Former SAP, MatrixOne Executive Janet Heppner-Jones Tapped to Head Cordys in the...

Former SAP, MatrixOne Executive Janet Heppner-Jones Tapped to Head Cordys in the US

Software Industry Veteran Brought on to Capitalize on 153% Growth
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PUTTEN, Netherlands & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
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.

Cordys Inc.
Kevin McGuirk, +1 (408) 983-1836
SVP, Corporate Communications
kmcguirk@cordys.com

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