Media Release
PeopleSoft Appoints VP of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan
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Appoints Marketing Manager Australia and New Zealand
Ruth Connolly and Bernard O’Brien join PeopleSoft driving new market initiatives
PeopleSoft today announced the appointment of Ruth Connolly as Vice President of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan,
and locally Bernard O’Brien as Marketing Manager Australia and New Zealand.
Connolly joined PeopleSoft from SAP where she held the positions of SVP Marketing Singapore and Managing Director of
SAP’s India operations.
The new role was created in response to PeopleSoft’s growing expansion across the Asia Pacific region, and its
contribution to PeopleSoft’s international operations.
“Ruth is well-known and well-respected in Asia Pacific as being a superior marketing leader,” said Andrew Barkla, Vice
President Asia Pacific. “Coupled with her operational and executive experience both in Asia and the US working for
leading corporations, I am sure Ruth will bring great opportunities to PeopleSoft in Asia Pacific to expand our reach
into the region.”
“PeopleSoft presented a great opportunity for me to work with an organisation that’s leading the market in not only its
technology architecture and functionality, but in its vision of how businesses should be evolving,” said Ruth Connolly,
VP Marketing Asia Pacific and Japan. “PeopleSoft’s expansion into Asia has been aggressive in the last 18 months, with
entry into markets like the People’s Republic of China. There are great opportunities across the region for PeopleSoft,
and I look forward to working with the teams to identify and execute on some exciting new market initiatives.”
Connolly will be based in Singapore, and will be responsible for all aspects of PeopleSoft’s field and corporate
marketing in Asia Pacific and Japan.
Locally, Bernard O’Brien (based in Sydney) will be responsible for identifying new product and industry market
opportunities for PeopleSoft in Australia and New Zealand, and for building and delivering key marketing programs to
drive PeopleSoft’s solutions in the region.
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A photograph of Ruth Connolly is available
About PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) is the world's leading provider of application software for the real-time enterprise.
PeopleSoft pure Internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity by directly connecting
customers, suppliers, partners and employees to business processes on-line, in real time. PeopleSoft's integrated,
best-in-class applications include Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management
and Financial Management. More than 4,800 organizations in 140 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more
information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.
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