[April 26, 2005] Corprasoft Names Jim Bridges as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tweet DALLAS --(Business Wire)-- April 26, 2005 -- Corprasoft, a leading provider of matter management software for in-house legal departments, today announced the appointment of Jim Bridges as senior vice president of sales and marketing. Bridges is charged with growing Corprasoft's global sales and overseeing the productivity of the company's sales representatives in the U.S. and resellers abroad. "I am excited about the addition of Jim to our team because his process-oriented approach to business-to-business software sales will provide us with tremendous new leadership capabilities as we seek to enhance and grow our global sales organization," said Rosann Colman, vice president of sales at Corprasoft, and one of the leading software sales professionals in the legal marketplace. "This appointment of a highly experienced software sales executive is part of our corporate strategy to take Corprasoft to a new level of performance in product development, sales and marketing, and customer support," said Carl Sutherland, president of Dallas-based Corprasoft. "The combination of Jim's strong sales process leadership and Rosann's unsurpassed experience in the in-house legal technology market is a knockout combination for Corprasoft, and we look forward to his contributions to our team as we seek to capture a number of emerging opportunities serving this growing market." Bridges has significant experience in sales management for international business-to-business software companies, as well as expertise in professional services delivery and software engineering. He comes to Corprasoft after spending the last six years in various senior sales management positions at IONA Technologies (NASDAQ:IONA), a Dublin, Ireland-based global provider of integration software. In his last role at IONA, Bridges led a 90-person team responsible for direct sales, channel management and field marketing throughout Europe and Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining IONA, Bridges was senior vice president of sales for ActionSystems, Inc., a Dallas-based company that provided market analysis and profit optimization solutions to the financial services industry, and served for five years as a product sales manager at Oracle, the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based business software giant. Prior to joining Oracle, he spent five years as a managing consultant at the former Coopers & Lybrand. Bridges earned his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University and his MBA from Duke University. Corprasoft's flagship product is Corprasoft Legal Desktop (CLD). CLD is a comprehensive software system that allows corporate legal executives to perform better by managing its inside and outside counsel resources more efficiently. The system makes it easy for in-house legal departments to collaborate with their outside lawyers on various legal matters, better assess and manage legal risks, and more effectively manage their legal expenses. In a single product, CLD provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of a legal department's operations, from substantive matter information to financial and cost-related information. "Corprasoft is in the unique position of already being a leader in its category with a 14-year track record of success, yet facing new and exceptional opportunities for growth in terms of an expanding product line and additional untapped markets to cultivate," said Bridges. "I'm enthused about the chance to work with the loyal and talented employees at the company, as well as some of the new senior management professionals that have recently been brought on board in order to help propel Corprasoft to a new level of professionalism expected by in-house legal executives." Corprasoft, Inc. develops productivity software for in-house legal departments. Founded in 1991 and based in Dallas, the company serves an expanding customer base of more than 250 customers worldwide, including corporations, municipalities, universities, non-profit organizations and government agencies. For more information about Corprasoft and Corprasoft Legal Desktop, call 214-691-9400 or go to www.corprasoft.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]