Kofax Names Capture Industry Veteran As Senior Vice President Of Applications Software Sales — Asia Pacific
BASINGSTOKE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kofax plc (LSE: KFX), the leading provider of Intelligent Capture & Exchange solutions, today announced the appointment of Peter Murray as its Senior Vice President of Applications Software Sales - Asia Pacific. Murray will oversee the region's sales and services functions in alignment with the company's hybrid go-to-market business model, which supports both direct engagements and indirect sales through channel partners. He reports to Alan Kerr, Executive Vice President of Field Operations.
"Peter is a skilled, experienced manager and leader who will significantly strengthen the company's sales and services performance in Asia Pacific and ensure that we are on point with our go-to-market strategy in that region," Kerr said. "Throughout his career, Peter has a proven track record as both an effective senior manager and for delivering promised results. He is a welcome addition to our sales management team and will be key in executing our revenue growth strategies for the area."
Prior to joining Kofax, Murray was most recently Vice President of Sales and Operations for Asia Pacific and Japan at EMC / Captiva where he was responsible for capture product sales and services in those regions. Before that, he served in senior sales management positions at Veritas Software, Openvision, Optimum Software and Sterling Software.
"I'm excited to join Kofax and be part of an organization that is at the forefront of the global capture market," said Murray. "While the company has continued to see revenue growth globally, there are significant opportunities for us to enhance our performance in Asia Pacific. I look forward to addressing these challenges and accelerating our revenue growth in this region."
Murray's appointment follows a series of major initiatives designed to further enhance Kofax's market position and growth potential. These include adopting Kofax as a single corporate brand and company name, restructuring the corporation around global business functions, realigning and better focusing the company's sales resources, and introducing new revenue growth initiatives.
About Kofax
Kofax plc (LSE: KFX) is the leading provider of Intelligent Capture & Exchange solutions. For more than 20 years, Kofax has provided award-winning solutions that automate document-driven business processes by managing the transformation and exchange of business-critical information arising in paper, fax and electronic formats in a more accurate, timely and cost-effective manner. These solutions provide a verifiable return on investment to thousands of customers in financial services, manufacturing, retail, government, healthcare, business process outsourcing and other markets. Kofax delivers these solutions through its own sales and service organizations, and a global network of more than 1,200 authorized partners in more than 60 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit www.kofax.com.
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