Former TogetherSoft and Borland Country Manager now at Interactive Objects

Rob Vogelzang, an experienced professional with a solid background in the IT industry, has been appointed Country Manager of Interactive Objects, the solution provider for Model Driven Architecture, in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg as well as the Scandinavian countries. Vogelzang will consolidate the market leadership of Interactive Objects as an MDA tool vendor and consulting firm.

Freiburg, July 23, 2004. Rob Vogelzang (38) was appointed new Country Manager of the Germany-based MDA expert Interactive Objects as of July 1, 2004. Vogelzang's background comprises 15 years of experience in the IT industry, in particular in the area of software engineering. His most recent positions include jobs as Country Manager for TogetherSoft and Borland.

"Interactive Objects combines technical leadership in the area of MDA and the spirit of an independent, private company in an ideal way. I immediately felt at home here," says the new Country Manager (photograph). " Interactive Objects has become renowned in this country for its expertise in MDA. I am convinced that the standards the Model Driven Architecture integrates will prevail on the market – an excellent opportunity to establish a powerful presence of Interactive Objects and ArcStyler."

Vogelzang began his career in the area of software engineering by founding a company that was responsible for the distribution of the modeling tool TogetherJ in the Benelux countries, among others. When this company was taken over by TogetherSoft, he was appointed TogetherSoft's Country Manager for the Benelux countries. He continued to hold this position for Borland after TogetherSoft was taken over in 2002.

"Rob Vogelzang is the ideal person to expand the market in the Benelux and Scandinavian countries," says Erich Gerber, CEO of Interactive Objects. "Rob does not only have detailed market knowledge, but also the required know-how in the technological area."


About Interactive Objects
Interactive Objects Software GmbH has built a solid reputation as a front-runner in the field of IT consulting and innovative software development platforms such as the ArcStyler. Ever since its foundation in 1990, the company has consistently focused on architecture, design and implementation of object-oriented, component-based software systems. Backed by over a decade of successful project work, Interactive Objects is a competent partner in IT projects from analysis to implementation and the practical use of Model Driven Architecture®.

ArcStyler®, a leading and proven software development platform for Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), is a cross-platform, pure Java, standards-compliant, seamless environment for the rapid design, modeling, generation, deployment and management of high-quality, industrial strength applications of any size for standard architectures such as Java/J2EE and .NET as well as custom infrastructures and any type of legacy platform.