Casto Named Director of Strategic Accounts Program, U.S. Commercial Sales, SAS Americas.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 SAS Institute SAS Institute Inc., headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig. , the world's largest privately held software company and the world leader in e-intelligence software and services, today appointed Brian Casto director of the strategic accounts program for U.S. commercial sales within its SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Americas division. "Brian has a proven track record of managing strategic accounts programs at both Baan and 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) ," said Kelly Ross, SAS' vice president of U.S. commercial sales, who announced the appointment. "His experience as both a systems engineer and sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → strengthens his credibility with employees and customers. Our most strategic customers will benefit from the new program through increased account focus and heightened levels of customer service." SAS, which had 1999 revenues of $1.02 billion, is targeting $2 billion in 2003 and $3 billion by 2005. The company has become more aggressive this year in its strategy to both acquire and create technology suited for e-business. This year, SAS has spun off a new company, iBiomatics, and acquired a local start-up, DataFlux. The company also recently launched a branding campaign that includes a new logo and the slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. , The Power to Know. Casto began his sales career at IBM in 1978 as a systems engineer and held numerous senior management positions there, including systems engineer manager, territory manager, regional manager and software sales business unit executive. Prior to joining SAS, Casto was vice president of strategic accounts at Baan Americas, where he was responsible for implementing a strategic accounts program that included oversight
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About SAS SAS is the world leader in e-intelligence software and services, enabling its customers to turn raw data - including the vast quantity generated by e-business - into usable USable is a special idea contest to transfer US American ideas into practice in Germany. USable is initiated by the German Körber-Stiftung (foundation Körber). It is doted with 150,000 Euro and awarded every two years. knowledge. Software from SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, is used at more than 35,000 business, government and university sites in 110 countries. SAS' 1999 revenues totaled $1.02 billion. For more information, visit http://www.sas.com. SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. (R) indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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