McLaren Software Appoints Former Open Text and Hummingbird VP as Non Executive Director
ECM purchasing shifts from IT to line of business applications
Houston, Texas 5th February 2009
McLaren Software, a leading Enterprise Content Management (ECM) ISV
specializing in engineering-centric documentation
applications, announces the appointment of Tony Heywood as a non
executive board director.
Formerly an Executive VP with OpenText and Senior VP EMEA
Hummingbird Mr Heywood brings a wealth of ECM industry knowledge to
the McLaren board as
customer justifications for ECM related investments shifts from IT
infrastructure to line of business process applications.
"In today's complex business environment where compliance,
technology and business efficiency vie for superiority, specialist
companies like McLaren provide the
necessary blend of leading technology, engineering and compliance
experience to help clients implement effective solutions. Customers
are looking for clear business
focussed return of investment benefits and that is exactly what
McLaren provides with Enterprise Engineer", commented Tony Heywood
on his appointment. "McLaren saw
the opportunity for content based applications long before the
current market trend and as a result have built a company and an
installed base that competitors can only
envy".
Paul Muir CEO of McLaren Software adds, "Despite the world economic
situation these are exciting times for McLaren as the need for
greater line of business process
efficiency, cost savings and industry compliance are at the centre
of any ECM purchasing decision. With Enterprise Engineer sales just
passing the 100th customer
milestone supporting over 75,000 users this is just the right time
to strengthen the board. Tony's industry and market experience will
contribute to the strengthening of the company's position as leader
in ECM based engineering documentation
applications".
About McLaren Software -The Asset Documentation Integrity
company
McLaren Software develops enterprise scale engineering
documentation and business process applications. Enterprise
Engineer leverages enterprise content management (ECM) and
collaboration
technologies from EMC, IBM, Microsoft and Autodesk.
Enterprise Engineer is designed for companies in asset intensive
markets, including oil & gas, energy & utilities, life
sciences, transportation, natural resources, process manufacturing
and healthcare or
any organization dependent on large operational assets for revenue
generation or service provision.
McLaren's Enterprise Engineer application suite helps ensure the
integrity of documentation and business processes associated with
operational assets and engineering projects. Enterprise
Engineer
is proven to reduce costs, lower the risk of non-compliance,
improve efficiency and accelerate project execution.
Headquartered Glasgow Scotland and Houston Texas McLaren has
offices in Dusseldorf Germany and partners in North America,
Europe, Middle East, South East Asia and Australia.
Website:-www.mclarensoftware.com
Contact
Tim Taylor -McLaren Software
Chief Business Development Officer
eMail:tim.
taylor@mclarensoftware.com
Telephone (US) +1 713 357 4719
(UK) +44 (0)141 227 7600