Richard Fitchen has led sales, business development, professional services, product management, product development, and finance/HR organizations in the software industry, with teams ranging from ten to 200 people and P&L responsibility of up to $45 million. He also has significant experience developing offshore and onshore teams and partnerships and has directly participated in three major acquisitions. Most recently, Richard ran worldwide field operations at Aceva Technologies (acquired by SunGard, Inc.). Prior to Aceva, he was COO and vice president of worldwide field operations at Timogen Systems, vice president of professional services at Peregrine Systems/Extricity, and director of package-based solutions at Cap Gemini. Richard holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. |