Business Objects Names Sheri Anderson Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Respected Industry Veteran to Lead Worldwide IT Organization Through Company's Next Phase of Growth.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 Sheri Anderson Sheri Anderson is an American TV writer who has worked primarily on serials. Writing Positions
Sheri Anderson brings a strong track record of IT leadership and accomplishment to Business Objects, with more than 20 years of experience in both the technology and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. sectors. Most recently, Anderson served as the CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. for Xilinx (Nasdaq:XLNX), the worldwide leader of programmable logic See PLD. solutions. At Xilinx, Anderson's accomplishments included the successful worldwide implementation of Oracle 11i for Corporate Services and the completion of a 5 year systems architecture vision and roadmap. Prior to joining Xilinx in 2001, Anderson held several senior-level positions at Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), a leading provider of infrastructure software and services. Anderson served as Novell's CIO for 5 years before becoming the general manager of Novell Customer Services, where she was responsible for the company's technical support, education, and consulting businesses. Anderson's prior experience also includes 10 years with Charles Schwab & Company in a number of senior IT roles focusing on operations, telecommunications, and client server development. Anderson holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University. "Sheri brings a wealth of IT leadership skills to Business Objects and we are excited to have her join our executive management team," said Jim Tolonen, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Business Objects. "In her prior experience, Sheri also helped organizations to successfully leverage their own technology products internally and externally to drive improved business results. We look forward to having Sheri play a similar role at Business Objects as we expand the use of our industry-leading business intelligence platform to optimize our business performance. We recognize that our IT organization is a critical factor in our success as a company, and Sheri has the background to run a world-class organization." "This is a great time to join Business Objects -- the company owns the largest share of the BI market, and with the release of BusinessObjects(TM) XI, has delivered the strongest BI platform in the industry," said Sheri Anderson, group vice president and CIO of Business Objects. "I look forward to applying my expertise and leadership in IT to build on this momentum, and use technology to improve operations and the customer experience." About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 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 reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. BusinessObjects XI includes Crystal Reports(R), the industry standard for enterprise reporting. 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. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, WebIntelligence, Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis, RapidMarts, and BusinessQuery are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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