Industry veterans join Vistagy sales force to drive continued growth and new market opportunities for specialized engineering softwareVistagy, a leading global provider of specialised engineering software, has announced it has expanded its worldwide sales force to more effectively capitalise on new growth opportunities in the aerospace and automotive design and manufacturing industries. These career sales professionals have been hired to increase revenue and respond more quickly to customer needs across North America and Europe. 'The demand for specialised engineering software has increased throughout the aerospace and automotive industries, and as a result, our company is experiencing unprecedented growth across the globe,' said Mel Passarelli, vice president of worldwide sales at Vistagy.

'By expanding our sales force now and bringing in these industry veterans, Vistagy will be in an optimal position to capitalise on new revenue opportunities while helping solve our customers' most complex design and manufacturing challenges'.

The following sales professionals will help customers maximise the efficiency of their product development process with Vistagy's expanding line of CAD-integrated specialised engineering software, including fibreSIM composites software, the Airframe Design Environment for airframe assembly and the Seat Design Environment for automotive seat design:.

* Ray Gorman - Mr Gorman joined Vistagy in 2002 and has demonstrated proven experience in working with key customers to identify and solve technical challenges in their product design and development processes.

Prior to joining Vistagy, he held various sales and product development positions at SolidWorks, Spatial Technology and ATandT.

Now, as part of his sales responsibilities, Mr Gorman will manage accounts in the western regions of the United States and Canada.

* John Doheny - Mr Doheny is a career marketing and sales professional with more than twenty years of experience at both private and public companies.

Prior to Vistagy, he worked at a number of engineering and technology companies including Artisoft/Vertical Communications, Technology Associates, Cisco Systems and Siemens - establishing and executing on successful go-to-market strategies for a variety of products and channels.

Mr Doheny is located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and will work with Vistagy customers in the south central region of North America as well as in South America.

* Daniel Hogan - Mr Hogan brings fifteen years of sales leadership experience in the software and engineering industries to Vistagy.

He worked as a successful field sales representative at leading software providers such as Invention Machine and IBM/Rational Software as well as innovative companies including 3COM, AIG and Astro Chemicals.

Mr Hogan will work closely with customers in the Northeast and Southeast regions of the United States and eastern regions of Canada.

* David Watson - Mr Watson has been a sales and engineering professional for nearly thirty years and has worked at a number of leading engineering companies across the United Kingdom including Cenit, Desktop Engineering, British Federal and GKN Hardy Spicer.

He has deep experience in selling high-end CAD/CAM/PDM software systems.

He will be based in the United Kingdom and will manage accounts across the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.