PRESS RELEASE
Montreal, Monday, January 23, 2012 -Raymark, a
leading retail solutions provider, is pleased to announce the
recent appointment of Will Roche to the position of Senior Vice
President. Roche is a passionate, creative leader who has been
heavily-involved for the past three years in the conceptualization
of Raymark's customer centric CRM solution built on the Microsoft
Dynamics platform.
Having attended Clayton State University and Harvard Business
School, Roche brings with him 33 years of IT experience garnered at
both IBM and Microsoft. His retail life began at IBM in the early
eighties with the introduction of the first PC-based POS system,
the 4680. He was responsible for managing the operating system and
applications teams for IBM's 4680 solution support worldwide, as
well as for the development of fee-based operational service
offerings for retailers, product development, and the introduction
of IBM's first open architecture POS system for small and mid-size
retailers called the SureOne. Most notably, Roche headed up the
partnership development of the first of its kind value added
industry distribution channel with then start-up ScanSource based
on the emerging "open system" Microsoft platform.
In 2002, Roche started at Microsoft, where he led a team charged
with managing all of the top retail and hospitality independent
software vendors (ISV's) worldwide. In 2008, he was promoted into
Microsoft's Dynamics division, leading Microsoft's entry into the
retail enterprise applications business with direct involvement in
application software acquisitions, partner channel development,
marketing and brand awareness, keynote public speaking and
publication syndication.
"Raymark's long-standing partnership with Microsoft has resulted
in a strong and strategic collaboration between the two companies,"
says Will Roche, Raymark's Senior Vice President. "During my
involvement with Raymark while employed at Microsoft, I always
admired their foresight providing retailers with leading-edge
solutions built on Microsoft's infrastructure and tools. Raymark is
keenly positioned to provide the required business transformation
platforms for the retail market during this next historic point of
inflection. They listen to their customers, and in turn provide
them with the technology required to provide the game changing and
differentiated services required to lead the way! As someone who is
and has been heavily-focused on customer centricity, Raymark is my
kind of company. I am very glad to be joining such an innovative,
capable and customer-driven organization as this next step in my
personal journey."
"As we continue to grow and develop new, ground-breaking
products, we are proud to be adding an industry thought leader like
Will Roche to our organization," states Marc Chriqui, Raymark's
President. "His combination of expertise and insight will make him
a valuable member of our executive team. He truly understands
retail, and with him on board we foresee many more exciting
developments in Raymark's future."
About Raymark
Ready for today's dynamic retail environment, Raymark offers
industry-leading software solutions that meet enterprise-wide
retailing needs. Raymark's real-time, centralized Xpert-Series™
empowers retailers through integrated, flexible applications
including POS, inventory management, automated replenishment,
merchandise and assortment planning, mobile solutions, CRM,
e-commerce, reporting and BI analytics, providing the tools
required for streamlined operations and enlightened
decision-making. Its ability to handle various types of retail
business models, coupled with proven international capabilities and
implementations, are some of the reasons so many top retailers
choose to partner with Raymark. To learn more, visit www.raymark.com.
Contacts:
Ethel Velentzas, Marketing Manager, 514.737.0941 Ext. 361
evelentzas@raymark.com
Melanie Tabet, Marketing Communications Manager, 514.737.0941
Ext. 331
mtabet@raymark.com
