OpenConnect Names David Sires Vice President, Healthcare Insurance Solutions

Dallas, TX August 24, 2009 - OpenConnect has announced the promotion of David Sires to Vice President, Healthcare Insurance Solutions. Sires joined OpenConnect in 1994 as senior sales executive and in 2004 became Director, Strategic Account Sales. In his new role, Sires will be responsible for further expanding OpenConnect’s presence among healthcare insurance organizations.

“I am very pleased to welcome David into this new role,” said senior vice president Jerry Chappell. “With his successes and experience in healthcare insurance, David will continue to play a pivotal role in our company’s growth while ensuring our healthcare insurance clients achieve the benefits and customer satisfaction associated with our business process discovery and analytics solution Comprehend™.”

Prior to his new role, Sires was instrumental in developing OpenConnect’s healthcare Insurance presence by helping a number of Blue Cross Blue Shield healthcare insurance organizations improve operational efficiency in claims processing, auditing, and membership and enrollment practices. Sires previously held senior-level sales positions at Tricord Systems, Sequent and Altos Computer Systems.

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OpenConnect business process discovery and analytics solutions deliver event-driven intelligence to automatically discover workforce, process and customer variations that hinder operational efficiency. Armed with this information, executives can make the quick and incremental improvements that will increase process efficiency, improve employee productivity, reduce cost, and raise profitability. With a rich history of developing innovative technology, OpenConnect's products are distributed in more than 60 countries and used by more than 60 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information on OpenConnect, visit www.oc.com.