NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 11, 2007 – Platform
Computing today announced the appointment of Jim Mancuso as Vice
President of Financial Services for North America based in New York
City and Charles Jarvis as the Vice President of Financial Services for
Europe, the Middle East and Africa, located in London, England.
The hiring of Mr. Mancuso and Mr. Jarvis is the latest in a series
of investments designed to further bolster Platform’s position in grid
computing for the financial services market. The company has adopted a
vertical model, with a team of specialists dedicated to providing
personalized services and support to customers in Financial Services.
This team has doubled in the last six months, and with the addition of
Mancuso and Jarvis, has focused on creating a group of professionals
with extensive experience in Financial Service applications and in grid
computing.
"The success of the vertical model can be seen in the increased
adoption of Platform’s grid in the Financial Services industry.
Platform has steadily increased its install base, shipping more than
50,000 units of our grid software to our major customers," said Jim
Mancuso, Vice President of Financial Services for North America,
Platform Computing. "It’s clear that there’s a strong need in the
market for well-constructed grid options. I’m looking forward to the
challenges of providing software and support services that are best
suited for our customers."
Mancuso, formerly with CorrectNet as Senior Vice President of Sales
and Marketing, has substantial experience in growing companies. While
at CorrectNet, he was responsible for a tenfold increase in sales,
transforming the company into the dominant technology vendor for the
alternative investments industry.
With more than twenty years of international sales and marketing
experience at technology firms, Jarvis is well positioned to lead
Platform’s financial services business in Europe, Africa and the Middle
East (EMEA). Before arriving at Platform, he served as the Vice
President of Sales and Business Development for Tangosol Inc., a
leading data grid software vendor. While at Tangosol, Jarvis
successfully built the EMEA operations from the ground up. Jarvis’
early career included more than a decade living and working in
Asia.
Platform achieved unprecedented growth in Financial Services in FY07
through customer acquisition, expansion at existing customer accounts,
and now the addition of key senior executive sales leaders. "In EMEA,
Platform Computing has increased its team by over 300% which enables us
to continue to provide exceptional service and support to our customers
despite our rapid growth in this market," said Charles Jarvis, Vice
President, Financial Services, EMEA, Platform Computing. "I’m
anticipating excellent collaboration with our customers such as Société
Générale, BNP Paribas and Sal Oppenheim."
In Japan, Platform Computing is led by managing director and
president Hiromitsu Komatsu, who has more than 15 years of senior sales
and management experience, as well as expertise in selling enterprise
solutions.
In addition, the release of Symphony 3.1 represents Platform’s
dedication to producing grid software tailored specifically to the
needs of its Financial Services customers. Released in February,
Symphony 3.1 provides a host of utility computing enhancements designed
to make resource-sharing and cycle scavenging even more efficient,
while also respecting the priorities of resource owners. This software
release also includes enhancements in monitoring, reporting, and
utility billing, and supports all leading operating systems. Symphony
3.1 enables an extremely low-latency computation environment for the
financial services market - 10 to 20 times faster than other solutions
- providing a significant competitive edge to Platform's customers.
For more information about Symphony 3.1 visit: www.platform.com/newsroom
"Platform Computing has solidified its commitment to our Financial
Services customers by placing experts at the head of a carefully
selected team of dedicated professionals," said Songnian Zhou, CEO,
Platform Computing. "Our team, combined with our deep product
offerings, demonstrates our leadership in grid computing for Financial
Services."
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is the leading systems infrastructure software
company that accelerates applications and delivers IT agility for
increased business performance and reduced cost. Founded in 1992,
Platform is a pioneer in HPC, Cluster and Grid Computing technologies.
Platform has over 2,000 global customers and strategic relationships
with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat and SAS, along with the
industry's broadest support for third-party applications. For more
information please visit www.platform.com.
