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Dave Coppin appointed Executive Vice President of AVEVA NET Solutions
11 December 2008AVEVA (LSE: AVV), the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries, today announced that Dave Coppin has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President of AVEVA NET Solutions.
In this role, Dave's primary responsibilities will include global leadership of the AVEVA NET Solutions organisation, and in particular directing associated business engagements, project execution and product development.
Starting from an electrical engineering and process control background, Dave has nearly 20 years' experience in working with many of the world's top engineering consulting organisations and major plant operating companies. Immediately before joining AVEVA, Dave spent a number of years as the engineering systems manager for a major multi-national engineering organisation.
Dave joined AVEVA in 2000, where his considerable experience underpinned his major contribution to the successful implementation of engineering IT solutions within a number of blue chip companies in Asia Pacific. More recently, Dave managed a multi-national Asia Pacific based team, delivering consulting and implementation services associated with lifecycle data management.
Derek Middlemas, Group Operations Director AVEVA said:
"Dave Coppin has been a strong driving force in the development of our AVEVA NET business in his role as SVP Business Development of Asia Pacific. This promotion to Executive Vice President AVEVA NET Solutions gives him the opportunity to extend this to a global stage where his commitment, leadership and industry knowledge will ensure the continued success of AVEVA NET and achieve our objective to become the leading provider of lifecycle solutions to the Plant and Marine industries".
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For further information, please contact:
Alison Patey
AVEVA
Tel: +44 (0)1223 556653
alison.patey@aveva.com
