Stefan B. Schulz Joins PROS Team
HOUSTON, Jan. 16, 2015 – PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a big data software company, today announced Stefan B. Schulz will join the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Schulz is expected to begin in his new role on or before March 16, 2015. He replaces Charles H. Murphy, who, as previously announced in February 2014, is retiring from PROS after 16 years with the company. Schulz will be responsible for PROS finance, accounting, corporate development, information technology and legal teams globally. He will report to PROS President and Chief Executive Officer Andres Reiner.
“Stefan Schulz is a great leader with an extraordinary reputation and background, who brings extensive experience in public software companies,” said Reiner. “As we continue to scale our business, Stefan’s experience in building global finance organizations and managing global growth initiatives will be instrumental to our long-term strategy. He is a great fit for PROS, and we’re excited to welcome him to our company.
“On behalf of PROS Board of Directors and our entire PROS team, I want to thank Charlie for his contributions and dedication over the past 16 years,” Reiner continued. “Charlie embodies PROS values and culture of integrity, pride, and commitment to customer and employee success. It has been my privilege to work side-by-side with him for many years, and we appreciate his willingness to continue to work as an advisor over the next year to ensure a seamless transition.”
“PROS has earned its reputation as an organization committed to customer success by helping companies outperform with innovative big data applications,” said Schulz. “I’m impressed with PROS track record of strong financial performance, the depth of its team, and its vision for growth. I Iook forward to helping drive even greater value for shareholders, customers, partners and employees.”
About Stefan Schulz
Schulz brings to PROS more than 20 years of financial and operations experience where he has built internal capacity to support high-growth, and has led the evaluation and integration of multiple acquisitions. For the past three years, he has served as Chief Financial Officer at Digital River, Inc., a global provider of commerce-as-a-service solutions, headquartered in Minneapolis. In this role, Schulz was charged with building the company’s full-service merchant-of-record and seller-of-record offering, and overseeing the company’s internal transformation to greater efficiency and scale.
Auparavant, il a passé six ans chez Lawson Software, une société de logiciels de planification des ressources d'entreprise. En tant que premier vice-président, directeur financier et directeur de la comptabilité, M. Schulz a dirigé l'acquisition et l'intégration de deux entreprises sur des marchés stratégiques en pleine croissance.
M. Schulz a travaillé pendant 12 ans chez BMC Software au cours d'une période de forte croissance, où il a occupé plusieurs postes de direction, le dernier étant celui de vice-président des opérations de revenus mondiaux. M. Schulz a commencé sa carrière chez Arthur Andersen & Co.
Il est titulaire d'un B.B.A. en comptabilité de l'Université Lamar.
À propos de PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE : PRO) est une société de logiciels de big data qui aide les clients à surpasser leurs marchés en utilisant le big data pour vendre plus efficacement. Nous mettons à profit près de 30 ans d'expérience en science des données pour débloquer les modèles d'achat et les préférences dans les données de transaction afin de révéler les opportunités les plus susceptibles de se conclure, les offres les plus susceptibles d'être vendues et les prix les plus susceptibles d'être gagnants. PROS propose des solutions big data pour optimiser les ventes, la tarification, les devis, les remises et la gestion des revenus dans plus de 40 secteurs d'activité. PROS a réalisé plus de 700 mises en œuvre de ses solutions dans plus de 55 pays. L'équipe de PROS compte environ 1 000 professionnels dans le monde entier. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site www.pros.com.
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