[May 18, 2005] Vitria Names New Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Tweet SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vitria , a leading provider of business process integration solutions, today announced that John Parillo has been named as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for the company. Mr. Parillo brings over 25 years of high-tech sales management experience to Vitria. Over his career, Mr. Parillo has served in senior management positions at enterprise software companies that provide industry-focused solutions. In his most recent role as Senior Vice President of Sales at Opticom Inc., Parillo was responsible for global direct sales and channel development to enterprises and government. Prior to joining Opticom, Parillo served as Vice President of Worldwide Solution Sales at IBM where he was responsible for worldwide sales of the Websphere MQ product line. His responsibilities covered 160 countries, with staff to provide support for sales and customer satisfaction. Prior to IBM, Parillo was the Vice President of Worldwide Product Sales at Tivoli System, Inc. He was also Vice President of Sales for Legent Corporation, acquired by Computer Associates International, Inc. "We are very pleased to have an executive of John's caliber join our senior management team and lead our world wide sales organization," said Dale Skeen, co-founder and CEO of Vitria. "John's depth of experience and track record will prove to be invaluable as we continue to drive technology innovation and grow our business." About Vitria Vitria Technology, Inc., a leading provider of business process integration products and solutions, combines technology leadership with industry expertise in healthcare and insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing and financial services to dramatically improve strategic business processes across systems, people and trading partners. These solutions are built on the award-winning Vitria:BusinessWare(TM) Enterprise Business Process Management suite. With offices around the world, Vitria's customer base includes blue chip companies such as AT&T, Bell Canada, BellSouth, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, BP, BT, DaimlerChrysler Leasing, Generali, Nissan, PacifiCare Health Systems, Reynolds & Reynolds, RBC Financial Group, Sprint, U.S. Department of Defense and Veterans Health Administration. For more information call +1-408-212-2700, email [email protected] or visit http://www.vitria.com/. NOTE: Vitria and BusinessWare are registered trademarks of Vitria Technology, Inc. All other names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: This press release includes forward-looking statements, including statements relating to new products, goals and future business opportunities that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: failure to meet financial and product expectations of analysts and investors: risk related to market acceptance of Vitria's products and alliance partners' products; deployment delays or errors associated with these and other products of Vitria and partners; hardware platform incompatibilities; the need to maintain and enhance certain business relationships with system integrators and other parties; the ability to manage growth; activities by Vitria and others regarding protection of proprietary information; release of competitive products and other actions by competitors; risks associated with possible delisting from the stock market on which Vitria's securities are listed; and economic conditions in domestic and foreign markets. These and other risks related to Vitria are detailed in Vitria's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2004, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2005, and in Vitria's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC. Vitria does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking statements. Vitria Technology, Inc. CONTACT: Marilyn Maurer of Vitria Technology, Inc., +1-408-328-1871, [email protected] Web site: http://www.vitria.com/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]