RA'ANANA, Israel, February 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) announced today that
Sarit Sagiv is joining the company
as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Sagiv brings with her a wealth
of experience in leading finance, operations and business activity
for global, technology-based, publicly-traded companies. Ms. Sagiv
will transition into her role over the next few weeks. Dafna Gruber, who recently announced her
departure, will remain with the company during the transition
period.
Prior to joining NICE, Ms. Sagiv served as the Chief Financial
Officer at Retalix Ltd. (previously NASDAQ and TASE: RTLX), a
leading global provider of software and services to retailers,
where she played a key role in the company's turnaround and
acquisition by NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR). Ms. Sagiv also served
as Vice President Finance for Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ: DOX) and
before that as Finance Director of the Emerging Markets Division at
Amdocs. In addition, Ms. Sagiv has held various senior financial
positions including the role of management member at Quantum
Pacific Group, an international private group of businesses. She
also served as the Chief Financial Officer at Orad Hi-Tec Systems
Ltd. (Frankfurt: OHT), and Cimatron Ltd (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT).
Ms. Sagiv holds a BA in Accounting and Economics and an MBA from
Tel Aviv University and an MA in law
from Bar Ilan University. She is a
Certified Public Accountant.
"I'm happy to join during this exciting time at the company,"
said Sarit Sagiv. "NICE has
established a strong, leading brand and is rapidly expanding
worldwide. I look forward to contributing to the future growth of
company."
Barak Eilam, Chief Executive
Officer, said, "We are delighted to have Sarit join NICE and our
Executive Leadership Team. Sarit's vast experience will surely
play a vital role as we continue to execute on our strategy and
further grow our business."
About NICE
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the worldwide leading provider of
software solutions that enable organizations to take the next best
action in order to improve customer experience and business
results, ensure compliance, fight financial crime, and safeguard
people and assets. NICE's solutions empower organizations to
capture, analyze, and apply, in real time, insights from both
structured and unstructured Big Data. This data comes from multiple
sources, including phone calls, mobile apps, emails, chat, social
media, video, and transactions. NICE solutions are used by over
25,000 organizations in more than 150 countries, including over 80
of the Fortune 100 companies. http://www.nice.com.
Trademark Note: NICE and the NICE logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of NICE Systems. All other marks
are trademarks of their respective owners. For a full list of
NICE Systems' marks, please see:
http://www.nice.com/nice-trademarks.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such forward-looking statements, including the statements by
Mr. Eilam and Ms. Sagiv, are based on the current beliefs,
expectations and assumptions of the management of NICE-Systems Ltd.
(the Company). In some cases, such forward-looking statements can
be identified by terms such as believe, expect, may, will, intend,
project, plan, estimate or similar words. Forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that
could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to
differ materially from those described herein, including but not
limited to the impact of the global economic environment on the
Company's customer base (particularly financial
services firms) potentially impacting our business and financial
condition; competition; changes in technology and market
requirements; decline in demand for the Company's products;
inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies,
products and applications; difficulties or delays in absorbing and
integrating acquired operations, products, technologies and
personnel; loss of market share; an inability to maintain certain
marketing and distribution arrangements; and the effect of newly
enacted or modified laws, regulation or standards on the Company
and our products. For a more detailed description of the risk
factors and uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the
Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual
Report on Form 20-F. The forward-looking statements contained in
this press release are made as of the date of this press release,
and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise them,
except as required by law.
Investors
Marty Cohen, +1-212-574-3635,
ir@nice.com, ET
Yisca Erez, +972-9-775-3798, ir@nice.com, CET
Media Contact
Erik Snider, +1-877-245-7448,
erik.snider@nice.com
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