Three E2open Executives Named 2015 Pros to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- E2open (NASDAQ: EOPN), the leading provider of cloud-based solutions for collaborative planning and execution across global trading networks, today announced that Geoff Annesley, Pawan Joshi and Steve Lykken have been recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine as 2015 Pros to Know, a listing of top supply and demand chain industry professionals. The annual list, which has included 14 E2open executives to date, recognizes leading supply chain professionals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the modern supply chain and are leading initiatives to help businesses prepare their supply chains for the significant challenges of today's global business climate.

"At E2open, I have the honor of working with an outstanding team of supply chain experts who, above all, are committed to our customers' success," said Mark Woodward, President and CEO at E2open. "Our depth of talent is evident in the highly innovative ways that visionaries like Geoff, Pawan and Steve have transformed our customers' businesses by helping them unlock true value from their supply chains. I am pleased to congratulate them as the latest in a long line of E2open executives to be selected as Pros to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive."

Geoff Annesley, General Manager, Semiconductor at E2open, has extensive knowledge and experience in creating world-class enterprise manufacturing software in the high technology and semiconductor manufacturing industries. He brings a deep passion for the early visibility that enables supply chains to be more effective, bridging from the design phase through prototypes to production, ultimately improving new product introductions across a wide range of industries.

A highly regarded supply chain expert with more than two decades of experience, Pawan Joshi, Vice President, Strategy, has researched and developed new business models for supply chain visibility and orchestration, led technology organizations to develop solutions to support these models, and helped clients deploy these solutions and roll out innovative supply chain transformations to realize multi-million dollar benefits.

With a wealth of knowledge in supply chain management, E2open's Vice President of Customer Solutions Steve Lykken has more than 25 years of deep functional and IT systems expertise across the domains of demand and supply planning, collaboration and execution, sales and operations planning (S&OP), and product development. His peers regularly credit him as a major contributor to their respective companies' rapid growth.

"Supply chain is increasingly recognized as a strategic differentiator for leading small, medium and large enterprises. At the same time, supply chain leaders have become vital to the success of the enterprise in meeting the challenges of what can only be described as an unsettled economy," said Barry Hochfelder, Editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Our Pros to Know listing highlights many of these outstanding executives and their accomplishments, and it offers a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage."

Full coverage of the 2015 Pros to Know Awards will be available in the March issue of the magazine and on the website at www.sdcexec.com. Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage.

More than 41,000 trading partners and 140,000 unique registered users currently participate in the E2open Business Network, which allows participants to share plans and data and execute business processes in a secure, real-time manner. The E2open Business Network also provides collaboration tools and analytics so that E2open customers can make more informed and efficient decisions. For more information on E2open, visit the company's website, follow the company on Twitter at @E2open, or visit us on LinkedIn.

About E2open
E2open (NASDAQ: EOPN) is the leading provider of cloud-based, on-demand software solutions enabling enterprises to procure, manufacture, sell, and distribute products more efficiently through collaborative planning and execution across global trading networks. Enterprises use E2open solutions to gain visibility into and control over their trading networks through the real-time information, integrated business processes, and advanced analytics that E2open provides. E2open customers include Avnet, Celestica, Cisco, HP, IBM, Lenovo, L'Oreal, Motorola Solutions, NVIDIA, Seagate and Vodafone. E2open is headquartered in Foster City, California with operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.e2open.com. 

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