Micro Focus Appoints Marc Andrews as Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing

Business Wire,  June 10, 2008  

Tags: marketing, sales

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-Seasoned Executive to Oversee Global Sales and Marketing-

NEWBURY, England -- Micro Focus today announced the appointment of Marc Andrews as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. With two decades of proven success in managing global business units and sales organisations, Andrews will lead Micro Focus' global field operations.

"Marc brings us a wealth of sales operations experience at a time when Micro Focus is poised for the next phase in its profitable growth trajectory," said Stephen Kelly, CEO, Micro Focus. "Our continued ability to respond rapidly and effectively to our customer requirements around the globe is the driving force behind our success going forward. Marc's international management skills span the US, European and Asian markets, and his proven sales leadership will make him a valued member of the Micro Focus executive team."

As Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Andrews will be responsible for Micro Focus' global operations in the areas of sales, channels, marketing, technical services, consulting and maintenance. He will report to Stephen Kelly, CEO of Micro Focus. Prior to joining Micro Focus, Andrews was President International at Saba Software Inc. (US NASDAQ company), based out of Houston, Texas USA. Before his role at Saba Software, Marc spent five years at NetIQ Inc (US NASDAQ company), originally with responsibility for managing the EMEA operations and subsequently promoted to the Chief Operating Officer role. After the acquisition by Attachmate of NetIQ in June 2006, Andrews then held the role of chief operating officer of the NetIQ Business Unit at Attachmate Corporation, where he continued to drive the day to day operations on a global basis. He was instrumental in driving the acquired business unit to significant profitability.

Prior to NetIQ, Marc held several senior executive roles at leading high technology companies, including BMC software in EMEA, as well as senior sales executive positions at Novell and Hi- Performance Systems.

"Micro Focus is a high growth business with established operations and a successful track record across multiple geographies," commented Marc Andrews. "This is a company that has huge potential and I am delighted to have the opportunity to bring my experience to support the future growth of the company. There is an increasing customer appetite for effective assessment, modernisation and management of the core IT assets at the heart of every company's operations and Micro Focus is the market leader in responding to this growing trend."

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers' business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com

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