Interactive Objects appoints key management and advisory board personnel
nteractive Objects, vendor of ArcStyler, the leading MDA software development platform, and provider of MDA-based solutions, completes its advisory board and appoints new Vice President for business development.
Freiburg, September 20, 2004. Klaus Maerz (54), CEO of Impaq Group, a worldwide IT services and solutions provider, has been appointed member of the Advisory Board of Interactive Objects. Klaus Maerz has over 20 years experience in the IT industry and held various management positions at global IT companies. Interactive Objects will especially benefit from his comprehensive knowledge in the area of IT services and consulting.
"I strongly believe that Interactive Objects with its clear focus on Model Driven Architecture, combined with a strong customer focus and long-term project experience, can really create value for companies in the area of business application development today," points out Maerz, "as they manage to bridge the gap between business and IT with this forward looking approach."
In addition, Lou Lewis (49), has been appointed Vice President Business Development at Interactive Objects.He is an experienced sales and marketing management executive with over 26 years in the international IT arena, has held senior positions with world-class leaders in the Information Technology area, like Seagate Technology, IBM and WebGain. "The incredible demand for MDA tools around the world, places Interactive Objects in a great position in the marketplace. Our award winning ArcStyler is recognized as one of the leading products in this area, and in my role, it will be important to establish a strong global network of Partners, who are able to provide local support, consulting, training to their ArcStyler clients", states Lewis.
"The appointment of two such experienced senior management executives, along with their active support in the daily business, gives the whole company a lot of encouragement and helps us to ensure solid growth and profitability for Interactive Objects", underlines CEO Erich Gerber. 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 ArchitectureŽ.
ArcStylerŽ, a leading and proven software development platform for Model Driven ArchitectureŽ (MDAŽ), 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.