Press Release
Anacomp Strengthens European Presence with Hire of Document Capture Veteran
Michael Ziegler Named Senior Vice President of DocHarbor Europe to Execute and Extend 'Solutions as a Service' Vision
SAN DIEGO, CA, and WOKINGHAM, UK, AUGUST 28, 2007 - Anacomp® Inc., a leading provider of document and business process services and solutions, today announced the appointment of Michael Ziegler as Senior Vice President of DocHarbor® Europe, the European arm of Anacomp's online document management solutions business. The addition of Mr. Ziegler to this newly created position illustrates Anacomp's continued strengthening of its management team, its dedication to growing its presence in the European market, and the latest step in the worldwide extension of its "Solutions as a Service" strategic vision.
"We're delighted to add Michael to our management team. His impressive consulting and document capture industry experience will help us execute our sales and marketing initiatives in various regional high-growth markets," said Howard Dratler, Anacomp's Chief Executive Officer. "Adding Michael puts Anacomp in a great position to satisfy the increasing demand for document capture, litigation support and business process management (BPM) solutions and services from European end users and channel partners."
Mr. Ziegler has over 16 years of experience in the European capture and content management markets. Prior to joining Anacomp, he served as Director of European Markets at Strategy Partners, a European consulting and analyst firm specializing in content management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) markets in the EMEA region. Before Strategy Partners, he worked as a Managing Director at Kofax where he successfully established the company's EMEA operations and held responsibilities for its European sales, marketing, operations and technical support functions. Mr. Ziegler also possesses a track record of building European partner sales operations and developing strategic relationships. Prior to Kofax, he worked as European Sales Manager at the ICR Company CTA. Mr. Ziegler is an experienced speaker who has chaired many international conferences, is fluent in six European languages, and holds an MBA from the European School of Business of Reutlingen and a degree in computer science engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt.
"I'm pleased to join Anacomp at this important juncture, as the company is building a great reputation in Europe and is consistently proving its cost-effective solutions to the challenges of increasing document volumes, demanding litigation support processes and complex BPM initiatives," said Ziegler. "I am excited to be a part of this growing company."
"The task of elevating Anacomp into a global Solutions as a Service powerhouse requires an aggressive growth model, and Michael will play a key role in executing this strategy," added Dratler.
The addition of Mr. Ziegler marks the latest addition to Anacomp's seasoned management team that includes the recent appointments of Wayne Ford as Senior Vice President of Marketing, Channels and Strategic Alliances and John Turner as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Development.
Anacomp leverages the world-class information infrastructure of multiple secure and reliable data centers to provide data, document, and business process management services and solutions. Anacomp captures and hosts billions of documents while meeting the most stringent security and availability requirements for thousands of enterprise and government customers around the world. The recent addition of CaseLogistix®, combined with Anacomp's docHarbor document management solutions, business process management services, and secure high-speed scanning and conversion services, provides law firms and corporate legal departments with one-stop access to the broadest litigation management Solutions as a Service in the legal industry.
About Anacomp, Inc.
Since 1968, Anacomp, Inc. has been providing document and business process solutions and services that help organizations unlock the maximum value from their information processes at the lowest total cost of ownership. The company's offerings serve thousands of users in insurance, financial services, government, legal, and other markets. Anacomp is headquartered in San Diego, with international headquarters in Wokingham, UK. For more information, visit www.anacomp.com
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Rob Jensen
Senior Director of Marketing
Anacomp, Inc.
(858) 716-3549
rob.jensen@anacomp.com
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