Business Objects Names New Vice President of European Operations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA ), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced that it has named Maurizio Carli to the position of group vice president, European operations. In this position, Carli reports to John Olsen, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. (COO) of Business Objects. Carli will be based in the Business Objects office in Levallois, France. Carli joins Business Objects with more than 18 years of experience in high technology sales and executive management. Most recently, Carli was vice president of software for 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) , based in Paris and managing the region covering Europe, the 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. ). In this position he was responsible for a $4 billion business and more than 5000 employees. Prior to that he was vice president and general manager for the IBM Tivoli Systems Division. He also held sales and sales management positions in government, education, and healthcare for IBM. Carli holds a BSC (Binary Synchronous Communications) See bisync. in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano The Politecnico di Milano University is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 38,000 students. The incumbent rector of the university is professor Giulio Ballio. The university is ranked as the 63rd technical university in the world by Times [1]. (Italy). "I am extremely pleased to have Maurizio Carli join our management team and lead our European operations," said John Olsen, president and COO of Business Objects. "He has very strong experience in sales and executive management, and in working with large customer organizations across Europe." About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze, and share information internally with employees and externally with customers, suppliers, and partners. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings. The company's products include data integration tools, the industry's leading integrated business intelligence platform, and a suite of enterprise analytic applications. Business Objects is the first to offer a complete BI solution that is composed of best-of-breed components, giving organizations the means to deploy end-to-end BI to the enterprise, from data extraction to analytic applications. Business Objects has more than 16,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (Euroclear code 12074). It is included in the SBF SBF Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Franciscan School of Biblical Investigations; Jerusalem, Israel) SBF Small Block Ford (automotive engine) SBF Single Black Female SBF Société des Bourses Francaises 120 and IT CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com. |
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