COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries,
today appointed Jay Upchurch, CIO
& Senior Vice President of Global Hosting & SaaS. Mr.
Upchurch is an accomplished managed application services and
product marketing management executive with more than 14 years'
experience in professional services and leading large, global
hosting and SaaS organizations. In this new role, Mr. Upchurch
will be responsible for leading MICROS' Hosting & SaaS and MIS
teams around the world as it expands its hosting and SaaS
offerings.
Most recently, Mr. Upchurch served with AT&T, where he led
worldwide teams in hosting, cloud and applications
services. He has also held several executive positions at
AT&T where he was responsible for managed services, including
managed infrastructure, managed applications and cloud
solutions.
Prior to joining AT&T in 2006 (in connection with AT&T's
acquisition of USInternetworking), Mr. Upchurch held executive
positions at USInternetworking and Interpath
Communications. He has a track record as a technology leader
known for his deep expertise and crafting the requisite strategic
vision to achieve accelerated growth of a global managed services
portfolio. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science
from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
"We are very excited that Mr. Upchurch is joining the MICROS
team," stated Peter A. Altabef,
President and CEO. "Jay's expertise in managed application
services and international operations, including managed hosting
& SaaS infrastructure, eCommerce, and enterprise applications,
along with his successful track record educating and supporting
sales, customer care, and marketing, will ensure MICROS' continued
innovation and delivery excellence and enhance MICROS' ability to
grow its hosting and SaaS business."
"Demand for hosting and SaaS services is growing rapidly around
the world, and is a targeted opportunity at MICROS," stated Mr.
Upchurch. "I look forward to working with the MICROS team to
accelerate adoption of the company's cloud and managed hosting
solutions as we continue to build trusted relationships with our
clients."
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc.
provides leading enterprise-wide applications, services and
hardware for the hospitality and retail industries. Serving an
extensive portfolio of clients worldwide, MICROS solutions are
utilized in hotels, casinos, table and quick service restaurants,
retail, leisure and entertainment, fuel and convenience, cruise,
and travel operations in more than 180 countries, and on all seven
continents. MICROS combines its industry knowledge and expertise to
provide cloud-based, mobile and on premise solutions that allow its
clients to streamline operations and successfully engage their
customers.
MICROS applications include point of sale, property management,
central systems, business intelligence, eCommerce, loyalty, CRM,
loss prevention, distributed order management, labor management,
inventory management, and merchandise planning solutions. MICROS
services include hosting and SaaS, platform implementation and
integration, strategic business consulting, interactive marketing,
design services including creative and user experience, and managed
services. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol
MCRS.
For more information on MICROS and its advanced information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries,
please contact Louise Casamento,
Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736.
You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an
email to info@micros.com. Follow MICROS on Facebook,
LinkedIn, YouTube, and the MICROS Blog.
The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems,
Inc.
All other product and brand names are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
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Louise J.
Casamento
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Vice President of
Marketing
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443-285-8144
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lcasamento@micros.com
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SOURCE MICROS Systems, Inc.