Company Adds Veteran Enterprise Software Executive to Elevate
Customer, Partner, Sales and Marketing Operations
LONDON and AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM), a global leader
in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), today announced that veteran
enterprise software executive Eric Verniaut has joined the company
as Chief Operating Officer.
Verniaut comes to Blue Prism with almost 30 years of experience
in technology, specifically in enterprise software, professional
services and solution sales. He will take immediate responsibility
for overseeing all Blue Prism's go-to-market operations, including
sales, field marketing, partner management, globalization, customer
service and support.
"Eric's appointment is a continuation of Blue Prism's global
growth story," said CEO Alastair
Bathgate. "The company is now three times the size it
was just over a year ago, and Eric's expertise and experience will
add strength and depth at all levels of the organization. The
market for RPA and automation tools is changing rapidly, and I'm
excited to bring Eric on board to architect and drive growth as we
adapt and expand in this industry."
Verniaut brings a combination of extensive sales experience,
operations improvement and global go-to-market expertise to his
work in ensuring Blue Prism's customer success initiatives. Having
driven growth strategies globally within several business units at
SAP, Verniaut will also focus on fueling Blue Prism's continued
global expansion into the North American, European and Asian
markets.
"Throughout my career, I have been passionate about working with
customers from around the world to drive mutual value through
innovation," said Eric Verniaut, Chief Operations Officer at
Blue Prism. "Blue Prism offers enterprises a simple solution
for automating mission critical processes, and I am excited to be a
part of such an innovative company and to help our customers
embrace RPA and thrive in the digital era."
Verniaut comes from SAP, where he was Chief Business Officer for
EMEA, MEE and Greater China. In
this role, he reported to the Board to ensure top and bottom-line
growth of the business, maximize efficiencies and drive the overall
performance of regional sales teams. Verniaut joined SAP eight
years ago from Lawson Software, a mid-market, American-based
enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider, where he oversaw
global sales and services as EVP M3 Industries.
About Blue Prism
In this digital era where start-ups
are constantly disrupting markets, only the most agile and
innovative enterprises survive and thrive. At Blue Prism, we
pioneered Robotic Process Automation (RPA), emerging as the trusted
and secure intelligent automation choice for the Fortune
500 and the public sector. Now we bring you connected-RPA
supported by the Digital Exchange (DX) app store—marrying internal
entrepreneurship with the power of crowdsourced innovation.
Blue Prism's connected-RPA can automate and perform mission
critical processes, allowing your people the freedom to focus
on more creative, meaningful work. More than 1,500 global customers
leverage Blue Prism's Digital Workforce deployed in the cloud or on
premises as well as through the company's Thoughtonomy SaaS
offering, empowering their people to automate billions of
transactions while returning hundreds of millions of hours of work
back to the business. Visit www.blueprism.com to learn more
about Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM).
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