Gemcom names Eric Palmer as CFO (External Link)

March 01, 2010

Gemcom Software International Inc., the largest global supplier of specialised mining productivity solutions, today announced that it has appointed to its senior management team Eric Palmer as chief financial officer (CFO).

Tom Schmitt, FedEx President, joins UNIVAR Board of Directors (External Link)

The Lancer Group places Tom Schmitt with CVC Capital portfolio company

November 02, 2009

The Lancer Group is pleased to announce that Tom Schmitt, CEO & President of FedEx’s Global Supply Chain & SVP of FedEx Solutions, has joined the Board of Directors of UNIVAR, a $10 billion specialty chemicals distribution corporation.

UNIVAR was taken private by CVC Capital Partners in July 2007 for $2.1 billion.
CVC hired The Lancer Group to find a best-of-class executive who could bring functional experience covering both logistics and supply chain expertise to the UNIVAR Board.

At FedEx, Tom’s responsibility includes all supply chain services throughout the FedEx operating companies. In 2006, he spearheaded the launch of FedEx Critical Inventory logistics, a service that takes advantage of the company’s supply chain network to provide FedEx customers with a two-hour order-to-delivery commitment. FedEx has seen a $1 billion annual revenue impact as a result of this organization.

Prior to FedEx, Tom was at consulting firm, McKinsey, where he worked with Fortune 500 companies providing strategy development and operations efforts for the transportation, logistics, retail, utilities, and telecom industries.

Previously, Tom worked for London-based British Petroleum (BP).

Tom is a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School.

Patrick Quirk joins Supply Management leader Emptoris as CEO (External Link)

The Lancer Group places former PeopleSoft and Golden Gate Software exec with Marlin Equity portfolio company

October 09, 2009

Burlington, MA – (October 1, 2009) – The Lancer Group is pleased to announce that Emptoris, a provider of enterprise supply and contract management software, has appointed Patrick Quirk as President and CEO.

In less than 35 days The Lancer Group successfully recruited Patrick Quirk to Emptoris. Private equity firm, Marlin Equity Partners, acquired Emptoris in January 2009. In August, Marlin Equity selected The Lancer Group to launch a nationwide CEO search.

According to procurement analyst Jason Busch at Spend Matters,

“If Patrick can do half of what he did at PeopleSoft, I’m sure his appointment
will go down as one of the best executive hiring decisions in the sector.”

Quirk joins Emptoris from private equity firm Summit Partners’ portfolio company, Golden Gate Software, a provider of data integration solutions. The company was sold to Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) for a successful multiple.

Quirk previously served as General Manager and Group Vice President of Supply Chain Management (SCM) Products and Technology at PeopleSoft. In his role, he was responsible for an organization of 500+ professionals globally and oversaw all aspects of the SCM business including product strategy, product development, marketing and global support. Under Quirk’s leadership, PeopleSoft’s SCM solutions received consistently high customer satisfaction ratings (91%) and were in the top 10 selling modules out of more than 375 PeopleSoft products.

Prior to PeopleSoft, Quirk served as Vice President of the Americas for Aspect Development, which was acquired by i2 Technologies for $9.4 Billion. At Aspect, Quirk helped create the SRM marketplace and tripled revenues over three years, selling primarily to Fortune 500 companies. Post-acquisition, Quirk served as Vice President of Marketplaces for i2 Technologies (NASDAQ:ITWO).

Vertafore Names Matt McKernan to Lead Carrier & MGA Business Unit (External Link)

McKernan's strong background in customer service well-suited for new role

February 26, 2009

BOTHELL, Wash. – Feb. 26, 2009 – Vertafore, a provider of market-leading software and services to the insurance industry, today announced that Matt McKernan has been named President, Vertafore Carrier & MGA Markets.

In this role, McKernan will oversee the company’s products and services for Property & Casualty and Life & Health carriers, Managing General Agents (MGAs), reinsurers and premium finance companies. These products include the ImageRight content management and workflow solution, AIM (Agency Information Manager), Phoenix policy administration system, FinancePro premium finance solutions, and agent-carrier connectivity services.

Activant adds two new EVP positions to lead the company's growth in Wholesale Distribution, Hardlines and Lumber (External Link)

October 01, 2008

Activant Solutions Inc., a leading provider of business management solutions, today announced that two executives have joined the company in newly-created executive vice president roles. Kevin Roach will lead Activant’s Wholesale Distribution group out of Yardley, Pennsylvania, and Paul Salsgiver will head up the Hardlines and Lumber group in from Livermore, California. Both executives bring strong experience leading and growing Global 1000 companies as well as deep understanding of the vertical software industry.