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Four Pees Names David van Driessche Chief Technology Officer
Tuesday 18. May 2010 - Four Pees, the international sales and marketing organization dedicated to the Print & Publishing market, today announced the appointment of David van Driessche as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Having greatly contributed to Enfocus and Graduals product strategy and the development of the PitStop and Switch product lines, he will be responsible for Four Pees product strategy as well as for the integration and expansion of its portfolio.
“David is a strategic addition to the Four Pees management team. His experience, eye for innovation and product management skills combined with our ever growing product and technology focus make this collaboration a logical fit,” says Tom Peire, CEO of Four Pees. “His unique background will benefit Four Pees sales and technology partners as we continue to expand our sales reach and link the different technologies in our portfolio to more complete solutions for the different segments in the print and publishing industry.”
Four Pees is an international sales and marketing organization with a strong product focus. The company aims to be the link between technology and the market, offering technology companies an easy access to the market and end-users solutions for the production problems they are facing. Over the past three years Four Pees has built a comprehensive and complementary product portfolio of collaboration, automation and quality optimization products for the graphic arts industry.
Four Pees benefits from a strong focus of its technology partners while having the flexibility to combine different products into a complete solution. As a result of that the company will launch at IPEX 2010 DFlux, its own automation solution based on Enfocus Switch, callas pdfToolbox and the other technologies it represents. David van Driessche will lead the further product evolution of DFlux, but will also assist Four Pees technology partners in evolving their products in line with the market needs.
David van Driessche served as Enfocus Director of Software Development, later becoming its CEO and Gradual Softwares COO. “Our industry is in constant evolution and so are traditional roles of vendors, sales channels and end-users,” says David van Driessche “Having a broad view on the print and publishing market, I believe Four Pees is in a unique position to occupy a new space, in which translating technology into industry solutions is combined with strong sales and marketing support. I am very excited to join this company and its team.”