Interwoven Appoints New VP of Asia Pacific Operations
James Murray to Spearhead Interwoven’s Leadership in Growing Asia Pacific ECM Market
SUNNYVALE, Calif – February 14, 2005 – Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for business, today announced the appointment of James Murray to the position of vice president for Interwoven’s Asia Pacific operations. Murray brings a wealth of experience to the position with 15 years in the technology industry, including serving as the vice president of sales for Interwoven’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In his new position, Murray will oversee a strong management team with the goal of further accelerating Interwoven’s leadership in the Asia Pacific ECM market.
Murray joined Interwoven in 1999 and was part of the original team that spearheaded the company’s operations in Europe. In this capacity, Murray was responsible for adding a number of leading companies to Interwoven’s customer roster including British Airways, BT, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, and AXA. Prior to joining Interwoven, Murray held senior business development positions at respected software companies including Comshare and JDA, as well as serving in IT consulting and business process outsourcing roles within the financial services division at Accenture.
“James has been a driving force behind Interwoven’s success in EMEA, and his experience and proven leadership will no doubt be equally as instrumental in Asia Pacific as our operations continue to steadily grow,” said Max Carnecchia, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Interwoven. “We’re thrilled to have someone with James’ vast experience leading this very important region.”
Interwoven`s Asia Pacific operations have continued to expand, and the company`s presence to date includes direct operations in eight markets across the region including: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, India, Korea, Australia, Japan, and Singapore, its regional headquarters. With over 300 customers in the Asia Pacific market, Interwoven was named the region’s leading ECM vendor for 2004 by Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company. Interwoven received the prestigious Market Leadership Award in the Asia Pacific ECM Market from Frost & Sullivan for its demonstrated industry leadership, market strategy implementation, and overall market performance in the Asia Pacific region. Key customers include Fujitsu; Konica Minolta; Visa; Sharp; HSBC; OCBC Bank; Queensland Department of Employment; Singapore Airlines; Qantas; Yamaha; NEC, and many others.
“With our highly-targeted products and solutions, Interwoven continues to both lead and shape the ECM market on a global scale,” said James Murray, vice president of Asia Pacific operations at Interwoven. “I look forward to my new position at Interwoven and to working closely with the Asia Pacific team to continue our strong regional growth and success.”
About Interwoven
Interwoven, Inc., provider of Enterprise Content Management solutions for business, enables organizations to unify people, content and processes to minimize business risk, accelerate time-to-value and sustain lower total cost of ownership. Interwoven delivers deep industry-specific solutions which reduce business process cycle time from initial collaboration through design, production, sales, marketing, legal review, IT and service. Interwoven leads the industry with a service-oriented architecture today and easy-to-use, best-in-class components and solutions. Today, approximately 3,200 enterprises, law firms and professional services organizations worldwide are Interwoven customers including British Telecom, Ford, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, General Motors, Jones Day, Motorola and Yamaha. Interwoven is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world. For more information visit www.interwoven.com.
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