Ex Oracle president takes CEO slot at Infor

Phillips has over 20 years of experience in the software industry, most recently with a seven year sting leading Oracle's field organisation and presiding over revenue growth of nearly 300%. He is also credited with playing a key role in Oracle's acquisition strategy – including the purchase of BEA Systems, Hyperion Solutions, and Siebel Systems. "Infor has quietly built the third largest enterprise applications company in the world, with 59% CARG over the last seven years, higher margins than eight of the top 10 application companies, and a track record of leading innovation," comments Phillips, in his usual robust manner. "With over 70,000 customers in 125 countries, including divisions of large corporations, Infor is poised for growth as the next generation platform ships in January," he adds. "I am eager to lead this proven team of over 8,000 employees through its next phase of growth." And Schaper's view: "Charles Phillips … is a true visionary in the technology industry and has a unique perspective drawn from his experience at one of our leading industry peers, in addition to his years on Wall Street." He suggests that the appointment comes as Infor reaches "a key inflection point" in its journey, with the next generation of applications shipping in January. Referring to Infor ION, due to provide common workflow, business process monitoring and management across Infor applications, he points to the positioning for on-premise and in cloud applications and the emergence of a new common user interface, portal, business intelligence tools, and collaboration technologies.