Tom Bowe becomes vice president in his new role and will have particular responsibility for ‘enhancing and extending current product capabilities, identifying new market opportunities, increasing Metrix’s global presence, and leading all development efforts across the company.’

Previously Bowe was director of product marketing at Siebel, the customer relationship management (CRM) software leader bought by Oracle last year. He was hired in 1998 to create a new product line called Siebel Field Service and built it into a $50 million business over four years. 

‘This is a statement hire for Metrix. Attracting top talent from a world-class, Silicon Valley company like Oracle tells you who we are and where we are going,” said Larry Laux, chief executive officer of Metrix.

Bowe said: ‘This year is an inflection point, not only for Metrix, but also the software industry as SOA (service orientated applications) and RIA (remote internet access) technologies are embedded into next generation products.'