Software AG's Americas Management

MARK EDWARDS

Chief Executive Officer Americas & APJ
(North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific Japan)

Member of the Executive Board since 2003
(contract renewed until 2016)

Supervisory Board mandates: none

Mark Edwards was born in London, England in 1956. Mark spent the early years of his career in a technical capacity working in the mainframe arena. In 1983 he accepted a position as Computer Operations Manager for the Government of Bermuda a post he held for five years. Upon his return to the UK, he chose to focus his career more specifically on the software industry, and joined Computer Associates, where he worked until 1997 as General Manager - Sales. For the next two years he served as Managing Director for the UK Software and Services operation for Platinum Technology.

He joined Software AG in July 1999 as Managing Director of the UK operation, and in 2001 his responsibilities were extended to also include the Nordics and Netherlands. In April 2003, he was invited to join the Executive Management Board taking responsibility for the operations in Northern Europe, South Africa, Asia/Pacific and Japan. As of May 2008, Mark Edwards is Chief Operating Officer for both Business Divisions, ETS and webMethods for Region West (North America, Latin America, Northern, Western and Southern Europe). 

PAUL ORME-SMITH

President North America Sales

Paul Orme-Smith was appointed as the President of the North American Sales Organization in August of 2011 to be responsible for the sales and business development teams in the United States and Canada.

Paul Orme-Smith joined Software AG in July 1994 as a Services Sales Manager in the UK subsidiary. He then progressed through Sales Management in the UK before taking on an international business development role focused on markets in Europe, South Africa and North America.

In April 2007 Paul relocated to the United States and in July 2008 Paul was appointed as Senior Vice President of Sales, responsible for the Enterprise Transaction Systems Division servicing Software AG’s Natural/Adabas customers in the United States.

After studying business at Bournemouth University, Paul began his career in IT as a Sales Executive with Universal (CMS) in the UK.