Open Applications Group Announces 1997 Policy Board

Chicago, Illinois, USA -- January 16, 1997

Open Applications Group Announces 1997 Policy Board

The Open Applications Group announces the installation of its 1997 Executive Committee. Members of the Open Applications Group Executive Committee are as follows:

  • Chairman - Paul Margolis, President & CEO, Marcam Solutions
  • Vice Chairman, Finance - Bob Newman, CoFounder & Director, J.D. Edwards & Company
  • Vice Chairman, Marketing - Paul DiBono, Senior Vice President, American Software
  • Vice Chairman, Membership - John Wookey, Vice President Financial Applications, Oracle Corporation
  • Member-At-Large - Guenther Tolkmit, Director of Technology Marketing, SAP AG

Open Applications Group Policy Board members, representing current corporate member companies, are:

  • Anil Gupta, Vice President of World Wide Marketing, Baan Co.
  • Bill Busbin, Director, North America, CGI Informatique
  • Sheila Gibson, Director Marketing Worldwide, CODA Inc.
  • Norm Baran, Assistant Vice President Development, Computer Associates International Inc.
  • Kevin Wagner, Product Manager, Dun & Bradstreet Software
  • George Siegle, Director Advance Manufacturing Development, IBM Manufacturing Solutions Unit
  • Yuji Okumura, Manager of Strategic Alliance NEC C&C Systems Group
  • Rick Bergquist, Vice President Technology, PeopleSoft Inc.
  • Peggy Biddison, Vice President Global Marketing, QAD, Inc.
  • Peter Potedevin, Head of Line of Business Application Software Reusable Technologies, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
  • Dana Freeman, Vice President C/S Development Applications, Software 2000
  • Jon Otsuki, Manager of Distributed Computing, Texas Instruments
  • Don McDonnell, Corporate Marketing Manager, TSW International

The Open Applications Group, Inc., is the primary vendor organization dedicated to promoting the interoperability of enterprise applications from different sources. The membership of the Open Applications Group includes some of the largest enterprise application vendors in the world including American Software, Baan, Computer Associates, CGI Informatique, CODA, Dun & Bradstreet Software, IBM Manufacturing Solutions Unit, J.D. Edwards & Company, Marcam Solutions, NEC C&C Systems Group, Oracle Corporation, PeopleSoft, QAD, SAP AG, Siemens Nixdorf, Software 2000, Texas Instruments and TSW International.

The benefits of open applications integration include the ability to more easily use applications from multiple vendors, to integrate purchased applications more easily with custom-developed applications, and better support for integrating with customers, vendors, banks, governments and other partners.

The Open Applications Group headquarters is at 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA. Tel: 312 527 6799 Fax: 312 245 1081.