Infor Appoints New Country Manager For The Czech Republic
Former IBM And Intentia Manager Petr Felkner Will Drive Infor’s Growth Initiatives
Prague – March 4, 2010 – Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market customers, today announced that Petr Felkner (photo) has been appointed as new Country Manager for Infor’s business in the Czech Republic. Petr Felkner will be responsible for implementing Infor’s business strategy and driving business development in the Czech market, focusing both on traditional customer segments as well as new segments.
Petr Felkner has gathered profound experience in the information technology industry and specifically in the enterprise software market over the last 20 years. He worked for IBM ČR as Software Group Manager and as Managing Director at Intentia CZ, a former Swedish ERP vendor. Prior to joining Infor, he held a position at YMS Germany GmbH as Business Development Director. overseeing the business in Germany. Before that, he has been at YMS Czech Republic, s.r.o. (former GCWare) and at GCWare, s.r.o., as Director of Global Sales.
“We are very pleased to see Petr joining our Central European team as the head of our Czech business,” said Wolfgang Kobek, Vice President Central Europe, Infor. “His more than 20 years experience in the software business will help boosting Infor’s performance in the Czech Republic, which has been traditionally a strong market for Infor. Especially today, during the economical recovery, our customers are looking for innovations and support from a strong software partner that knows their industry requirements. Petr as our new country manager will see to this.”
Petr Felkner graduated at the Institute of Electrotechnics in Ilmenau (Germany), the faculty of technical cybernetics and automation technology with specialization in system technology and expert systems.