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David van Toor Named General Manager for Sage CRM Solutions in North America
| Source: Sage Software
SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 2, 2007 -- Sage Software, the North American operations
of the Sage Group, plc (LSE : SGE ), announced today that David van Toor has
been named General Manager for Sage SalesLogix and Sage CRM operations in
North America.
In his new role, van Toor will work closely with Joe Bergera, GM of Global
CRM, to execute on the company's strategy of delivering Sage SalesLogix and
Sage CRM both as standalone systems and as key elements of integrated
business systems for the North American market.
"We've been very successful building a strong standalone CRM business in
North America. We plan to continue building on that success while
accelerating the delivery of our leading CRM offerings into small and
medium-size business as integrated products to our operations solutions,"
said Jim Foster, Sage Executive Vice President of Mid-Market Business
Units. "van Toor's background driving end-to-end solutions, and most
recently driving the company's cross-product business efforts in North
America, is well suited to this challenge."
Prior to this role, van Toor was General Manager for the Sage PFW and Sage
BusinessWorks product lines, and was most recently responsible for driving
the company's cross-product business initiatives focusing on CRM. Prior to
joining Sage Software, van Toor was Managing Director of a leading
Australian business software company where he was an early promoter of
integrated operational and CRM systems.
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distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate
industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading
international supplier of accounting and business management software
solutions and related products and services for small and
mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock
Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.2 million customers and employs
over 13,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web
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