04/23/2007

Global 360, a provider of business process management (BPM) and optimization solutions, today announced Jim Sinur as the company’s new Chief Strategy Officer. With more than 15 years experience at Gartner Research and more than 37 years in the IT industry, Sinur will focus on the company’s vision of ensuring customer success through the development of industry-leading process technologies and the acquisition of strategic targets.

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ebizQ received the following details:

Jim Sinur serves as the company’s first Chief Strategy Officer and will be responsible for the advancement of Global 360’s product leadership in the BPM and Process Intelligence markets. Additionally, he will focus on elevating the company’s vision for the Process Intelligence arena, where Global 360’s Business Optimization Server solution is the clear market leader. Leveraging his 15 years of experience interacting and implementing technology solutions with customers, Sinur will lead the company’s Best Practices Success initiatives to ensure that Global 360 customers deploy their new solutions more efficiently. Lastly, Sinur will use his extensive knowledge of the BPM and Process Intelligence markets to accelerate Global 360 acquisition efforts.

Prior to joining Global 360, Sinur served as a VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner Research where he researched topics including BPM, business modeling, business activity monitoring and process intelligence technologies. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the creation of Gartner’s first “Hype Cycle” and defined the firm’s BPM, BPMS, Business Modeling and Business Rules Magic Quadrants. In this position, Sinur established himself as a leading authority on the BPM and Process Intelligence arenas.

From 1988-1992, Sinur served as the Director of Worldwide Technologies for American Express. While there, Sinur was responsible for the development of the company’s model-driven merchant management system. He was also instrumental in the development of American Express’ broader architecture strategy, data and database administration and the company’s advanced technologies. Before joining American Express, Sinur spent 18 years at Northwestern Mutual Life, where he was involved in the design and building of business-critical applications in the investment and annuity departments. Additionally, Sinur led the development of the company’s Underwriting Workbench technologies.

Sinur holds an associate’s degree in business data processing and a bachelor’s degree in management from Cardinal Stritch College.

“After 15 years of service at the world’s most respected research firm, the opportunity to join an established leader developing next-generation process intelligence technologies gives me the ability to assist customers with solving tomorrow’s process challenges,” said Sinur. “I look forward to my new role at Global 360 as organizations continue to utilize BPM and process intelligence technologies to solve complex business problems.”

“Global 360 is pleased to announce Jim as the company’s first Chief Strategy Officer,” said Michael Crosno, president and CEO of Global 360. “To meet the ambitious goals we have established for this organization, it is imperative that the company hire the best and brightest individuals to lead the development of future technologies. Jim’s familiarity with the BPM and process intelligence spaces, his extensive knowledge of customer success lessons and his product and technological expertise will add a tremendous amount of value to this organization and our customers, which will ensure that the company is well positioned to deliver the process solutions needed to meet tomorrow’s business objectives.”