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San Francisco – March 23, 2006 – Collanos Software, a provider of software solutions that enable teamwork beyond enterprise boundaries, has appointed Peter Helfenstein as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will be responsible for Collanos worldwide activities.

Mr. Helfenstein joins Collanos with more than 20 years of experience working for international software and consulting companies in Europe, including, most recently, as Country Manager of Novell and Cambridge Technology Partners, Switzerland. Previously he served as General Manager Southern Europe for Kintana, Regional VP and Country Manager for Sterling Software and Knowledgeware in Germany, France and Switzerland and various management roles at IBM Switzerland. He has extensive experience in launching international start-up companies as well as managing global and well-established organizations.

“Peter’s first-class sales and people-management skills, combined with a successful track record in building international partner networks, perfectly complement our management team. He will be instrumental as we launch Collanos in the marketplace and release our first production application in May 2006.” said President and Founder Franco Dal Molin.

“I am excited to join Collanos at this critical phase”, said Peter Helfenstein. “It is time for professionals to finally give up email as the primary tool for team collaboration beyond the enterprise. We believe that our innovative solution will be adopted rapidly and enable teams all over the globe to work together much more efficiently and in an entirely new way. That’s what I am here to focus on.”

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 12:29 pm and is filed under Press Releases (English).

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