Software AG expands local office

Software AG, the global leader in business process excellence, is expanding its local office in Lonehill and has made a number of staff appointments.

“We see a need to build on our financial successes of the past couple of years by increasing our human resources to better service the local market,” says Emma Murray, Vice-President Sales and Country Manager of Software AG South Africa. “There's a growing awareness from large enterprises that they need to up their game in such a competitive market and the way to do this is proven, stable improved business processes.

“As we have seen in South Africa, it's more than implementing new and expensive ERP systems - it's about leveraging your existing data to provide the organisation with business processes you can trust to deliver the best customer experiences you can get. To this end we've hired new sales professionals and will also be more than doubling our headcount in the near future, with increased consulting and support personnel.”

[New staff appointments are listed below with Hi-res pics available on request]

Willem Castelyn - Industry Lead: Insurance: Willem is a highly experienced insurance industry specialist and joins Paul Wilde's Banking and Finance team to look after this important sector. Willem will be situated in the new Cape office. His e-mail address is Willem.Castelyn@softwareag.com and his number is 083 628 2825.

Morn'e Rossouw has been appointed as our new Chief Technical Officer. Those of you who know Morn'e will join me in congratulating him on this well-deserved promotion. Morne.Rossouw@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.

Pieter Potgieter joins the Sales team as Pre-Sales Manager. Based in Lonehill, Pieter has extensive experience in systems architecture, SOA and BPM. His e-mail is Pieter.Potgieter@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.

Sonya Sarris has joined us as an Executive Assistant and will be the go-to gal for many of you, especially if you need to make an appointment with me or any other members of the team. Sonya.Sarris@softwareag.com on 011 317 2900.

Joanne Foster (previously Lopes) is our new Partner Manager. I know Joanne is determined to meet all our existing partners very soon, as well as to add new companies to this important role within our business. Joanne.Foster@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.

Nick Cadenhead joins the team as a Regional Sales Manager working in the Corporate team under Garth Meier. Nick.Cadenhead@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.

Jonathan Karusseit has moved into a sales position in Garth Meier's Corporate team as a Regional Sales Manager. Jonathan.Karusseit@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.

Lorinda Grobler, from the Global Consulting team, has been appointed as Project Team Leader and GCS Office Manager. Lorinda.Grobler@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.

Theo Ezell has relocated to South Africa from the USA, also in the Global Consulting Division, to head up the webMethods Practice. Theo.Ezell@softwareag.com and 011 317 2900.