Press Releases : 2006
Oblicore Names Bernd Leger Vice President of Marketing
Service Level Management Leader Appoints Enterprise Software and Outsourced Services Veteran to Drive Global Marketing Initiatives
COLUMBIA, MD, April 11, 2006 - Oblicore, a leading provider of Service Level Management software and best practices, today announced that Bernd Leger joined the company as Vice President of Marketing. A 10-year global technology marketing veteran, Leger will drive all facets of Oblicore’s global marketing effort, expanding awareness of the company’s brand and business impact of its software, which helps companies track, manage and automate service delivery processes. Leger will report to Jack Freker, CEO of Oblicore.
Before joining Oblicore, Leger served as Vice President of Marketing for NaviSite, Inc., a leading provider of IT outsourcing services specializing in application management and managed services. Leger joined NaviSite through its acquisition of Surebridge Inc., where he served as Director of Marketing. At Surebridge, Leger re-positioned the company’s service offering and launched its vertical go-to-market strategy. Prior to Surebridge, Leger spent four years with Point Information Systems, a worldwide CRM software provider, serving in several senior management positions. Leger directed Point’s multiple product launches and positioned the company as one of the leading CRM vendors worldwide.
“As both service providers and enterprises have increasingly recognized the need to monitor the health of their services, Oblicore has experienced exponential growth wordwide and unprecendented demand for its technology,” said Jack Freker, CEO of Oblicore. “Bernd Leger is an international marketing veteran who has a demonstrated track record of success with both outsourced services and enterprise software. We look forward to leveraging his expertise as Oblicore continues to expand global awareness of its Service Level Management software.”
“The team at Oblicore has developed a ground-breaking and highly differentiated solution that is helping increase both the transparency and reliability of services provided by service providers and enterprises,” said Bernd Leger. “Oblicore provides an unmatched solution for tracking, managing and automating the service delivery process and fundamentally changes the way in which services providers and enterprises establish and improve their service governance. Oblicore is well positioned for global success and I look forward to further increasing market awareness of Oblicore’s solutions to help organizations realize the benefits of just-right service delivery.“
About Oblicore
Oblicore is the leading Service Level Management software provider dedicated to delivering SLM, BSM and Sourcing Management solutions that drive business success. The company’s flagship product, Oblicore Guarantee™, is leveraged by blue chip customers around the world, ensuring critical IT-powered business processes are delivered in a manner that is compliant and predictable—reducing costs, improving operational performance and increasing shareholder value. Both service providers and enterprises alike rely on Oblicore’s business-focused, top-down approach to maintain compliance with SLAs, to increase customer retention and acquisition, and to keep critical business processes running smoothly. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices across the U.S., Europe, Asia and Israel, Oblicore is backed by a strong, global investor base. For more information, please visit http://www.oblicore.com.
