Micro Focus Appoints Jose De Leon As Senior Account Manager For Mexico

- Key appointment to establish commercial relations in Mexico and extend the Micro Focus product portfolio to the region -

NEWBURY, England, 20 March, 2009 – Micro Focus, the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernisation solutions, today announced the appointment of Jose De Leon as Senior Account Manager for Mexico.

Jose, who has over fifteen years experience in enterprise solutions development, will take responsibility for establishing commercial relations in Mexico and evolving Micro Focus’ existing portfolio of solutions. Recent reports from both Celent and Gartner revealed IT spend is expected to grow in the Latin America region in 2009, despite overall global IT spend falling. Jose will ensure Micro Focus is bringing its extensive product portfolio to this expanding market. Jose will work out of Micro Focus’ Mexican office and will report directly to Graham Cooper, Director, International Business Development.

“Jose’s appointment reinforces our commitment to expanding our offering across the globe.” said Graham Cooper.  “With the company looking to grow, Jose’s experience in enterprise software sales and knowledge of the Latin American makes him an invaluable addition to our global team, as we look to bring our portfolio of innovative solutions to new markets.”

Jose joins Micro Focus from NetIQ, where he was responsible for sales across the Latin America region. He has also held account management roles at Veritas, where he oversaw a sales increase of 132 percent during his three years and IBM, where he held full responsibility for the sales and marketing of the entire solution portfolio for the Windows Platform.  Jose has a System Engineer degree in Computer Science and a specialisation in Telecommunications systems.

“I am excited to be joining the team and becoming an integral part of Micro Focus’ development in Latin America” said Jose de Leon. “Micro Focus has continually demonstrated its leadership in application modernisation through its ability to generate strong business results across multiple geographies. As organisations increasingly look to modernise their core IT systems, Micro Focus is excellently placed to address such strategies with its impressive portfolio of products and I look forward to playing a significant role in its development.”

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com

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