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Craig Kayes promoted to CEO; Jason Hirst resigns in order to pursue a new venture
London, UK - February 26, 2010 – Altien today announces that Craig Kayes has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. Kayes has been Director of Client Services at Altien for the last five years. Jason Hirst is resigning as CEO in order to pursue a new venture. The changes are effective today.
Commenting on the changes, Allen Morgan, Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Altien, said: “Jason joined me at Altien back when it was a small consultancy helping a few local FileNet customers with custom development projects. Over the past seven years we have grown to become an established enterprise software company with major customers in Europe, North America and Asia. Jason drove the transformation and growth of the business and allowed me to concentrate on delivering the technology. I want to thank Jason for all his efforts and wish him the best of luck in his new venture.”
Mr. Morgan continued, “Craig joined Altien in 2005 and has been a vital member of the management team ever since. Throughout this time, he has provided commitment and leadership to the support and services team members whilst ensuring we deliver high quality service for our customers. He and I are both very excited by this new phase in Altien’s development and I have every confidence in his ability to lead the company through this next chapter of its story.”
Mr. Kayes has more than twenty years of experience in the IT industry, most of which he spent in a variety of IT consulting and management roles across Retail, Manufacturing and Banking industries. Prior to joining Altien he was a member of the senior management team of an international retail company. As Director of Client Services at Altien he has been responsible for managing both the professional services and technical support teams and maintaining relationships with Altien’s customers worldwide. In addition, he has been a member of the board of directors since 2008.
Mr. Kayes commented, “I’m excited to be taking over as CEO of Altien at this time. We have unique high-value products, loyal customers and a great team of employees. We’ve already made a strong start to 2010 and I look forward to building on that in the months and years ahead.”
Mr. Hirst commented, “Although I’m sad to be leaving a fantastic team of people with whom I’ve worked closely for many years, I feel the time is right for me to make a change. I’m proud of the work we’ve accomplished together and I’d like to thank our customers and partners for the confidence and support they’ve given us over the years. Craig has been my right hand man since he joined the company and I’m sure he will be a great CEO. I look forward to watching Altien’s continued growth under his leadership. I plan to pursue a new venture in a different field and I’m looking forward to the challenge of getting that started.”
Company Description
Altien develops packaged applications for the IBM Enterprise Content Management platform. Altien’s expertise is based on more than fifteen years of experience in designing and implementing ECM systems and Altien has been a FileNet ISV ValueNet partner since 2003. Altien’s applications are deployed today with major organizations worldwide in the financial services, energy and government sectors. Altien is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. For more information please visit www.altien.com
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