James Weir Appointed Vice President of Sales for SYSPRO Canada

Experienced Revenue Management Leader Strengthens SYSPRO Canada Executive Team


VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - October 27, 2016) - SYSPRO, a provider of award-winning, best-of-breed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution for on-premise and cloud-based utilization, today announced the appointment of James Weir as Vice President of Sales, reporting to President James Moffatt. Mr. Weir will be responsible for accelerating SYSPRO Canada's revenue growth, as well as, short and long-term sales operational strategy execution for the company. Mr. Weir assumes the role effective November 1, 2016.

Mr. Weir joins SYSPRO Canada from IDENTOS Inc., an organization focused on platform as a service (PaaS) offering end-point security and mobile encryption technologies, where he served as Vice President of Sales for the Americas. Previously Mr. Weir led small and large sales organizations in the technology sector including Merisel, Sage and Emergence Corporation, a Bermuda based ERP reseller.

"We are thrilled to have someone of James' caliber and respected track record of sales leadership join our thriving organization to drive the expansion of SYSPRO in the marketplace even further," according to James Moffatt, President of SYSPRO Canada. "We believe James' experience as a proven sales leader and his broad range of strategic sales management skills, will prove invaluable for SYSPRO's continued success, and help us with our ongoing initiative to create a roadmap based on growth, customer optimization and integrated sales."

"I am honored to be a part of SYSPRO's highly-respected executive team," according to Mr. Weir. "SYSPRO's combination of award-winning technology and an extremely talented, energetic and focused group, in a market space that offers tremendous growth potential, makes for a winning organization. I look forward to working with them to build upon the strong foundation that has been established to date, in helping the company deepen and broaden its best-in-class value proposition of improving business performance, productivity and profitability to its growing network of manufacturing business executives."

Mr. Weir will be based out of SYSPRO Canada's central office location in Mississauga, Ontario.

About SYSPRO

SYSPRO is one of the longest standing and largest independent, international providers of ERP systems for mid-market manufacturers and distributors worldwide. SYSPRO has for more than 35 years delivered on its promise to provide thousands of its customers globally with the tools required to effectively operate and compete. Backed by a truly dedicated and professional team of employees and partners around the world, the company's ability to innovate and develop technologies based on the needs of customers is one of the reasons why SYSPRO enjoys one of the highest retention rates in the industry.

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Contact Information:

Media Contact:
Melanie Aizer
SYSPRO Canada
1.888.259.6666 Ext: 5228
melanie.aizer(at)ca(dot)syspro(dot)com