New Leadership and Growing Blue Chip Customer Base Further Position Pindar Systems as the Industry Leader in Delivering Product Content and Cross Channel Advertising, Merchandising and Promotion Solutions

Pindar Systems, the leader in intelligent product content management solutions, has experienced its strongest year to date in 2003. With a marked increase in growth and sales, and new leadership appointments designed to guide the companys winning strategy, Pindar Systems is poised for continually steady growth in 2004.

CHICAGO, IL (PRWEB) December 11, 2003 --Pindar Systems, the leader in intelligent product content management solutions, has experienced its strongest year to date in 2003. With a marked increase in growth and sales, and new leadership appointments designed to guide the companys winning strategy, Pindar Systems is poised for continually steady growth in 2004.

Pindar Systems was awarded its 100th customer, French retailer France Loisirs in September of 2003. The company also surpassed the 2,000-user seat mark. These are feats, explains David Roache, Pindar Systems CEO, that are a strong testament to our continued expansion."

Roache is one of three new significant personnel changes designed to take Pindar Systems to the next level and bring even more value to Pindar Systems customers. Joining Martyn Hope, Vice President of Sales and Operations in Europe, and Patrick OBrien, Vice President of Product Delivery, this team is collectively leading Pindar Systems into 2004 with more than 80 years of experience in the enterprise software, catalog home shopping and retail marketplaces.

David Roache, CEO
Roache is charged with guiding Pindar Systems management and strategic direction. He brings a wealth of related experience and proven performance. Roache joins Pindar Systems from Profile Systems, Inc., a provider of product information software and related supply chain applications, where he developed and implemented the companys strategy and accelerated its sales growth. Prior to Profile Systems, Roache was COO of Kewill E-Commerce, a provider of supply chain applications for retailers and catalogers that grew from $5M to $53M during his tenure, and held several executive positions within R.R. Donnelleys Information Services businesses in both the U.S and Europe providing software and services to retailers, catalogers and technology companies.

Martyn Hope, Vice President Sales and Operations, Europe
Hope is responsible for Pindar Systems European sales and consulting operations. Before joining the team at Pindar Systems, Hope was Executive Vice President at Vedaris, a specialist in the ETRM space, and held divisional leadership positions at i2 Technologies, where he grew the Public Marketplaces Division three-fold. He also served at SAP, the worlds most successful enterprise software house, where he personally attained in excess of 30 million pounds of license sales, and created a new business division, growing it five-fold during his tenure.

Hope has already put together a world-class sales team with more than 50 years of collective experience in enterprise sales.

Patrick OBrien, Vice President of Product Delivery
OBrien is leading the Product Development, Product Management and Marketing efforts at Pindar Systems. Before joining Pindar Systems, OBrien served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Iona Technology, the leading provider of CORBA middleware infrastructure technology. Prior to Iona, OBrien held several senior positions in engineering, product management and product marketing at Object Design during his 8-year tenure. OBrien serves on the Board of the Object Management Group, and is part of the Executive Committee of JCP.

About Agility
Agility is an intelligent product information management solution built with a Java-based, J2EE-compliant Web application server architecture, making it an IT-friendly enterprise solution for fully integrated promotion and advertising planning and management — across all sales channels.

Agility is an attractive solution for top-level marketers because it easily integrates with other, already-existing enterprise systems. This gives users easy access to internal and externally stored product data, resulting in shortened production times and increased speed to market - attributes that enable marketers to maintain the competitive edge within their industries.

Roache explains, With Agilitys success, Pindar has added a new dimension and scale to its product offering. CMS and Agility customers co-exist with the knowledge that Pindar Systems is constantly and consistently driving towards delivering even greater value by developing new functionality that exceeds customer expectations."

Roache adds further, Pindar Systems is augmenting this success by updating its technology as it aggressively builds-out its enterprise platform, becoming even more customer-centric."

About Pindar Systems
Pindar Systems powers intelligent product content solutions, the management and delivery of content through print and electronic media to drive sales. The companys robust Agility technology enables businesses to focus on effective targeted marketing rather than the mechanics of content management and production. Pindar Systems customers are able to aggregate product and brand content from many sources into a rich content database. Pindar Systems software presents a unified view of this information, giving marketers the ability to create targeted offers that are delivered across print, Web and other media with flexibility, precision and speed.

Pindar Systems is the recognized leader in intelligent product content solutions. Clients include W.W. Grainger, Office Depot, Spiegel, Rexel, Littlewoods, and Eddie Bauer. Privately held, Pindar Systems operates globally from European headquarters in York, UK, and North American headquarters in Chicago, U.S. Further information is available at www.pindarsystems.com.

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