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Uptima announced today the appointment of industry veteran Bill Butler to the role of chief executive officer.

Butler brings deep sales and product expertise to Uptima from the Quote-to-Cash industry, particularly in cloud-based configure price quote (CPQ) and contract management (CLM) software. Past roles at CallidusCloud (being acquired by SAP), Cameleon Software (acquired by PROS) and FPX (acquired by HGGC) enabled Butler to hone his skills at creating and managing exponential revenue growth and building strong and effective partnerships.

Butler has lived and worked in Canada, South Korea, Japan and the U.S., and is based in Uptima's headquarters in San Jose, CA. He focuses on how technologies can be turned into business solutions, identifying and quantifying the value of customer needs, and building the teams that can build solutions effectively and generate dramatic growth, profitability and customer satisfaction.

He joins Uptima as the company enters an exciting new growth phase, leveraging relationships with software vendors including industry leaders Apttus, ServiceMax, Arena Solutions, Impartner, and Salesforce. Uptima optimizes the effectiveness of customer's sales forces, field service teams, and partner channels.

"After being in this market for many years with the vendors of Quote-to-Cash software, it's obvious how critical successful implementations of these tools are for both our customers and the software vendors," said Butler. "With Uptima's stellar reputation for successful implementations and satisfied customers, Uptima is becoming a key part of the enterprise software ecosystem both in North America and EMEA. Our goal is to continue to grow the business in both regions and expand our ability to help our customers be successful, and maximize the ROI from their software investments."

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