Day Software Names Richard Francis as Chief Financial Officer.Seasoned financial executive appointed to continue the company's aggressive, profitable growth BASEL, Switzerland and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Day Software (SWX SWX Swiss Exchange (trademark of SWX Swiss Exchange) SWX SolidWorks (3D solid modeling CAD software) SWX Splitter / Wave Division Multiplexer :DAYN) (OTCQX:DYIHY), a leading provider of global content management software and content infrastructure software, today announced the appointment of Richard Francis as Day's Chief Financial Officer effective September 15, 2008. "I am pleased to welcome Richard Francis as Day's CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ," said Erik Hansen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Day. "Richard's skills and experience with high-growth technology companies, combined with his hands-on knowledge of the financial markets will help drive Day's expansion into new areas. Richard has significant and relevant sector expertise that will be beneficial to our growth." Francis has experience managing finance, operations and development for both public and privately-held technology companies. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Celona Technologies, provider of application data migration platforms. Prior to joining Celona, Francis was Senior Director of Finance, 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. for Interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. . He has also held senior finance positions with Novell, Gillette and Duracell, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and Touche. Frances replaces Chris Harano, who has served as Day's CFO since May 1999. "On behalf of the entire board and management at Day, we commend Chris Harano for his dedicated service. We respect his decision to pursue other opportunities and wish him well in his future endeavors," said Hansen. "We are confident that in Richard we have found a high-caliber individual who will continue the standard of commitment and excellence we have come to appreciate from Chris." About Day (www.day.com) Day is a leading provider of integrated content, portal and digital asset management software. Day's technology Communique offers a comprehensive, rapidly deployable framework to unify and manage all digital business data, systems, applications and processes through the web. Day is an international company, founded in 1993, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange An all-electronic securities exchange formed from the 1995 merger of exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich. The exchange offers trading in equity securities, investment funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, Eurobonds, and options. (SWX:DAYN) since April 2000. Day shares are also traded Over the Counter (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). ) in the form of American Depositary Receipts (OTCQX:DYIHY). Day's customers are some of the largest global corporations and include Audi, Daimler, Deutsche Post World Net, Deutsche Bank, InterContinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. The largest hotel company by number of rooms (556,000 as of March 2007 [1]), its headquarters are in Windsor just outside Greater London and , McDonald's and Volkswagen. |
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