Former Gartner VP of research and lead analyst in performance management Frank Buytendijk has joined business performance management software company Hyperion as VP of corporate strategy. He will drive strategic direction for Hyperion worldwide.
Buytendijk, a highly respected authority on business intelligence and business performance management, will be based in The Netherlands, and he will focus specifically on Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
"Buytendijk will help Hyperion expand its BPM strategy and vision to meet the changing needs of its customers," says Marc Scheepbouwer, MD of Intellient, the exclusive distributor of Hyperion software in southern Africa. "He is recognised as one of the most creative thought leaders in business performance management today. He will make an excellent addition to Hyperion`s strategy team, which is tasked with guiding and influencing the company`s global strategy."
"I have always regarded Hyperion highly and have been very impressed with its management team," says Buytendijk. "The company has an excellent reputation with customers and is known as a vendor that delivers on its promises.
"I look forward to leveraging my expertise, especially in the EMEA region, to help advance Hyperion as the market leader in business performance management worldwide."
Prior to working with Gartner, Buytendijk held positions in the leading Dutch consultant firm VODW/Synergistics. He has also managed the business intelligence development group at Rabobank and has been a systems developer.
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Intellient provides business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) solutions to medium and large organisations that require support for their management cycle. Intellient strives to provide solutions that improve organisational growth and profitability for customers. This is achieved through Hyperion System 9, which includes: data analysis and integration services, querying and reporting, performance scorecarding, modelling, budgeting, planning, forecasting, financial consolidation and reporting. Hyperion software is used by more than 11 000 customers globally and by over 80 companies locally. As a member of the EOH Group of companies, Intellient distributes Hyperion Solutions to the southern African market. Visit www.intellient.co.za for further details.
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Hyperion Solutions is global player in business performance management software. More than 11 000 customers rely on Hyperion software to provide visibility into how their businesses are performing and to help them plan and model to improve that performance. Using Hyperion software, customers collect data, organise and analyse it, then communicate it across the organisation. Hyperion offers the industry`s only business performance management solution that integrates financial management applications with a business intelligence platform into a single system.
Named one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for 2004, Hyperion serves global customers in 45 countries. A network of more than 600 partners provides the company`s specialised solutions and services. Hyperion generated revenues of $703 million for the fiscal year that ended 30 June 2005 and is traded under the Nasdaq symbol HYSL. For more information, please visit www.hyperion.com
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