Softmart Appoints New Management Team

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Softmart, one of the world's premier information technology resource enterprises, has announced the appointment of a new executive management team. Guy Cicconi has been named President and Chief Executive Officer; Eric Schneider has been appointed Chief Financial Officer; and Danny Curca has been named Chief Information Officer.

To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/softmart-appoints-new-management-team-174486861.html  

Softmart Chairman Richard Sloane announced the appointments, noting "Innovation in software, hardware and services is dramatically changing the IT environment. The new Softmart leadership team has the expertise and drive to move Softmart forward in dynamic new ways."

An entrepreneur with a long record of success, Mr. Cicconi founded and operated two prosperous businesses and developed a diversified portfolio of residential, office and commercial holdings in four states. He is a graduate of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa.

Eric Schneider is a CPA with over 30 years experience in corporate financial management and investments.  After graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1979, he joined the accounting firm of Sacco Sweeney LLP. He became a partner with the firm in 1986. Schneider joined investment advisors Pilgrim, Baxter & Associates in 1995 as Chief Financial Advisor. He established his own enterprise, E. D. Schneider Associates in 2004.

Having a reputation for identifying the shifting role of IT as technology is more tightly linked to business outcomes; Mr. Curca is responsible for a number of business achievements.  He founded Voree IT Solutions in 2006. He worked at 012 Golden Lines in the Israeli telecommunications industry, serving in a management position responsible for the development and sales of new services, primarily Wi-Fi and VoIP solutions. He graduated from Ruppin Academic Center, in Netanya, Israel.

About Softmart

Celebrating its 30^th year in business, Softmart is a leading global resource for software, hardware and IT services. Softmart is the 6^th largest Microsoft reseller. Softmart manages the largest Microsoft EA for the U. S. Army with over 800,000 desktops (nearly 6 million licenses). The company is a major provider of volume license programs including Microsoft Enterprise and Select Agreements, Adobe Enterprise Agreements, Symantec Rewards, VMware ELA Agreements and more. Softmart is a leader in IT asset management, assisting enterprise organizations with developing and managing an optimized IT environment that matches purchases with usage. The company is headquartered in Downingtown, Pa., just outside of Philadelphia.

Contact
Ray Gedeon
Vice President – Corporate Marketing
Softmart, Inc.
610-518-4044
[email protected]

SOURCE Softmart