SEVEN, the global market leader in push email software, today
announced the addition of Jos de Kruijf to their impressive executive
team. Jos will serve as the new Senior Vice President and General
Manager International and will be responsible for SEVEN's business in
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions.
Jos, an expert in entrepreneurial leadership, infrastructure
development and organizational change, will utilize his more than 20
years of executive leadership to lead the development and growth of
SEVEN's EMEA and APAC sales. He will take the place of Paul Hedman,
who was formerly CEO of Smartner and ran Europe and APAC for Seven
after Smartner was acquired by Seven in 2005. He will be leaving the
company to pursue new opportunities.
"We welcome Jos to SEVEN as a seasoned industry veteran who will
make a great addition to our already stellar executive team," said
Ross Bott, CEO of SEVEN. "Jos will become a valuable asset to the
company as we continue to develop our business in the APAC and EMEA
regions. Paul Hedman, his precessor will be missed, and we wish him
the best of luck on his future endeavors."
Jos de Kruijf brings SEVEN over 20 years of International software
experience at leading firms including Openwave Systems, where he
successfully established the European operations and grew business to
250 million euros in just three years. He also led organizations in
similar capacities at Nortel Networks and Adobe Systems.
"I'm impressed with SEVEN's growth and expansion over the last
years. Mobile lifestyle and mobile messaging is close to my heart and
I'm excited to join the innovative company and to lead its
international efforts," said de Kruijf.
About SEVEN
SEVEN is a global provider of software that enables mobile
operators, Internet email providers and service providers to offer
their subscribers secure, low-cost, real-time access to business and
personal email applications. SEVEN's software is specialized to meet
the unique needs and requirements of the Fortune 500 enterprise, the
small-to-medium organization, workgroups, individual professionals and
consumers. The SEVEN software supports all major device platforms,
including BREW, J2ME, Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian-based
phones, and currently ships on over 200 mobile phone models
manufactured by Hitachi, HTC, HP, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Sanyo,
Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba. SEVEN is available today across
major international network standards, and has been chosen by 100
leading mobile operators and service providers worldwide including
Alltel, Cingular Wireless, DTAC, Etisalat, FET, Globe Telecom,
Hutchison, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo, O2, Optus, Orange, Sprint Nextel,
Starhub, Telefonica Moviles, Telenor Group, Telkom Indonesia,
Vimpelcom and Yahoo!. SEVEN is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, USA,
with local offices around the globe. For additional information, visit
www.seven.com.
SEVEN is a registered trademark of Seven Networks, Inc. Always-On
Mail, Out of the Office, System SEVEN, SEVEN Personal Edition, SEVEN
Enterprise Edition, and SEVEN Server Edition are also trademarks or
service marks of Seven Networks, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other
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