CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
May 20, 2008
Company News
Former SAP, MatrixOne Executive Janet Heppner-Jones Tapped to Head Cordys in the US
Cordys, a leading provider of Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) technology, today announced that it had appointed IT industry veteran Janet Heppner-Jones to the position of President, Cordys Inc. In this role, Heppner-Jones will be responsible for driving the company’s US expansion as it capitalizes on the momentum of 153% revenue growth worldwide during the last fiscal year. Heppner Jones will report to Wim Heijting, President and Chief Operating Officer of Putten, The Netherlands-based Cordys Holding B.V., and will be based at the company’s US headquarters in San Jose.
“Janet is a proven leader with strong management and customer relationship skills that will enable rapid growth of our US operations. She also has the international experience to capitalize on our global presence,” said Jan Baan, Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO of Cordys Holding B.V. “She is a results-oriented team builder and she understands thoroughly what enterprise customers need from their software partners.”
Heppner-Jones has spent the last 24 years building successful technology and software organizations. Most recently as CEO at Syndera, she established a global sales strategy and a predictable delivery model. As Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations at MatrixOne, she drove global sales and channel distribution. As CEO of Convey Software, she successfully transformed the company into a solutions provider of globalization software and services. Previously Heppner-Jones was Senior Vice President and General Manager at SAP America, where she ran a $550 million business unit. Heppner-Jones also spent 7 years at IBM, twice earning the prestigious Eagle Award given to the top one-percent of the sales force and consistently attaining Golden Circle status. She has a degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Colorado.
“Cordys technology has deep capability in multiple industries with a very strong ROI. Cordys solutions help leading network service providers reduce downtime and increase customer service. The company’s e-banking solutions drive online offerings for some of the largest banks in the world. In claims management, Cordys improves efficiency, visibility, new service time-to-market and operational control for top insurance companies. Cordys helps leading transportation companies streamline the customer onboarding process. In aerospace and defense, Cordys facilitates automated secure publishing for several of the largest manufacturers in the industry,” Heppner-Jones said. “I look forward to driving aggressive growth for Cordys in the US and continuing the commitment to excellence that is pervasive in everything Cordys does.”
About Cordys
Cordys provides an industry-leading Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) to Global 2000 companies. Cordys’ unique SOA-based solution enables customers to design, execute, monitor and improve business processes more rapidly, with better performance, and with greater adaptability than any other available solution. Companies from major industries worldwide have selected Cordys to support business performance improvement because business executives can continually optimize IT systems in real-time within a code-free environment. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Cordys is a global company with offices in the USA, the UK, Germany, China and India.
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