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Senior management team strengthened
Huckerby Royall Systems reinforced its senior management team with the appointment of Peter Roost as managing director.
Huckerby Royall Systems (HRS), a principal member of the Planit group, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Peter Roost as Managing Director Roost, who is also Group Marketing Director for the ultimate parent company Planit Holdings, brings more than 15 years' experience of running high tech and IT based businesses to the post
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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In his role, Mr Roost will develop a new business strategy to integrate HRS within the Planit group, as well as expand both direct and indirect sales channels for the company's Jobshop suite of manufacturing software.
Commenting on his appointment Roost said: "HRS has an enviable reputation throughout the engineering sector, with more than 300 customers in the UK alone.
The company has a strong management team and I believe we are in an excellent position to harness the technical capabilities of Jobshop with the financial strength of Planit Holdings, in order to significantly increase our market share.
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We not only intend to target larger enterprises, where Jobshop offers an extremely high-value solution, but will also be looking to maximise cross-selling opportunities with sister companies, Radan, Licom and Cabinet Vision, as well as increase overseas revenues through Planit's well-established international sales and marketing network." * Biographical Notes on Peter Roost - born in London, Roost was educated in the West Country and after one year of study in Chartered Accountancy, joined Xerox Corporation in 1977 at its manufacturing plant in Micheldean.
He subsequently held senior positions within the company's Engineering, Finance and Business Planning Functions and completed a three-year Diploma in Industrial Management before moving to Minerva Industrial Systems in 1985.
Roost's role in growing this business from start up to a $25 million organisation with 250 staff was reflected in his appointment as the company's Managing Director in 1990.
He later became European Region Manager for TRW Systems Europe , where he held full profit and loss responsibility for four separate IT businesses operating in the UK, Germany, Netherlands and Poland.
Roost's new position follows his appointment as Group Sales Director for Planit Solutions - a division of Planit Holdings - in January 2004.
Married with one daughter, Peter Roost has lived in Gloucestershire for many years enjoying a wide range of the varied pursuits the county has to offer.
* About Huckerby Royall Systems - Huckerby Royall, along with Licom Systems, Radan Computational and Cabinet Vision Europe, are principal members of Planit Solutions, a division of Planit Holdings.
The organisation's product range encompasses design to manufacturing applications and Enterprise Resource Planning software solutions for companies operating throughout the metal, woodworking and sheet metal manufacturing sector.
The group is a multi-million pound global business, with operations in Europe, USA, Taiwan and Japan, as well as a network of approved distributors and dealers throughout North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, South Africa and the Pacific Rim. Request free introductory details about products from Jobshop ...
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