Business Objects Names Keith Budge Senior Vice President and General Manager for Its Asia Pacific Region.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA )(Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. code: FR0004026250-BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has named Keith Budge to the position of senior vice president and general manager of its Asia Pacific region. In this role, Budge will manage operations in Asia Pacific, China, and Japan, focusing on revenue growth, customer satisfaction, and employee development. Based out of Singapore, Budge will serve as a member of the company's executive committee and report directly to John Schwarz —John F. Schwarz is the name of:
Budge brings more than 20 years of management experience to the position, including a strong track record of growing business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets in the Asia Pacific region. Budge joins Business Objects from Oracle Corporation, where he served as senior vice president of Asia Pacific. In that role, Budge was responsible for country management, business development, customer care, corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , sales operations, and government relations. During his time at Oracle, Budge held several key positions in the organization, including managing director of Oracle Vietnam, managing director of Oracle Singapore, and regional managing director for South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia . Prior to Oracle, Budge spent eight years with Australia's Telstra Corporation in business development, sales, and marketing management positions. "The Asia Pacific region is an important area of focus for our organization as we grow our business," said John Schwarz, CEO of Business Objects. "Keith Budge's strong leadership skills and success with fast growing organizations will play an important role in helping us achieve our goal of increasing the adoption of business intelligence solutions in this region. Business Objects continues to attract top talent to its transnational executive management team, and I look forward to Keith's input as we build Business Objects into one of the world's ten largest software companies." "I am very excited to be joining Business Objects to lead the Asia Pacific, China, and Japan business operations," said Keith Budge. "Business Objects has strong momentum and a solid reputation in the Asia Pacific region, and I look forward to working with the employees and partners in this region to help our customers take advantage of the company's industry-leading business intelligence software." Budge takes over from Pat Wynne, who has served as vice president and general manager of the Asia Pacific region since August, 2005. Wynne, who was filling the role on an interim basis, will remain in the region through the middle of the year to ensure a smooth transition, before taking on new global assignments for the company. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 35,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision-making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects(TM) XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete platform for performance management, planning, reporting, query and analysis, and enterprise information management. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. . Business Objects has built the industry's strongest and most diverse partner community, and also offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has dual headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and Paris, France. The company's stock is traded on both the Nasdaq (BOBJ) and Euronext Paris (ISIN:FR0004026250-BOB) stock exchanges. More information about Business Objects can be found at www.businessobjects.com. The Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Intelligent Question, and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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