Redmond, Washington, USA – February 24, 2015 – MAJIQ Inc. (“MAJIQ”), a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), is pleased to announce the promotion of James “Jim” Rauch to the position of Vice President, Software Development. Mr. Rauch will focus on software delivery for MAJIQ.
Jim has a deep engineering background, and since joining MAJIQ in 1999, has become an expert on developing enterprise-level software solutions for the pulp and paper industry. He has extensive global experience including the United States, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Poland, Australia, and New Zealand. Most recently, Mr. Rauch was Principal Engineer, designing and developing major new features for the Elixir® software product.
Patrick Nazzaro, formerly Vice President of Software Research & Development, will transition to the role of Vice President, Product Development. Mr. Nazzaro will focus on the strategic vision and future roadmap for MAJIQ’s Elixir® product.
With this move, MAJIQ formally splits the responsibility of software delivery and product management of Elixir into two roles. This will allow MAJIQ to focus on continuing to deliver functionally deep and robust versions of Elixir while also looking forward to the next generation of software solutions.
“Jim brings a ton of talent, work ethic, and smarts to the roll of VP of Software Development,” said Steve Latham, President of MAJIQ. “Patrick’s new role will provide him the opportunity to really focus on our Elixir product in order to widen its industry lead even further. These moves really showcases our commitment to R&D in Elixir”
About MAJIQ
MAJIQ, founded in 1981, is a global leader in enterprise software and services for the pulp, paper and nonwoven industries. The company’s Elixir product is known as the best in the industry, providing integrated Sales Order Processing (SOP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Elixir is Optimization by Design™