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Paul Vogel is senior vice president and managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for UGS PLM Software (UGS), a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.4 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, UGS' vision is to enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and services while leveraging open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling them to transform their process of innovation.
Based at UGS� European headquarters in Camberley, U.K., Vogel directs an organization that covers 40 countries and is responsible for all aspects of UGS� business in the region, including Sales, Sales Support and Services Delivery.
Vogel joined UGS from Global Exchange Services (GXS), a leading worldwide provider of business-to-business integration, synchronization and collaboration solutions, where he had served as vice president of sales for Europe since 2004.
Prior to his employment with GXS, he was a vice president and general manager for PeopleSoft in Europe, with responsibility for J.D. Edwards operations throughout EMEA. Originally joining J.D. Edwards in 1997, he quickly moved through a series of increasingly responsible positions, based on his ability to build strong effective organizations and achieve consistent growth in revenues and profit.
Paul spent 11 years at IBM in a number of sales and sales leadership roles. He was one of the first in the company to sell consulting services and led a team focused on moving the company into complex projects, outsourcing and systems integration. During this time he developed extensive international experience as part of a worldwide team responsible for developing IBM service offerings.
A graduate of Metropolitan University of London, Paul brings 20 years of experience in international sales and general management for software and services within a wide range of industries.
He lives in the UK, and enjoys spending most of his free time with his family. He has many sporting interests including football, rugby, cricket and motor sports. | 