PROS CEO Andres Reiner Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Technology for the Gulf Coast Region
HOUSTON, July 1, 2015 – PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a big data software company, today announced that President and CEO Andres Reiner has been named the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year® 2015 Award for Technology in its Gulf Coast Region competition. A panel of independent judges comprised of previous winners, CEOs, private capital investors and regional business leaders selected the winners.
The award, now in its 29th year, recognizes outstanding business leaders who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
“It is a tremendous honor to win the Ernst & Young award from among these great leaders,” said Reiner. “I share this recognition with our entire PROS team, whose incredible passion for innovation and commitment to customer success have powered our growth. I am also grateful to our many customers worldwide who use PROS smart applications to help their companies and their people outperform.”
To learn more about PROS, please visit the website at www.pros.com.
About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year®
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.
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About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a big data software company that helps customers outperform in their markets by using big data to sell more effectively. We apply years of data science experience to unlock buying patterns and preferences within transaction data to reveal which opportunities are most likely to close, which offers are most likely to sell and which prices are most likely to win. PROS offers cloud solutions to optimize sales, pricing, quoting, rebates and revenue management across more than 40 industries. PROS has completed over 800 implementations of its solutions in more than 55 countries. The PROS team comprises more than 1,000 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit www.pros.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the functionality and benefits of PROS software products. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon PROS historical experience with CPQ software and its current expectations of the benefits of CPQ software for organizations that implement and utilize such software. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include the addressability of an organization’s CPQ needs and the risks associated with the implementation and maintenance of CPQ software such as PROS software products. Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting the PROS business is contained in PROS filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent PROS expectations as of the date of this press release. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and PROS disclaims any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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