Sterling Software Names New President for Applications Development Division; Company Enhances Top Management With Strong Technical Experience.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1996--Sterling Software Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SSW SSW abbr. south-southwest Noun 1. SSW - the compass point midway between south and southwest sou'-sou'-west, south southwest ) today announced the appointment of a new president for its Applications Development Division (ADD). Mark Theel, formerly vice president of development for the division, has been promoted to lead this large faction fac·tion 1 n. 1. A group of persons forming a cohesive, usually contentious minority within a larger group. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation; internal dissension: of Sterling Software's Applications Management Group. "Mark has expansive technical and business knowledge, combined with a keen sense of industry direction," said Maria Smith, president of Sterling Software's Applications Management Group. "His ability to truly leverage technology for enterprise and workgroup Two or more individuals who share files and databases. Local networks (LANs) are designed to provide electronic sharing of data within workgroups. In general, products designed for workgroups support approximately 50 people, whereas departmental devices support several hundred, and business solutions is rare. I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in confident that Mark's expertise will greatly enhance Sterling's position in the application development arena." As president, Theel will oversee all activities for the Applications Development Division, including strategic direction of the KEY product family. He will be the driving force in ADD's mission to enable the successful development and deployment of new workgroup- and enterprise-scale applications that leverage technology for strategic business advantage. Theel has been a major contributor to Sterling Software for over 14 years. In addition to having held management positions within ADD, he has maintained several executive posts at the company. He served as division president and vice president of operations within the Federal Systems Group, as well as vice president of development for the former Applications Management Division. "It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have exciting to see our KEY product suites so strongly in tune with industry trends," said Theel. "The division's direction is based on the premise that understanding overall business process is a mandatory backbone of sound applications development. Our customers are finding we are unique in the marketplace in that we have successfully combined our heritage in enterprise development with business modeling, workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. and visual development. This combination is the only way to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the rapidly diversifying IS environment. I think Sterling's strong presence in the client/server marketplace is just starting to be realized." Appointed to fill Theel's former post, vice president of development for ADD, is Helmuth Klemm. In this capacity, Klemm will serve as the chief developer for the KEY:Enterprise and KEY:Workgroup product lines. Klemm has 27 years of computer industry experience, including five years experience with the company. Most recently, Helmuth served as the ADD Workgroup lab director for the cross-organizational team that successfully delivered a major increment To add a number to another number. Incrementing a counter means adding 1 to its current value. of the KEY product family: KEY:Workgroup release 1.0. Sterling Software, headquartered in Dallas, is a worldwide provider of software products and services for electronic commerce, applications management and systems management, as well as highly technical professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for the federal government. Sterling is one of the 10 largest software companies in the world with 3,600 employees, 75 offices worldwide and an estimated installed base of almost 40,000 customer sites in over 60 countries. -0- Note: All product names and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sterling Software or their respective owners. CONTACT: Sterling Software Inc. Diane Stuckey, 404/231-8575, ext. 2046 diane_stuckey@sterling.com or Sterling Communications Marianne O'Connor, 408/441-4100 moc@sterlingpr.com |
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