MONTREAL, Jan. 29, 2019 /CNW/ -- Tecsys Inc. (TSX: TCS), a Montreal-based supply chain management software company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill King as chief revenue officer, effective today. King joins Tecsys from Oracle Corporation, where he accelerated commercial growth through key account development and new market penetration. In this new executive position, King will lead Tecsys' sales teams and overall go-to-market strategy.

"We are thrilled to have Bill on board to help guide commercial growth and build on Tecsys' reputation for delivering customer lifecycle value," said Tecsys' President and CEO Peter Brereton. "Bill brings with him a successful record of solving customer challenges and a breadth and depth of experience that will be a tremendous help for our existing customers and our market expansion."

King, during his tenure at Oracle, held executive sales leadership positions in the North American Sales organization, most recently as Vice President, Key Accounts and previously as Group Vice President of North America Storage Sales. Prior to Oracle, King was with Fujitsu for over a decade where he held a variety of executive management positions including executive vice president of the Platform Product Group for Fujitsu in the Americas and executive vice president of the Global Retail Business.

"I have spent most of my career helping companies navigate and extract value from strategic technology investments," explained King. "I am excited to join Tecsys because they have done a fantastic job empowering companies to overcome complexity by leveraging technology – letting them become world-class organizations through their supply chain. As Tecsys enters into its next phase of expansion, I look forward to leveraging the revenue opportunities ahead of us and defining with our customers a path to long-term success."

King holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Millersville University and has attended executive leadership programs at the IESE School of Business and University of Michigan Ross Business School. He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania with his wife, Diane, and has five children. During his free time, he competes in Triathlons including several IRONMAN events.

About Tecsys
Tecsys is a global provider of transformative supply chain solutions that equip growing organizations with industry-leading services and tools to achieve operational greatness. Tecsys' solutions are designed to create clarity out of the complex supply chain challenges that organizations with increases in scale, customer expectations and inventory.  Built on an enterprise platform, Tecsys solutions include warehouse management, distribution and transportation management, supply management at point-of-use, retail order management, as well as complete financial management and analytics solutions. Through the co-creation of a more responsive supply chain, Tecsys ensures that growth-minded organizations have the chance to thrive and reach their aspirations.

Over 600 mid-size and Fortune 1000 customers trust their supply chains to Tecsys in the healthcare, service parts, third-party logistics, and general wholesale high-volume distribution industries. Tecsys' shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TCS.

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