ACTIFY INC. NAMES CAD/CAM INDUSTRY VETERAN, DAVID
OPSAHL,
VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Opsahl To Spearhead Growth Through
Strategic Partnerships
San Francisco, Calif– May 5, 2004 – Actify,
the leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration
solutions for the high technology, automotive, industrial automation
and discrete manufacturing industries, today announced it had rounded
out its executive management team by appointing David Opsahl vice
president of business development. Opsahl will lead the Company's
global strategic alliance strategy and new market development opportunities.
Opsahl brings to Actify over 22 years of management, sales, marketing
and business development experience in the CAD/CAM industry, where
he drove revenue and profitability growth at companies such as
Cardonet, Tecnomatix Technologies and Computervision.
"David has
a proven track record of delivering results by developing partnerships,
implementing repeatable and scalable processes and
leveraging global partnerships," said Randy Ochs, president
and CEO of Actify. "This expertise will allow us to further
leverage our more than 6,000 worldwide customers and strong technology
leadership in the digital design communication and PLM markets.
David's knowledge of our industry, his experience and his
strategic vision, make him an invaluable addition to the current
management team at Actify."
"Actify, with its strong product line, has developed a solid foundation
of global customers," said Opsahl. "I see an enormous
opportunity to accelerate Actify's growth through strategic
partnerships with key OEMs around the world," he said.
Opsahl joins
Actify from product information management software provider
Cardonet, Inc., where he was director of business development.
Prior to that he was founder and vice president of marketing
and business development for Assentive Solutions, a provider of
collaboration
solutions for manufacturers. He has also held senior management
positions with visualization software companies Computervision
Corporation, a $500M CAD/CAM pioneer, Adaptive Media and Division,
as well as manufacturing process management software vendor,
Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd.
About Actify Inc.
Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning
global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions.
Actify’s SpinFire product line provides the lowest
total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across
manufacturing industries and through their supply chains.
The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized
distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America,
Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San
Francisco, California. For more information please visit
www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800.
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