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Progress Software Corporation has named Henry Hicks as Industry Vice President, Supply Chain. A long-time advocate for the optimization of the virtual supply chain, Hicks will drive the market strategy and solution development for Progress Software's global Supply Chain Practice, helping customers gain real-time foresight into disruptions and offering them the ability to conquer supply chain complexity and meet service level agreements. Hicks' unparalleled expertise in sales and marketing strategy and supply chain management has been honed through a breadth of strategic positions. Recently, Hicks was the Vice President of Worldwide Services Sales and Marketing for Lenovo Computers and was responsible for long-term growth strategies and overall sales performance of the division. Prior to Lenovo, Hicks was a Vice President at Capgemini Consulting and led the West Supply Chain Practice, where he advised clients on how to optimize and virtualize their supply chains. He has also held key roles with Deloitte, Dell, Frito Lay and UPS.

Jay Bhatt, president and chief executive officer, Progress Software said: "Business leaders need real visibility to mitigate risks and take quick, decisive actions, and the supply chain presents an enormous opportunity to realize these benefits. Hicks' expertise and leadership will help Progress customers deploy supply chain technologies that enable them to become more operationally responsive and build market share."

Hicks earned his bachelor's degree in Operations Management from Auburn University and his master's of business administration from Emory University.

Progress Open Edge 11.0 will not include Linux support for Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge (formerly OE Architect) as previously planned. After a review of Progress-wide tooling strategies, the OE release team has decided to shelf new Linux support in OE 11 so that they may better align with the tooling platforms of other products in the Progress portfolio. MS Windows will remain the only supported platform for progress Developer Studio.

Session proposals are now being accepted for PUG Challenge Americas 2012.  The goal of the conference is to deliver valuable and highly technical content to people involved in developing, integrating, managing and improving Progress applications.

Presentations can include both Progress and non-Progress technologies that support or complement Progress applications.  Sessions could be organized as a detailed "how-to" presentation, a case study demonstrating an implementation or a Best Practices illustration. Regular session slots are 60 minutes long and should allow time for Q&A following your presentation. Workshops are 3 hours long and include lab-like exercises. Participants will bring their own computers, but we will facilitate cloud deployment of workshop materials.

Submissions for talks should include:

* Presenter name, company, job title, and contact information

* Title of talk

* Short summary

* Intended audience

* Outline

* Suggested tags appropriate to the talk (4GL, Database, SaaS,

Performance etc.)

* Speaker bio

Please submit your proposals on or before December 31st, 2011 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .