Board International Welcomes Three Industry Experts to United States Leadership Team

Board International, leading provider of the all-in-one platform for Business Intelligence, Planning, and Predictive Analytics, today announced the appointments of Janette Kosior to VP, Marketing; David Caravella to VP, Channel and Alliances; and Warren Brinker to VP, Head of Sales in the United States division of Board International.

Kosior, Caravella and Brinker have over 70 years of combined experience in the enterprise performance management and business intelligence space. These three industry veterans are the latest in a series of strategic new hires in the Americas tasked with leading the continuous expansion of Board in the US.

Kosior's 20 plus years' experience ranges from large software vendors to growing startups in the EPM and BI space, including Hyperion, Oracle, Planful, and Sisense. She began her career in product management and her passion for high-tech B2B products transformed into her leading global teams in Marketing, Product Marketing, and Product Management over the years.

Caravella began his career as a sales executive selling to CFOs and CIOs at some of the world's largest companies and closing multi-million-dollar deals for enterprise software solutions. He's led Alliance programs and teams for 20 plus years for many of the world's leading software providers. His background includes working with consultancies that include the Big 5 and many other leading Tax, Audit and Advisory Services firms and national & regional partners.

Brinker began his career at the Bank of New York where he worked in Cash Management Sales, Retail Banking as a Regional Manager for 26 branch offices, and Worldwide Securities Processing Sales. He moved on to become a member and trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange and for the last 22 years has held senior leadership positions with a focus on executive management and strategic enterprise sales management at software and financial technology companies. His previous roles include CRO, CCO, Head of Global Sales, and as a member of the Board of Directors for companies including DTCC/Omgeo, Sungard, Ebix, SIX Financial Information, and Zobrio. Brinker holds a professional certification from the FISD as an FIA.

"It's been my pleasure to work alongside these three professionals throughout my career and now at Board," comments Jim Rich, General Manager, Americas. "They bring with them the knowledge and experience we need to make an impact in the market and at businesses with which we partner. I look forward to supporting their success in driving our meteoric expansion in the US," continues Rich.

About Board

Board is the #1 decision-making platform. Founded in 1994, Board enables people to have a transformative impact on their business, helping them to intuitively explore and leverage their data in a flexible, all-in-one decision-making platform. By unifying Business Intelligence, planning, and predictive analytics, the Board platform allows companies to produce a single, accurate, and complete view of business information, gain actionable insights, and achieve full control of performance across the entire organization. Thanks to Board, more than 3,000 organizations worldwide, including Coca-Cola, Ricoh, KPMG, Puma, Siemens, and ZF Group, have deployed end-to end decision-making applications at a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions. www.board.com