Monday, September 13, 2010

Four Soft Announcements

Four Soft appoints Phil Pearse as General Manager of Design 4S


Leading the US Customs Web Centric Product Design


September 13th, Hyderabad: Four Soft (4S) (NSE: "FOURSOFT", BSE: 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for Logistics and Transportation industry, today announced the appointment of Phil Pearse as new General Manager of Design 4S.

Phil will be responsible for and will lead the overall management of the company’s US customs Web Centric Product Design department.


Rajshekhar Roy, CEO, Four Soft said, “Phil’s vast experience and his involvement in US Customs brokerage solutions will definitely add a great dimension to our Customs and compliance operations in the US.I am sure, Phil will prove to be an asset to the company by not only bringing his expertise in working closely with our customers but also to further enhance our Customs product offerings.”


Tim Sensing, EVP – Global Business Development & Sales, Four Soft said, “We are delighted to have Phil join us. He brings to the company his 19 years of extensive software development experience that were gained working for one of the world’s leading Logistics software houses. I'm confident that Phil will make a significant contribution to the long-term growth of Four Soft."


On his appointment, Phil Pearse said, “I am very excited about joining Four Soft and feel immensely energized about contributing to the 4S brand and to the success of the company. I look forward to working with the team on overcoming any challenges and further building on the strengths of the company.”


To date, Phil’s career took the traditional path of moving from analyst programmer through project leadership and management, pre sales engineering and product management. While working in the US, Phil became very involved in US Customs Brokerage solutions and initiated some innovative designs for future solutions for this market.


In 2008, Phil took a break from the software world to join Yusen Air & Sea Service. On joining Yusen, Phil implemented more efficient procedures within the IS department to optimize time management and reduce external costs. He was also pivotal in turning around a major ERP implementation that was in jeopardy prior to his arrival. Having proven himself to Yusen’s board of directors as an IT leader and innovator, he was soon appointed CIO at Yusen with IT responsibility for all of the Americas. In the role of CIO, he expanded the IS department and began to re-tool the in-house engineers for newer technologies and empower the team to deliver greater value in more collaborative development projects with Yusen’s major clients.


About Four Soft Limited

Four Soft is a public listed and CMMI level 3 certified company which provides innovative software solutions, IT consultancy and BPO services exclusively for the logistics and supply-chain management market place. It is the market leader in the transportation and logistics segment with a large international client base including the majority of the top logistics & transportation companies in the world. With regional offices strategically located worldwide, it supports customers including DHL, Schenker, Agility, UTI and Geodis Wilson. Additional information about Four Soft is available at www.four-soft.com .


Four Soft offers a full suite of web-native products across the logistics supply chain. This includes 4S eTrans® for freight forwarding and logistics, 4S eLog® for extended warehouse management, 4S Visilog® & 4S VisiLog plus® for track & trace, visibility and supply-chain management, 4S eCustoms® for customs brokerage, 4S iShipping® for shipping line execution, 4S eConnect® for business-to-business connectivity and 4S Infotips for informed decision making.