Word is filtering in that Motasim Najeeb the Chief Technology Officer of Sage North America may have left the company is leaving Sage North America. Motasim was appointed CTO of Sage North America by then CEO Sue Swenson in January 2009. He appeared at the company’s annual Sage Insights conference shortly thereafter to give his only prominent public address to the Sage channel partners where he discussed improving Sage’s underlying technology integrations.
Recent updates to the Sage North America executive web page omits Najeeb though it also fails to name a replacement. Word is that a mini-reorganization may have occurred late last week with several other executives receiving some repositioning so that they report directly to incoming CEO Pascal Houillon.
Prior to Sage Motaasim served as the CTO and EVP of Engineering and Operations at TradeBeam where he was responsible for product strategy, development, and IT operations. Prior to TradeBeam, he was the Group Vice President of Enterprise applications at Oracle with responsibility for all PeopleSoft ERP product lines. Mr. Najeeb was the General Manager of the Strategic Development Division at WebMD Corporation and the founding member of the team that grew WebMD from a start-up to a successful public company with revenue of more than $300 million. Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions at Silicon Graphics, Tandem and Intel Corporations.
Update: Sage have issued a press release on their changes. They’re not calling it a re-organization but rather an “Expansion of Customer Focus”. Most notably the company went out of their way to note that both Laurie Schultz and Tom Miller remain in place though there will be
..a new executive leader representing Mid-Market Solutions, including CRM, ERP, Channel and Customer Support, is expected to be announced in the near future. Laurie Schultz continues as SVP and general manager of the Mid-Market ERP business unit and Tom Miller as VP channel management, both reporting to CEO Pascal Houillon in the interim and to the new Mid-Market Solutions leader once appointed.
Essentially it seems this new executive leader would be a replacement for Jodi Uecker-Rust who departed unexpectedly in late 2010.
Full press release after the break
Sage North America Executive Team Expands Customer Focus
IRVINE, CA (May 6, 2011)—Sage North America announced today an update to its executive team, introducing broader business unit representation designed to further improve customer focus, enhance cross-business collaboration and streamline decision-making within customer markets.
The Sage North America executive team now includes direct representation of business units for Small Business Accounting Solutions, Mid-Market Business Solutions, and Specialty Solutions. A North America Strategy role has also been added. These roles augment the existing executive leadership which includes leaders for the company’s Healthcare Solutions and Payment Solutions business units, as well as for key management functions: finance, human resources, marketing, legal, information services and technology.
Additions to Sage North America executive leadership are:
Connie Certusi, Executive Vice President, Small Business Accounting Solutions
Robert Deshaies, Executive Vice President, Specialty Solutions
Himanshu Palsule, Executive Vice President, North America Strategy
In addition, a new executive leader representing Mid-Market Solutions, including CRM, ERP, Channel and Customer Support, is expected to be announced in the near future. Laurie Schultz continues as SVP and general manager of the Mid-Market ERP business unit and Tom Miller as VP channel management, both reporting to CEO Pascal Houillon in the interim and to the new Mid-Market Solutions leader once appointed.
“Sage’s history is deeply connected with understanding customer needs and delivering solutions that help them to be successful,” said Sage North America CEO Pascal Houillon. “The executive team members bring the voices of diverse customer groups to the table with a focus on collaboration and decision-making that places the customer at the center of everything we do.”
Information about the Sage North America leadership team is located at www.sagenorthamerica.com.
About Sage North America
Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized businesses. Sage North America employs 3,900 people and supports more than 3 million small and midsized business customers. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has more than 6 million customers and 13,600 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For more information, please visit the website at www.sagenorthamerica.com. Follow Sage North America on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/SageNorthAmerica, and Twitter, http://twitter.com/#!/sagenamerica.
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