Biography:Darren Roos
Darren Roos | |
|---|---|
| File:Darren Roos CEO IFS.jpg | |
| Born | November 9, 1974 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Education | University of South Africa |
| Title | CEO of IFS |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa Di Donato |
Darren Roos (born November 9, 1974) is a South African born business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of IFS.[1][2][3] Before joining IFS in April 2018, Roos served as President of SAP ERP Cloud and executive board member of Software AG.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Having worked for the startup Redflag Communications, he joined Dimension Data in 2001 and Software AG in 2005 and quickly progressed in its sales leadership joining its group executive board. He joined SAP in January 2014 and went on to hold several senior positions before becoming President of SAP's global Cloud ERP. He joined IFS in April 2018 as its CEO.[10][11][12] He also serves on the board of Sitecore and had been a non-executive director of Micro Focus from 2017 to 2019.[13] In October 2020, Roos was awarded the CEO of the Year - 2020 in the Tech Ascension Awards.[14]
References
- ↑ Fernando, Nishel. "IFS poised to scale up operations in Sri Lanka". Daily Mirror. http://www.dailymirror.lk/business__main/IFS-poised-to-scale-up-operations-in-Sri-Lanka/245-163842.
- ↑ ""We would not be where we are today without Sri Lanka": IFS CEO". Daily FT. http://www.ft.lk/front-page/%E2%80%9CWe-would-not-be-where-we-are-today-without-Sri-Lanka%E2%80%9D--IFS-CEO/44-676339.
- ↑ "IFS Net Revenue Soars Beyond $600m in 2018 on Skyrocketing Cloud and License Sales". LMD. https://lmd.lk/ifs-net-revenue-soars-beyond-600m/.
- ↑ "Darren Roos Chief Executive Officer, Industrial & Financial Systems". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/17384815. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Darren Roos". IFS AB. https://www.ifs.com/us/company/governance/executive-management/darren-roos/. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Darren Roos Appointed to Software AG Group Executive Board as COO for EMEA". businesswire.com. August 22, 2011. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110822005575/en/Darren-Roos-Appointed-to-Software-AG-Group-Executive-Board-as-COO-for-EMEA. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ Howard, Courtney. "Executive interview: IFS CEO Darren Roos sees sea change in cloud, SaaS adoption worldwide". https://www.sae.org/news/2020/01/executive-interview-ifs-ceo-darren-roos-sees-sea-change-in-cloud-saas-adoption-worldwide. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ Bridgwater, Adrian. "IFS New CEO: Cloud Is No Leap Of Faith". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2018/03/09/ifs-new-ceo-cloud-is-no-leap-of-faith/#6abfa465255f. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ Howlett, Den (28 January 2020). "IFS shines as it reports 2019 numbers". https://diginomica.com/ifs-shines-it-reports-2019-numbers-0. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ Kun, Bette. "Local boy makes good". ITWeb. https://www.itweb.co.za/content/lwrKxq3DK1Dvmg1o.
- ↑ McKenna, Brian. "FS CEO Darren Roos: Customer investment in cloud and digital has held up during Covid". Computer Weekly. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486940/IFS-CEO-Darren-Roos-Customer-investment-in-cloud-and-digital-has-held-up-during-Covid.
- ↑ "Trends and challenges that will impact businesses". IT-Online. 6 May 2021. https://it-online.co.za/2021/05/06/trends-and-challenges-that-will-businesses/.
- ↑ "Micro Focus International PLC Director declaration and resignation". Financial Times. https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-14209174-34G8HFF2CIAA3QB6DI3B32VQF9. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "2020 CEO and Leadership Award Winners". Tech Ascension Awards. https://www.techascensionawards.com/ceo-leadership-winners-2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
 |  |
