Linux Professional Instiute Appoints Area Operations Manager for Europe (Utrecht, Netherlands: October 12, 2006) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification organization announced the appointment of John Meaney as Area Operations Manager for Europe. John Meaney brings to LPI more than 30 years experience in Sales and Business Management of leading technology and software companies within the European region.
"We are very pleased that John Meaney has joined our world wide network of Area Operations Managers. We expect that his proven track record in establishing sales and support teams will ensure greater growth and results for LPI within Europe," said Jim Lacey, President and CEO of LPI. Mr. Lacey also noted that Mr. Meaney's extensive background in distributor and OEM sales management and previous experience would assist LPI globally in identifying new partnerships and enhance the organization's Regional Enablement Initiative. John Meaney joins LPI from European Sales and Marketing Director with ITI TranscenData which develops cross-platform/cross-application data sharing solutions. Meaney created many successful marketing and sales organizations in Europe to include CAD Centre Cambridge, Applied Graphics Systems, and Aries Technology. “I look forward to the challenge of growing the LPI organization within Europe. There are many in the region who are passionate about promoting Linux professionalism through LPI's certification program. They all appreciate the importance of a widely-accepted entry level global standard for Open Source professionals as a necessary pre-requisite for greater Linux and Open Source adoption. Together we are going to build the team that will ensure there are even greater numbers of LPI certified professionals and enhanced conditions for the adoption of Free and Open Source Software in Europe,” says Meaney noting a number of initiatives in the last month in Europe that illustrate LPI's growing importance in the region: * LPI exam voucher sales for a government department in Tunisia through LPI-Francophonie (http://www.auf.org/) * increased participation and new scheduled exam labs in LPI-German's pilot program for training partners from academic institutions (http://www.lpi-german.de/laap/index.html) * enhanced development of sales and marketing within LPI-Bulgaria (http://www.lpi-bulgaria.org) * new Master affiliate agreement with Open Source Certification Gmbh (http://www.oscert.de) which is responsible for LPI activities in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. * LinuxWorld events in Utrecht, London and Cologne (http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/flash/) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized, vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting the professional use of Linux, Open Source and Free Software, through the certification of Linux professionals. Established as a non-profit organization in 1999, LPI is community based and supported. LPI’s certification program is delivered worldwide in multiple languages at over 7,000 testing locations and is supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents. The organization has delivered over 120,000+ LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams and 35,000+ certifications, globally, since the program’s inception. -- 30 -- About Linux Professional Institute: The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional certification for the Linux operating system, independent of software vendors or training providers. Established as an international non-profit organization in 1999 by the Linux community, LPI develops accessible, internationally-recognized certification programs which have earned the respect of vendors, employers and administrators. LPI's activities involve hundreds of volunteers and professionals throughout the world in many different capacities, and the group encourages active public involvement through mailing lists and its website at www.lpi.org. LPI's multi-level program of exams is administered globally through Pearson VUE and Prometric testing centers. LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, Hewlett-Packard and IDG. Media contacts: John Meaney Area Operations Manager, Europe Linux Professional Institute Cell: +44 7989 410 879 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institute Telephone: +1-416-666-1574 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Linux Professional Institute media mailing list Contact: Scott Lamberton, Director of Communications Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +1-416-666-1574 To Subscribe or unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "media unsubsribe"; in the subject line or do so directly at: http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/media _______________________________________________ lpi-announce mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-announce
