Alignent Software Appoints Terry Tigner as Vice President of Professional Services
Former Oracle Group VP to Join Alignent Executive Team
Carlsbad, California - December 6, 2005 - Alignent Software, the market leader in enterprise strategic roadmapping software, today announced the appointment of Terry Tigner as Vice President of Professional Services. With an extensive background leading enterprise professional services teams, Tigner will drive the growth of Alignent's Professional Services practice and assume responsibility for an expanding professional services team.
"We are extremely enthusiastic about Terry joining our team, given his exceptional background in professional services," said Dennis Clerke, CEO of Alignent. "His track record of growing revenue, gross margins and high-performance teams is impressive. But more importantly, Terry will be valuable in fulfilling our commitment to excellence and quality in our service offerings, while helping our customers get the most out of their strategic roadmapping initiatives."
Most recently Tigner was a Group Vice President at Oracle, where he was responsible for a $200 million professional services business, with more than 500 professionals on his team. While at Oracle, he was cited "top-of-class performance in sales and management of professional services" and earned an MVP award during his tenure. Prior to joining Oracle, Terry was a partner at Ernst & Young, and held senior management positions at Bearing Point and Accenture.
"I am excited to be joining Alignent Software at a time when roadmapping is gaining momentum among enterprises interested in roadmapping strategy to actionable projects that can be measured, aligned and accounted for across the company" said Tigner. "Alignent has set the industry standard as a solutions leader in strategic roadmapping software, and I look forward to contributing my knowledge and experience to help the company grow its Professional Services practice," he concluded.
About Alignent Software
Alignent Software, a leader in strategic roadmapping solutions, enables innovation in complex R&D environments, providing enterprises with the vision to map and synchronize emerging products, technologies and markets to create future opportunities. Leading Fortune 500 companies and governmental organizations are using Alignent's Vision Strategist roadmapping software to structure the innovation process, align research with business strategy, and visualize the future possibilities for innovation before resources and investments are made.
Alignent Software is based out of Carlsbad, California. Alignent Software was recently noted by Fortune Magazine as an "Innovator to Watch." For more information, visit us on the web at:
www.alignent.com.
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