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New CEO for Optimized Systems and Solutions

Dépèche transmise le 4 août 2009 par Business Wire

New CEO for Optimized Systems and Solutions

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc, has appointed Paul Inman as president and chief executive officer. In this capacity, Inman oversees OSyS business operations worldwide, with 400 employees supporting customers in more than 100 countries.

OSyS enhances customers’ business performance by delivering software and services which reduce operating costs and optimize the availability of high-value equipment.

Inman said: “We understand customers’ data and can help facilitate informed decision making that, for many organizations, results in significant cost and performance benefits. We deliver solutions that unlock value and enable customers to be more proactive and prevent costly problems. I am very pleased to join OSyS and lead the efforts to reduce risk and ensure safe, compliant and profitable operations for our customers. We have a strong base to build from and I’m confident OSyS will continue to deliver a predictive edge through our products and services.”

Inman has 10 years of experience with Rolls-Royce. He joins OSyS from the company’s Civil Aerospace business, where he was previously Senior Vice President - Service Business Operations, leading the management of Rolls-Royce TotalCare^® services for large engine products. Prior to that, Inman held a series of increasingly senior roles in finance, business development and general management.

Before joining Rolls-Royce, Inman spent seven years on the corporate finance team of Ernst & Young, followed by two years in the UK venture capital market. Inman holds an engineering science degree from Oxford University and is a qualified chartered accountant.

Inman will be based at OSyS headquarters in Reston, Va., and succeeds Henner Wapenhans, who was recently appointed customer executive and in-country executive manager North America for Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

1. Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) delivers software and services that reduce operating costs and optimize the availability of high-value equipment. OSyS solutions use customers’ asset-related data to enhance business performance.
2. OSyS’ software engineering and information technology expertise, combined with extensive domain knowledge and proven processes, enables customers to be more proactive, make more-informed decisions and prevent costly problems. OSyS also helps customers reduce risk to ensure safe, compliant and profitable operations and enjoy a predictive edge.
3. With more than 400 employees in the US, UK and Qatar, OSyS delivers consultancy, solution-driven and managed services to customers in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit the OSyS web site at www.o-sys.com.
4. TotalCare^® is a registered trademark of Rolls-Royce plc.

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