Vignette appoints Asia Pacific VP

Vignette Corp., a provider of integrated content management applications, has announced the appointment of Neil Weston as vice president and general manager for the company’s Asia Pacific region.

Weston, who has more than 30 years of experience in the information technology industry, will lead Vignette’s growing operation in the region.

Weston comes to Vignette from Siebel Systems Inc, where as vice president he led the sales organization for Northern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to taking that post, Weston served for three years as managing director for Siebel Systems UK Ltd.

Before joining Siebel Systems, Weston worked for six years at Oracle Corp. in a variety of leadership positions, including those of managing director of the Australasia region and general manager for the energy business unit in the United Kingdom. Before joining Oracle, Weston served as director of strategic business accounts at Data General in London.

Weston attended Australian National University in Canberra.

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