Clarity Systems Expands to the UK, Appoints Paul Houghton UK Sales Director
CHERTSEY, SURREY (September 25, 2006) – Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) solutions, announced today their expansion into the UK market and the appointment of Paul Houghton to the position of UK Sales Director. This launch will allow Clarity Systems to expand the reach of its flagship product, Clarity 6, beyond North America.
Clarity Systems’ global customers have offices and users in the UK and throughout Europe. The UK office will allow Clarity Systems to provide local sales, product support, and consulting to existing and new customers. “Clarity’s ever increasing number of global customers and the growing demand for Clarity 6, our unified and open performance management solution, propelled us into the UK,” said Frank Pizzolato, CEO at Clarity Systems. “We have completed the first phase of Clarity’s UK expansion with the implementation of our UK sales, marketing, and services organization. I’m pleased with the team we have assembled in the UK as all team members have experience effectively selling and implementing performance management solutions.”
“I’m pleased to see Clarity executing on their UK initiative,” said Tony Bash, Finance Director for Weil, Gotshal & Manges UK. “The Clarity UK team ensures Weil, Gotshal & Manges receives service locally. I’m looking forward to a growing Clarity community in the UK – the more the merrier.”
“Alcoa Europe deployed Clarity a few years ago as part of their activity based costing solution,” says Peter Kelder, IT Manager, Alcoa Europe. “Having Clarity in Europe means we have the option of extending Clarity within Alcoa and receive local consulting and support.”
Clarity Systems’ growing customer base is further supported by their business partners. These partners are established in the European CPM industry and will provide expertise and support that is specific to the needs of local CPM users.
“At BPM Partners we are very pleased to see Clarity increasing their focus on the UK and European marketplace as this will benefit both their existing and prospective customers alike,” Simon Bell, Managing Director, BPM Partners Ltd. “In Clarity 6, we see one of the leading solutions and think that it is a very credible option for any organization looking to address their BPM or CPM requirements today. Existing users of OLAP technologies should be especially pleased to see this move as should those in markets such as legal where Clarity bring a significant value on top of their core application capability.”
“Analitica is pleased to see the launch of Clarity UK,” said Pete Singleton, Managing Director, Analitica. “We have been a Clarity partner for a number of years now, based on our belief in the Clarity product as a leader in the CPM market. The establishment of Clarity UK will enable us to further enhance our partnership, and offer UK clients a solid infrastructure to back a fantastic product.”
Supporting this expansion in the UK will be Clarity Systems’ new UK Sales Director Paul Houghton. Paul has been in the CPM market since 1998, first at Adaytum and then Cognos. During his tenure at these companies, Paul was instrumental in closing several significant software deals.
About Clarity Systems
Clarity Systems delivers superior Corporate Performance Management software solutions for financial budgeting, planning, forecasting, consolidation, analytics and financial statement reporting to a large, global client base. With a rich feature set, Clarity 6 and Clarity FSR are unified applications that offer the flexibility, security, and control needed to make more informed business decisions while meeting compliance requirements. Named as one of Profit’s 100 fastest growing companies and a Branham 300 top 100 IT company, Clarity Systems continues to lead the industry as the independent CPM specialist. For more information, please visit our website at www.claritysystems.com or call us at 1-877-410-5070.
For more information, please contact:
Dave Paolini, Communications Manager
Clarity Systems Limited
416-250-5500 ext. 417
Toll free: 1-877-410-5070 ext. 417
dpaolini@claritysystems.com
