Johannesburg, 09 Jan 2013
CA Southern Africa has announced that the board of directors of CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) has announced the appointment of Michael P Gregoire, 46, as the company's new chief executive officer, effective 7 January 2013.
Gregoire is a 25-year veteran of the software and IT services industries.
He will succeed William E McCracken, 70, who has served as CA Technologies chief executive officer since January 2010, and who is retiring effective 31 March 2013. McCracken also will leave the CA Technologies Board of Directors effective 7 January 2013.
Most recently, Gregoire was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Taleo Corp, a cloud-based talent management software company. During his seven years leading Taleo, Gregoire successfully managed an IPO in 2005 and grew revenue from $78 million to $324 million. Taleo was acquired early in 2012 by Oracle Corporation for nearly $2 billion.
Before joining Taleo, Gregoire spent four years at PeopleSoft, a provider of software solutions for human resource management, financial management, supply chain, customer relationship management and enterprise performance management. While there, he was the executive vice-president of PeopleSoft Global Services, leading a team of 4 000 professionals with annual revenue of $2 billion.
Gregoire holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and computing from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Master of Business Administration degree from California Coast University. He also serves on the Board of Directors of ShoreTel (NASDAQ: SHOR), a telecommunications company.
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