Darren Roos Appointed to Software AG Group Executive Board as COO for EMEA

Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX:SOW) announced the appointment of Darren Roos to the Software AG Group Executive Board in August 2011, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the EMEA region (excluding DACH).

Darren Roos Member of Software AG's Group Executive Board Sales Region EMEA (excluding DACH) (Photo: Business Wire)

Darren joined Software AG in 2005 as Sales Manager for South Africa and in 2006 his responsibilities were extended to the Middle East and North Africa. In 2008 Darren’s responsibilities were further extended to include Northern Europe.

"EMEA contains some of the most well developed IT markets in the world, from sophisticated eGovernment in Scandinavia and the Middle East to the totally digitized financial services industry in the UK”, said Darren Roos. "With Software AG’s unique cross-industry Business Process Excellence portfolio and more than 40 years of implementing systems critical to our customers’ success, I am confident that we can fully address the diverse business requirements of such a dynamic region”.

After studying Law at the University of South Africa, Darren began his career in the ICT industry in Sales and Business Development with Redflag Communications and Dimension Data.

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About Software AG

Software AG is the global leader in Business Process Excellence. Our 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods.

We offer our customers end-to-end business process management (BPM) solutions delivering low Total-Cost-of-Ownership and high ease of use. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural, CentraSite and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio encompassing: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services.

Software AG had revenues of €1.1 billion in 2010 and has more than 5,600 employees serving 10,000 enterprise and public institution customers across 70 countries. Our comprehensive software and services solutions allow companies to continuously achieve their business results faster. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).

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