distributor business. This followed successful sales and management positions at Ingres and Oracle. He holds a BSc Honours 2.1 in Physics from the University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a university located in Manchester, England. With over 40,000 students studying 500 academic programmes, more than 10,000 staff and an annual income of nearly £600 million it is the largest single-site University in the United Kingdom and receives and spent his early career flying Jaguars and carrying out the duties of a flying instructor in the Royal Air Force. He will be based at the AmberPoint EMEA headquarters in London. Vice President and Legal Counsel, Dan Lascell Dan Lascell brings a wealth of experience in software IP, open source, contracts and the legal aspects of running a successful software company. He has more than a decade of legal experience representing technology companies. Before joining AmberPoint, he served as in-house counsel to Corning, Inc., and was vice president of legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. at webMethods, Inc. Prior to moving in-house, he practiced at several law firms, including Gray, Cary (now DLA Piper) and Hunton & Williams. He is a 1992 honors graduate of Hamilton College, with a B.A. in music, and a 1995 graduate of Cornell Law School The Cornell Law School was formally opened in 1887, but was moved to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1937. The law school building, an ornate, Gothic structure, was the result of a donation by Myron Charles Taylor, a former CEO of US Steel, and a member of the Cornell . "We are delighted to add people of this caliber to our executive team as we continue our expansion plans," said John Hubinger, AmberPoint 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. . "It's important to us to continue our success overseas, where Willie has an in-depth understanding of building and running software businesses. Dan brings a great deal of software industry experience as well and will be a tremendous benefit as we add to our industry-leading roster of customers and partners." About AmberPoint AmberPoint is the industry's leading provider of SOA visibility, management and security solutions. Customers such as British Telecommunications, H&R Block, Motorola and the U.S. Department of Defense have chosen AmberPoint for its comprehensive capabilities, its non-invasive approach and its native support for Java and .NET. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510.663.6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit www.amberpoint.com for a complimentary developer's edition of AmberPoint software. |
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