, /PRNewswire/ -- Robert (Rob) Surprenant, formerly the
Oil and Gas Industry Director for SAP , will lead Quadrem's
global Oil and Gas business unit as Vice-President, Oil and Gas.
brings to Quadrem almost 25 years of experience in the
global Oil and Gas industry, with a strong focus on technology and systems
development, and business process enablement. During his six-and-one-half-
year tenure at SAP he has also had extensive experience working with customers
in , the , and Asia and has been a frequent
commentator for industry analysts and conferences. Prior to joining SAP, spent four years at Landmark Graphics, primarily in the consulting
management and marketing functions.
's prior career experience also includes three years at
Texas Instruments working on materials management and supply chain systems for
process industries, seven years with Coopers and Lybrand as a systems and
software consultant for the energy industry and five years with Apache Oil and
Gas. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Independent
Petroleum Association of America and was SAP's representative to the Petroleum
Industry Data Exchange association (PIDX) and the BizTech for Energy
foundation.
"Quadrem is very enthusiastic about our future in oil and gas with at the helm," commented , Quadrem's Chief Executive
Officer. "Rob will enable us to build on the value we're delivering to Oil
and Gas customers and others who need to streamline the purchase-to-pay
processes for upstream services."
Quadrem's e-invoicing solution for complex services and field tickets was
recently profiled as an industry best practice at the PIDX Spring Conference
in .
"Quadrem offers oil and gas producers the opportunity to shave weeks off
of their payment cycle by solving the pain points unique to upstream
services," Surprenant said. "This value delivery and the excitement its
generating -- as well as Quadrem's incredible year-over-year growth of more
than 60% for two years running -- makes me very confident about Quadrem's
market opportunity in Oil and Gas. I'm very excited to be here and expect
we'll be making lots of news."
's appointment will take effect on and he will be
based in , Texas.
About Quadrem
Quadrem ( ) provides e-business solutions that
connect buyers and suppliers to maximize supply chain efficiencies.
SOURCE Quadrem