Ariba Loses Vice President and General Manager to Perfect Commerce; David S. Houser Joins Perfect as Vice President of Global Sales.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2001 Perfect Commerce, the leading provider of e-sourcing The electronic procurement of products. Although purchases have been computerized for decades, e-sourcing implies more automatic procedures; especially dealing with contracts and processes that continue to be reviewed and managed entirely by individuals. See TCM and supply chain management. software solutions, today announced that David S. Houser, formerly of Ariba Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA) has joined the company as vice president, global sales. Mr. Houser reports to Perfect Commerce President and COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. McCormick and joins a seasoned executive team with experience from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Oracle, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , and A.T. Kearney. To keep up with Perfect Commerce's recent strong revenue growth, Mr. Houser is opening nine sales offices nationwide. Operating under his proven leadership mantra mantra (măn`trə, mŭn–), in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic words used in ritual and meditation. A mantra is believed to be the sound form of reality, having the power to bring into being the reality it represents. of "firm," "honest" and "fair," he will drive Perfect Commerce's three strategic sales priorities: market share, customer satisfaction, and rapid delivery of ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for customers. "Recognizing that e-sourcing will drive more ROI than any other segment, I looked at the entire enterprise software landscape for the technology and customer leader. Perfect Commerce was the hands-down winner. Absolutely no one has sourcing software and services this advanced," said David Houser. "I also valued Perfect's proven history of first listening to clients then responding to their pain points. This is paradise for a sales leader who stakes his reputation on exceeding customer expectations." "Leading Fortune 1000 companies have realized that strategic sourcing solutions quickly improve their bottom line," said James McCormick, president and COO. "David's expertise in managing large enterprise software sales organizations will allow Perfect to continue our aggressive customer acquisition performance and extend our leadership position in the strategic sourcing solutions marketplace." Prior to joining Perfect Commerce, David Houser was Ariba's Western U.S. vice president/general manager. He previously was at Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), where he spent six years exceeding revenue targets in a series of increasingly broad management positions. About Perfect Commerce, Inc. Perfect Commerce, the e-sourcing software solutions leader, attacks all negotiated spend on goods, services and contracts for enterprises with greater than $100 million in spend. Perfect Sourcing(TM), the company's premier product, is the only Total Sourcing Management system to enable buyers to successfully collaborate with their suppliers two weeks from today. Heralded as the smartest and fastest way to manage all sourcing, reverse auctioning and negotiation, Perfect Sourcing 3 reflects two years of industry input and 10,000 real world e-RFQs processed. Perfect's Sourcing Consultants have decades of sourcing experience, making Perfect the most mature and comprehensive e-sourcing solutions company in the world. Privately held by SOFTBANK Venture Capital and other global tier-one investors, Perfect Commerce was founded in 1999 and is based in Palo Alto, CA. To learn more, visit www.perfect.com or contact sales today at 303/619-5219 or sales@perfect.com. Note to Editors: Perfect, Perfect Commerce, Perfect.com, Perfect Sourcing, Perfect Insight, Perfect Process Designer and the Perfect logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Perfect Commerce, Inc. All other company, brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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