Linux Professional Institute appoints Regional Manager for Latin America (Toronto, Canada: November 8, 2005) – The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification organization announced the appointment of José Carlos Rodrigues Gouveia as Regional Director of Latin America for LPI. José Carlos is a long time senior executive within the IT sector in Latin America.
"We are very pleased that José Carlos has generously agreed to work with LPI to advance our continued growth in the Latin American region. Those familiar with LPI will know that Brazil has long been a leader within our family of world affiliates. José Carlos' solid business background in Brazil will ensure that we continue that tradition while pursuing steady growth and market penetration throughout Latin America," said Jim Lacey, Chairman of the Office of the CEO and the Board of Directors of the Linux Professional Institute. Mr. Lacey added that a number of opportunities have recently developed throughout the Latin America region which require a stronger LPI presence. Before joining LPI, José Carlos worked the last five years for SGI-Silicon Graphics as Area General Manager for Latin America. He has also worked as a General Manager for Novell, Platinum Technologies, PeopleSoft and J.D.Edwards in the region and as a director for Anderson Consulting (Accenture) and Dun & Bradstreet Software. "The Linux Professional Institute is an organization I have long admired for its commitment to promoting Linux and Open Source professionalism. It has also been an important part of the larger adoption of Linux throughout the region. I look forward to making a contribution to this effort at a time when the demand for Linux skills is rapidly growing throughout Latin America," said José Carlos. José Carlos is from São Paulo, Brazil and in addition to Portuguese, he speaks English, Spanish and Italian. José Carlos holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Campinas - UNICAMP with a post-graduate degree in Marketing from PUC Rio de Janeiro (Pontifical Catholic University). He was also a Professor of the production engineering school at FEI – Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial in Brazil. José Carlos has a long history of industry leadership in the region having worked in such cities as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia (Brazil), Bueonos Aires (Argentina), Caracas (Venezuela) and Mexico City (Mexico). José Carlos has more than 20 years experience in senior management and strategic positions working for software, hardware, consulting and services companies. He has attended President's Clubs for both SGI and J.D.Edwards and received numerous industry awards for acheiving revenue and margin goals. Included amongst his outstanding career service is the following: - management of a 70+ person team in locations dispersed throughout the region, generating revenues in excess of US $40 M annually and achieving region-wide technology product leadership in the Petroleum exploration and production sector - management of a 50+ person team throughout Brazil to achieve US$ 25 M revenues through innovative re-organization and channel strategies while implementing new e-business solutions and strategic alliances - management and execution of business and personnel transition during the acquisition of a $1B year company - start-up of a 30 person technology company resulting in more than US$ 5 million revenues in the first year of operation and subsequently going on to achieve more than US$30M per year in annual revenues José Carlos as Regional Director for Latin America for the Linux Professional Institute will focus on increasing LPI's partnerships and alliances within the region's business community while ensuring the ongoing marketing of LPI certification exams amongst candidates throughout Latin America. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is an internationally recognized, vendor-independent organization advocating and assisting the professional use of Linux, Open Source and Free Software, through the certification of Linux professionals. Established as a non-profit organization in 1999, LPI is community based and supported. LPI’s certification program is delivered worldwide in seven languages. The organization has delivered over 90,000 Level One and Level Two certification exams, globally, since the program’s inception. LPI supports affiliates on five continents, including Brazil, Bulgaria, United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia, China, France, the UK and South Africa. -- 30 -- The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional certification for the Linux operating system, independent of software vendors or training providers. Established as an international non-profit organization in 1999 by the Linux community, LPI develops accessible, internationally-recognized certification programs which have earned the respect of vendors, employers and administrators. LPI's activities involve hundreds of volunteers and professionals throughout the world in many different capacities, and the group encourages active public involvement through mailing lists and its website at www.lpi.org. LPI's multi-level program of exams is administered globally through Pearson VUE and Prometric testing centers. LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM (NYSE:IBM), Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, Maxspeed, Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL), SGI (NYSE:SGI), and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), IDG and Wave Technologies. 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