Cartesis Appoints North American Marketing Director; Invests in sales and marketing to drive growth.

NORWALK, Conn. -- Cartesis announced today that Matthew S. Papertsian has been named North American Marketing Director. He will report directly to Sophie Callies, Vice President Corporate Marketing.

In his role, Mr. Papertsian will be responsible for further building and driving the implementation of Cartesis' North American marketing strategies while strengthening the company's relationships with its current and prospective North American customer base.

"We are very pleased to have Matthew join the Cartesis team," said Marc Schnabolk, President of Cartesis, Inc. "This is an exciting time for Cartesis. We're seeing our business grow exponentially in line with the expanding BPM and compliance market. The breadth and depth of his expertise will take Cartesis' marketing and customer relationship management to the next level and enable us to stay ahead of the market's needs."

Mr. Papertsian was most recently Senior Marketing Manager and National Program Manager at Business Objects, an enterprise software company where he was responsible for leading the company's global teams and alliance partners in driving its worldwide marketing strategies. While at Business Objects, Mr. Papertsian created and managed more than 75 marketing programs annually.

Prior to Business Objects, Mr. Papertsian was Director of Marketing and Sales at ESOFT Consulting, LLC where he launched the company's new enterprise resource planning software implementation package and managed all company and partnership marketing programs.

Mr. Papertsian's background also includes extensive experience in communications, sales and marketing positions at Open City Communications, Inc., The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, The Westin Company, Simmons Boardman Publishing Corporation and Paul Napolitan, a subsidiary of AIG International.

Mr. Papertsian received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from George Washington University and he holds a Master's in Business Administration from Baruch College where he graduated with honors.

About Cartesis

Cartesis is a global software vendor that provides trusted solutions for driving your company's financial and business performance. Cartesis equips its customers with the control and insight they need to assess and react in today's rapidly changing marketplace. One in five Fortune Global 100 companies rely on Cartesis' powerful technology to unify complex information, people and processes in a single data model that can be applied easily and consistently across multiple geographies and business segments. Cartesis' customers success depends on having meaningful insight to act upon, because great performances start with confidence.

Headquartered in Paris, Cartesis has offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Norwalk (CT), Tokyo and Utrecht. The company has more than 1300 corporate customers and partners worldwide in 25 countries around the globe.

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