Softscape Continues Expansion Across EMEA Regions on Heels of Impressive Growth

WAYLAND, Mass., and LONDON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Softscape, an innovator powering complete people management solutions, today announced significant growth in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations. The Company achieved 42% growth year-to-date in new customers, and 167% growth specifically in EMEA. On the heels of this strong momentum, Softscape has appointed Matt Park to lead the EMEA strategic global accounts, and William Dockery as EMEA Director of Sales responsible for further expanding the company’s global customer base. Park and Dockery will apply their in-depth expertise with global enterprises and the human capital management (HCM) industry to drive Softscape’s continued expansion across the region.

Park will oversee management of Softscape’s impressive existing customer base of industry-leading organizations in EMEA including AstraZeneca (AZN), Bank of Georgia (BGEO), GKN (GKN), Kone Corporation (OMX), and Barclays (BARC). In his new role, Dockery will be responsible for developing sales strategy, growing new customer acquisition, and leveraging alliance partnerships to support Softscape’s growth initiatives.

Before taking this role in EMEA, Dockery was Customer Care Leader at Softscape’s corporate headquarters in the US for nearly five years responsible for assisting customers to achieve measurable results with their talent management deployments. “I am very pleased to be joining the EMEA team at this pivotal juncture in our company’s growth,” said Dockery. “We are seeing increased demand in the EMEA marketplace for more complete and flexible people management solutions. With our groundbreaking technology, Softscape will continue its leadership position in this growing market.”

“Softscape represents the talent management industry’s most innovative solution, and maintains a solid foundation of customers across the globe,” said Park. “I am delighted to be part of this intelligent team and look forward to building on these long-lasting relationships.”

“Our momentum in EMEA plays a key role in our global growth strategy,” said Dave Watkins, Softscape CEO and co-founder. “We’ve laid the groundwork across the region and have built strong partnerships with our customers through Softscape’s localized service centers. With Matt and William driving our strategy, we plan on further innovating the market and broaden our leadership position across the globe.”

Softscape customers benefit by having all end-to-end people management processes in a single, easy to use platform. Softscape’s market leading software and dedicated customer care teams have helped customers worldwide in making more objective assessments of their workforce, while enabling timely measurement to quickly adjust business strategies, and all from one system.

For more information about Softscape’s solutions, please visit http://www.softscape.com.

About Softscape (www.softscape.com)

Softscape is the global leader in complete people management software that enables organizations to more effectively drive their business performance. Recognized by industry analysts as the most comprehensive strategic human capital management solution, Softscape provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, in a single, software platform for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and in all industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. For more than a decade, Softscape has helped millions of workers across 156 countries be more successful at their jobs while contributing to bottom-line business results. Softscape’s customers represent Fortune 500/Global 500, mid-market, and government organizations, including Barclays (NYSE: BCS; London: BARC), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Seagate (NYSE: STX), GKN (London: GKN), Kone Corporation (OMX Helsinki: KNEBV), Edcon, and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR). Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in London, Sydney, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg.

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