CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
28 June 2007
Company News
AVEVA Announces a New Leader for The Americas
AVEVA announced that industry veteran Rob Glasier has been promoted to Executive Vice President effective July 2, 2007, and will serve as the Head of The Americas for AVEVA; where he will be responsible for all of AVEVA's software and services business across all the Process, Power, Marine and related industries in the Americas region.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, AVEVA's Americas' region provides sales, administration, training, and technical support services throughout the United States, Canada, and Central and South America. In addition to Houston, AVEVA also has a large facility in Wilmington, Delaware; corporate entities and offices in Canada and Mexico; and business partners and local offices throughout the rest of Latin America.
Prior to this appointment, Rob has been responsible for AVEVA Americas' Marine business for the shipbuilding and offshore industry, as well as its asset and information lifecycle management business. Prior to AVEVA, Rob was Head of Business Development, and an Owner of RealityWave Inc., which was acquired by AVEVA, and whose technology is a component of AVEVA's NET Portal, VNET. Rob has extensive experience in sales, marketing, development, and senior management. He was with Intergraph Corporation for many years, running Intergraph's Process, Power, and Building Solutions (PDS) Division; Intergraph's Shipbuilding Division; the Information Management Systems Group; and the Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Division. Rob was also vice president of Corporate Marketing for Intergraph. Before joining Intergraph, Rob was Sales Manager, and then Product Manager for Unigraphics. He also worked at General Motors and Boeing, among other corporations. Rob holds a BSME (summa cum laude), and is a member of several trade and industry associations. He is past Chairman of the National Computer Graphics Association; and was inducted into the Computer Graphics Pioneers of SIGGRAPH, being considered one of the founders of the computer graphics industry.
"I am excited and enthused about being chosen to lead AVEVA Americas at this dynamic time in our company and industry," said Glasier. "AVEVA has a product line second to none, the greatest company team members that I have worked with, a superb customer base, and we are serving the most dynamic and challenging industries the world has ever known."
"We are really pleased to have Rob assume the leadership of AVEVA Americas," commented Richard Longdon, CEO of AVEVA Group plc. "Rob has a proven track record of success, and strong leadership capabilities that will be crucial for the continued growth of AVEVA in The Americas."
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