Infragistics Invests in Senior Talent

CRANBURY, N.J. and ELSTREE, England, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Infragistics, the user experience design software company and world leader in user interface (UI) development tools, today announced its global investment in senior talent. Infragistics' six key hires in 2011 expand the breadth and depth of its expertise across Engineering, Marketing, Human Resources, Sales and User Experience (UX).

"Our customers trust us to deliver the best end user experiences," said Dean Guida, CEO of Infragistics. "By investing in top industry expertise, we ensure that all our customers' needs are met – from product inception and implementation to sales and support. Infragistics welcomes our senior talent and looks forward to another decade of success."

Bill Hazard joins Infragistics as Vice President of Engineering, leading the Infragistics Research, Development and Quality Engineering teams for all product lines. Prior to Infragistics, Mr. Hazard served as Chief Technology Officer at Wireless Generation, an Educational services and content company dedicated to improving classroom education. He previously served as Vice President of Engineering at register.com, where he led development and architecture for their retail, wholesale and fulfillment systems.  Mr. Hazard is a member of the New York CTO Club and co-founded the New York City Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects. 

Gary Schwartz is Vice President of World Wide Marketing. A former Visual Studio developer, Mr. Schwartz is a seasoned sales and marketing professional who specializes in articulating technical value propositions to business audiences. Most recently he led the Marketing team at enterprise feedback management vendor Confirmit, where he drove 300% revenue growth. Mr. Schwartz holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Master's in Engineering Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Marie Berdini joins Infragistics as Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Management, responsible for talent acquisition, benefits, compensation, development, corporate policies and employee communications. With over 20 years of HR experience, Ms. Berdini is a seasoned professional with substantial HR and business contributions. Ms. Berdini holds a Bachelor's in Human Resource Management from the Rutgers University School of Business.

Based in Australia, Graham M Dean serves as the Managing Director of APAC (excluding Japan and India). Prior to joining Infragistics, Mr. Dean managed the multi-country sales division and Microsoft relationship for Quest Software. Mr. Dean has 26 years of experience working for software vendors and managing sales teams selling technologies such as SAP, Windows infrastructure, data security, audit, database management and development solutions.

In his role as EMEA Sales Director at Infragistics, David Fisk brings more than 30 years of software experience to Infragistics EMEA sales team and management of day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Infragistics, Mr. Fisk worked for over 12 years in sales at Quest Software Inc., the last six years as Director of Support Renewals for EMEA and APAC. Mr. Fisk holds a Master's in Physics from Oxford University. Mr. Fisk is based at Infragistics Europe in the United Kingdom.

Rounding out the senior talent is Ken Azuma, Senior UX Architect based at Infragistics Japan in Tokyo. Mr. Azuma has dedicated the last six years of his career to unite the designer and developer areas of Rich Internet Application (RIA) development. Prior to Infragistics, Mr. Azuma served in multiple roles at 2ndfactory, a Japanese-based UI and UX design agency, most recently as Director of Business Development and Senior UX architect. Mr. Azuma is a Microsoft MVP in Client Application Development and holds a Master's of Organizational Sciences and a Bachelor's in Marketing Information from the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences.

"Infragistics inspires innovation and our investment in senior talent showcases our commitment to deliver market and product value to our customers," added Guida.

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About Infragistics

As the world leader in user interface development tools and experts in User Centered Design, Infragistics empowers developers to build and style immersive user experiences and rich data visualization in line of business applications across all platforms — Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and Silverlight. Infragistics also has a range of value-added services including UI testing tools, support, training and consulting services. For additional information on Infragistics, products and career opportunities, please call us in the U.S. at +1 (800) 231-8588, +1 (609) 448-2000; in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA) at +44 (0) 20 8387 1474; or in Japan at +81 3 5474 8040.

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