For
immediate Release
HiSoftware Expands International
Presence with New Office in Paris,
France and Names EMEA Managing
Director
Kurt
Sollod to manage European market to
better serve customer solutions and
growing international market demand
Paris, France and Concord, NH –
January 11, 2006 – HiSoftware, a
leading provider of software, services
and managed operation solutions that
monitor and optimize Web content,
quality and regulatory compliance,
today announced the opening of its
newest office in Paris, France.
Additionally, the company named Kurt
Sollod as Managing Director of the
company’s Europe, Middle-East and
Africa (EMEA) operations.
“With our recent successes in the EMEA
region, we felt that it was paramount
to have direct representation to
better serve the growing international
demand for HiSoftware’s solutions as
well as to provide the best levels of
customer service to nearly 1,000
existing users in the region,” said
HiSoftware
President and CEO Kurt A. Mueffelmann.
“The addition of Kurt Sollod as a
senior technology executive with
strong standards and commerce
background underscores the true
commitment to our user community, as
well as the opportunity that
HiSoftware envisions for the region.
Prior to moving back to Paris, Sollod
has overseen many commerce standards
and solutions in his prior roles at
MIT, Deloitte & Touche Consulting and
CSC Index. He was the founding CEO of
OrgSupply, a leading e-commerce
procurement solution. A graduate of
Tufts University, Sollod earned his
CEP from the Institut d’Etudes
Politiques de Paris (Science Po), and
received his MBA from the Kellogg
Graduate School of Management. He
remains active in the technology
standards arena as an OASIS European
representative.
“I look forward to serving and
building the HiSoftware demand in the
EMEA region,” states Sollod. “With
strong opportunities and the rapidly
expanding market, we will focus on our
growing channel of HiSoftware partners
to help fuel the growth and satisfy
customer demand in the region.”
HiSoftware’s Paris facility is located
in the city center at 44 Rue Ginoux,
Paris, France, 75015 and can be
reached at +33 (0) 6 72 51 95 21.
About HiSoftware
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a
leading provider of software,
services, and On-Demand solutions that
test, repair, monitor and enforce Web
content, quality, and regulatory
compliance. The company’s solutions
empower content developers, Web site
architects, and executives to work
collaboratively to create and manage
corporate Web standards for
accessibility, privacy, security,
search engine optimization (SEO), site
quality and performance, branding,
competitive intelligence, and
application transaction testing
(AppTest). HiSoftware’s customers
boast many of the world’s largest
public and private sites including US
and international government agencies
and Global 2000 companies such as
ChevronTexaco, Oracle, Mercury
Interactive, and Microsoft. For more
information about HiSoftware visit
www.hisoftware.com.
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