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| Gomez Appoints David Flower as EMEA Vice President Gomez has announced the appointment of David Flower to the newly created position of vice president, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). A seasoned technology industry executive with over 17 years of international business management, Flower's mission is to extend Gomez's market leadership in continental Europe. He will direct all of Gomez's business operations in UK and Germany, reporting to Gomez's President of Worldwide Field Operations, Bruce Reading. The appointment of Flower is the second move made recently by Gomez to signal its continued investment in the European market. On February 6, Gomez announced the acquisition of Sysformance AG, an Internet performance monitoring company based in Zurich, Switzerland. This acquisition strengthened Gomez's platform for growth in Europe and solidified its position as the largest software as a service (SaaS)-based web application performance and experience management company in continental Europe. Over the course of his career, Flower has a track record of growing revenues while delivering substantial operating profit margins. Prior to joining Gomez, Flower held leadership positions at MapInfo Corp. rising through the ranks from his initial post as commercial director, EMEA, to his most recent position as group vice president of international operations, where he was responsible for 400 staff and revenues of $85 million. Prior to his 12 years with MapInfo, Flower was the UK commercial manager for Lotus Development (now IBM) and held management positions at Ventura Software (Xerox). write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |