Privately-Held Serena Software Names John Nugent as Chief Executive Officer.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Serena Software, Inc. today announced the appointment of John Nugent John Nugent is the name of:
Mr. Nugent is a proven and successful executive with close to thirty years of experience in the high-technology industry, and is viewed as one of the most capable sales and operational leaders in the software business. Mr. Nugent has an established track record of successfully managing global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. , motivating sales organizations and growing revenues. Prior to joining Serena, Mr. Nugent served as executive vice president of worldwide operations at SAP Business Objects where he was responsible for global sales, sales operations, sales consulting and field training. Prior to his worldwide role at SAP, Mr. Nugent served as SAP's 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. of the Americas, Asia and Japan, and earlier as executive vice president of sales and operations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Prior to joining SAP, Mr. Nugent served in executive and senior sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a positions at Oracle Corporation for seventeen years, where he was most recently senior vice president of sales and was responsible for managing all lines of business and market segments in the eastern United States. Mr. Nugent's sales career began at Software International, where he spent more than six years marketing and selling mainframe application software to Fortune 1000 companies. "We are fortunate to enlist the sales and operational expertise of someone like John Nugent," said David Roux Roux , Pierre Paul Émile 1853-1933. French bacteriologist. His work with the diphtheria bacillus led to the development of antitoxins to neutralize pathogenic toxins. , Serena Software's chairman of the board and co-founder of Silver Lake. "His experience with some of the largest enterprise software companies in the world makes him uniquely qualified to focus the company on its core markets and products, for both mainframe and distributed system See distributed computing. distributed system - A collection of (probably heterogeneous) automata whose distribution is transparent to the user so that the system appears as one local machine. environments, to better serve Serena Software's large and diverse customer base." "For close to three decades, Serena Software has provided innovative software change management and business process management solutions to a global customer base," said John Nugent, president and chief executive officer, Serena Software. "I look forward to leading the Serena team and working directly with customers to deliver the value of Serena Software's industry-leading solutions." About Serena Software, Inc. Serena Software is a privately owned company, headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , with 29 offices in 14 countries. Serena Software provides software change and configuration management, business process management and project and portfolio management software to over 15,000 customers worldwide, including 96 of the Fortune 100. Serena Software enables teams of programmers to become more efficient by standardizing and automating development processes across both mainframe and distributed system environments. Serena Software is a portfolio company of Silver Lake. For more information on Serena, visit http://www.serena.com. |
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