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www.fireapps.com - Schwartz Communications Dara Sklar or Britt Gottlieb, 415-512-0770 fireapps@schwartz-pr.com FiREapps, the leading provider of corporate foreign currency exposure management software today announced the appointment of Thurman Keene as sales engineer in support of the company's US sales team. In his new role, Keene will help to assess the needs of prospective FiREapps customers and demonstrate how FiREapps Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions can reduce costs and improve the efficiency of their foreign exchange exposure management programs. Keene brings more than seven years of experience at leading enterprise and financial software companies.
Keene most recently served as an enterprise solutions engineer for Sungard Higher Education, a provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and services solutions for
higher education institutions. Prior to Sungard, Keene developed Web-based and on-site demonstrations of enterprise solutions for Blackbaud, a developer of financial software for nonprofit and government organizations.
"Thurman demonstrates the ability to listen and understand the needs of business customers and addresses those needs by working with sales and executive teams to deliver the right solution," said Wolfgang Koester, CEO of FiREapps. "His expertise will be a vital asset as we accelerate the growth of our business to support increasing demand for our foreign exchange exposure management technologies and services."
Keene holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Finance from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
About FiREapps
FiREapps, a subsidiary of Rim-Tec, Inc., is the leading provider of corporate foreign currency exposure management software. The company provides technologies and services that help corporations optimize foreign exchange processes. These solutions help customers mitigate risk while increasing profitability and operational efficiencies. FiREapps has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Portland, Oregon.
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