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13 May 2008

Company News

Centric Names Industry Veteran Dave Guercio to Top Sales and Services Role

Centric Software announced that David Guercio has joined the company as executive vice president of sales and client services. In this pivotal role, Guercio will lead Centric’s worldwide efforts to grow its sales and professional services organizations to meet the company’s growth objectives and deliver PLM solutions to customers in the apparel-footwear-accessories and private label industries.

Guercio brings nearly 30 years of technology and software industry experience to his role at Centric. He has a demonstrated track record of successful team building, and helping emerging companies navigate transitions as they expand operations and global reach. Most recently, Guercio was senior vice president of sales and marketing at Inxight Software, a leading provider of software solutions for unstructured information discovery. During his tenure, Guercio grew the sales and professional services teams and revenue to position Inxight to be acquired by Business Objects.

Prior to his role at Inxight, Guercio held executive operational positions at Resonate, Neovista, Metaphor Computer Systems, and other firms. In each of these roles, Guercio was able to build successful sales and services teams, increase customer satisfaction and help companies grow to “the next level.”

“We are completely focused on our plan to assure that Centric is a force to be reckoned with and the leading PLM solution provider for fast moving consumer goods industries,” said Chris Groves, president and CEO of Centric Software. “The addition of Dave’s experience in helping companies grow and successfully build their sales and services teams is critical to that plan.”

“We’ve taken important steps in other areas as well,” added Groves. “These include the placement of our Series B funding, the addition of Ray Hein as executive vice president of market strategy and business development, and important additional hires throughout the organization to continue to build domain expertise in our target markets. Dave’s contributions will be a critical factor for our success during this dynamic time at Centric, and we welcome him.”

“Centric presents an exciting and rare opportunity,” said Guercio. “Its people, technologies, and funding position it to succeed in the apparel-footwear-accessories and private label industries. My first areas of focus will be helping our sales and services teams grow and making sure they have the tools and processes to become world-class organizations. I’m delighted to be part of the team that will take Centric to the next step in its growth as an enterprise.”

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