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Former head of SAP joins GT Nexus board

April 14, 2010
Mark B. Solomon
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GT Nexus, a leading provider of technology solutions to the international trade and logistics community, announced today that Léo Apotheker, most recently the CEO of German business software developer SAP AG, has joined the GT Nexus board of directors.

In a statement, Apotheker said GT Nexus is at the forefront of the next wave in business software. These newer cloud-based systems were designed to go beyond the bounds of a single enterprise and connect entire trading communities&mash;which is what ultimately enables highly agile business networks, he said. Apotheker said GT Nexus is focused on one of the biggest opportunities around: global trade and logistics.

We are very excited and pleased to have Léo with us, said Aaron Sasson, chairman and CEO of GT Nexus, in the statement. is industry experience and knowledge will be huge assets for us as we expand and continue building traction as the mission-critical infrastructure that companies rely on for global trade.

Export/Import Management/GTM Software & Systems
KEYWORDS GT Nexus SAP
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Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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