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Approva Appoints Judith Platz Vice President of Customer Support
Experienced Oracle Customer Service Leader Strengthens Approva's Commitment to Support Growing Customer Base
| Source: Approva
RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - July 2, 2007) - Approva®
Corporation (www.approva.net), the leader in continuous controls monitoring
and audit automation software, today announced that Judith Platz has joined
the company as its vice president of customer support. Platz will be based
in Approva's corporate headquarters in Reston, VA and will coordinate
closely with the company's research and development facility in Pune,
India.
Platz brings 20 years of experience driving customer satisfaction for
complex global accounts to Approva.
Most recently, she spent six years at Oracle in a number of critical
customer service positions where she led a team that developed and
implemented customer confidence programs focused on increasing customer
satisfaction and retention for highly complex global accounts. In this
role, she was recognized by the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) for
her sustained efforts advocating on their behalf and educating and
communicating with the Oracle user community.
"As Approva continues to introduce innovative solutions and rapidly grow
our customer base, we want to enhance our customer support capabilities,
which are already recognized as the best in the industry," said Rick Cobb,
COO, Approva. "The industry expertise and track record in customer support
that Judith brings to Approva will take our customer service support to the
next level."
Platz also brings significant systems integration and operations experience
to Approva. Prior to her tenure at
Oracle, Platz worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she
supervised support operations across three continents and developed and
implemented information technology standards to achieve quality
improvements. Platz also has extensive experience in computerized learning
in both the public and commercial sectors.
"Approva is the leader in automating governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
programs and I am thrilled to be a part of a team that is known for
delivering superior customer care," said Platz. "Approva customers have
always been a driving force for the next wave of innovation and we look
forward to continuing to exceed their expectations."
About Approva
Approva® Corporation is the industry-leading provider of continuous
controls monitoring and audit software. We enable business, finance, IT
and audit professionals to automate the on-demand testing, closed-loop
remediation and continuous, exception-based monitoring of controls within
and across their business systems. Using our solutions, customers are able
to significantly increase visibility into their controls, streamline the
audit process, cost-effectively sustain their compliance initiatives and
reduce exposure to mistakes, fraud and inefficiencies for business
processes such as procurement, sales and delivery, payroll and financial
close. In addition, our automated solutions act as key preventative and
detective controls, further strengthening our customers' financial and
operational control environments. Global companies such as Campbell Soup
Company, Colgate-Palmolive, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DirecTV,
Discovery Communications, McCormick & Company, P&G, Pratt & Whitney,
Siemens and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts rely on Approva BizRights® Platform
and Enterprise Controls Suite to reduce compliance risk, increase
operational efficiency and flag exceptions to their business controls. For
more information, visit www.approva.net.
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Approva's initiatives, please go to Approva's press
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