Citect, one of the world's largest real-time intelligence and industrial automation software companies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christopher Crowe as Chief Executive Officer effective 1st April, 2008.

Mr. Crowe takes over the helm for Citect from Mr. John Ross who has announced his retirement after over 38 years within the electrical industry environment.

With a wealth of automation and control experience spanning some 22 years, Mr. Crowe previously held the position of Vice President Global Sales & Services for Citect and has also held a number of executive positions with Schneider Electric (Australia) over the past decade including General Manager Sales, General Manager Automation and General Manager Marketing.

In his earlier years, Mr. Crowe worked with a number of automation solution companies such as Analog Devices, Yokogawa, Intellution and Wonderware, among others.

Celebrating both their 35 year anniversary and CitectSCADA’s 21 year history this year, Citect has long been a key player in the automation world. With significant growth across both the SCADA and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) space in recent years, continued market expansion strategies and further product launches on the horizon, Citect remain committed to being at the forefront of delivering innovative, reliable and cost effective solutions in the years to come.

“Today more than ever, there is a growing demand for solutions that deliver real-time access to plant and business information, enabling optimized production processes and increased profit margins”, says Christopher Crowe, Citect’s newly appointed Chief Executive Officer. “Citect is ideally geared to meet this challenge with our complete product mix offering the complete end-to-end solution”. Mr. Crowe added “The key to this lies not only in the timeliness of the data acquisition, but more so in the intelligent synchronization and integration allowing for prioritized action from key decision makers.”

About Citect
Citect is a global provider of industrial and facilities automation, real-time intelligence, and next generation manufacturing execution systems (MES). Leveraging open technologies, CitectSCADA, CitectFacilities and Ampla connect to multiple plant and business systems. Its products are complemented by Professional Services, Global Customer Support and Educational Services. Distributed in more than 80 countries worldwide, Citect solutions are installed in numerous industries: mining, metals, food and beverage, manufacturing, facilities, water/wastewater, oil & gas, power generation/distribution and pharmaceuticals. Citect has offices in Oceania, Africa, the Americas, China, Europe, India, Japan and Southeast Asia.
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Courtesy of Citect