MALMO, Sweden, April 11, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Telelogic (Stockholm:TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced that Jesper Christensen has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer for Telelogic from April. Christensen joined Telelogic in 2000 and most recently managed the operations in Central Europe. When joining Telelogic he brought several years of sales and marketing experience from Motorola.
Additionally, Erich Sauerwein has been appointed as new President Market Division Central Europe for Telelogic. He will take over the responsibility for the operations in Germany and Austria beginning in April.
Sauerwein joined Telelogic from the position as Vice President of Rational Software with responsibility for Central Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux). Under his leadership revenues grew with more than 40% and the organization expanded significantly both in terms of the number of employees as well as through establishment of several new offices in the region.
"Our operations in Central Europe, with Germany as the main market, represent one of Telelogic's most important and profitable businesses with a strong sales organization in various segments such as telecom, automotive and finance. I am very pleased to welcome Erich with his extensive experience from our industry to further develop our forefront position in this region," said Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO of Telelogic. "I also welcome Jesper to take on the challenge to maintain and develop Telelogic's leading position on the global market for software development solutions in his new role as Chief Marketing Officer."
Christensen is a Danish citizen and holds a B.Sc.E.E from Sonderborg Technical University and an E*MBA from Scandinavian International Management Institute.
Being an Austrian citizen, Erich Sauerwein holds a Master degree in civil engineering from the Technical University of Innsbruck as well as a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the same University.
About Telelogic
Founded in 1983, Telelogic (r) (www.telelogic.com) is the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development. The company's automated application lifecycle solution includes integrated best-in-class software and professional services for requirements management, change and configuration management, development, testing, and documentation. Telelogic enables organizations to improve quality and predictability, while reducing time-to-market and overall costs in systems and software development. Built on an open architecture that ensures interoperability with other leading third-party solutions, Telelogic's products are based on international standardized languages and notations. Telelogic participates in 3GPP, Bluetooth SIG and OMG to create future communication technologies and visual software development languages.
Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden the company has more than 1,000 employees worldwide. Customers include Airbus, Alcatel, BMW, Boeing, BT, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Philips and Siemens.
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