Sawyer Appointed Vice President and General Manager, EMEA...

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Sawyer Appointed Vice President and General Manager, Europe/Middle East/Africa, for Reynolds and Reynolds International

CHAVANNES, Switzerland, October 3/PRNewswire/ --
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company's (NYSE: REY) Reynolds International unit today announced the appointment of Bob Sawyer as vice president and general manager, Europe/Middle East/Africa.

Sawyer was most recently general manager of the Americas group for Reynolds International, where he was responsible for product and market development efforts with partners and OEMs. He earlier served as vice president of the OEM Solutions Group and vice president, Customer Education. He joined Reynolds in 1974.

'Bob has shown strong leadership throughout his more than 30 years with Reynolds in a variety of challenging roles,' said Doug Ventura, executive vice president, Reynolds International and Corporate Services. 'He has demonstrated keen operational skills in sales, service, marketing, product management and new ventures. Bob's experiences in integrating acquired businesses and working with OEMs are important assets as we scale our businesses outside the U.S.'

Sawyer is based at Reynolds International's EMEA headquarters in Chavannes, Switzerland.

Sawyer succeeds Peter Wenger. Wenger is retiring from Reynolds but will remain part of Reynolds International's senior management team in a consulting capacity.

'As a co-founder of Incadea AG, Peter had the vision and foresight to create not only a winning product but a winning business model built on a global partner network,' Ventura said. 'Since incadea became part of Reynolds in 2003, the number of incadea users within dealerships has grown from approximately 3,500 to nearly 13,000. This is due in large measure to Peter's leadership and the respect he has earned from our partners and OEMs. I am very pleased that we will continue to benefit from his experience.'

Reynolds International serves OEMs and dealers outside the United States. The group is focused on scaling its broad international presence to become the leader in providing automobile dealers across the globe with integrated solutions. incadea solutions and partners are showcased on its Web site, www.incadea.com

About Reynolds

Reynolds and Reynolds (www.reyrey.com) helps automobile dealers sell cars and take care of customers. Serving dealers since 1927, it is the leading provider of dealer management systems in the U.S. and Canada. Reynolds ranked first among major DMS providers in the most recent study of dealership satisfaction by the National Automobile Dealers Association. The company's award-winning product, service and training solutions include a full range of retail Web and Customer Relationship Management solutions, e-learning and consulting services, documents, data management and integration, networking and support and leasing services. Seventy of the Ward's Dealer Business e-Dealer 100 leaders rely on Reynolds Web Solutions to manage their presence on the Internet. Reynolds serves automotive retailers and OEMs globally through its incadea solution and a worldwide partner network, as well as through its consulting practice.

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Source: The Reynolds and Reynolds Company

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