Hyperion Appoints New vice president for APAC Region

Hyperion, a global leader in business analysis software, announced the promotion of Karl Mouantri to the position of vice president of its APAC (Asia, Pacific, Australia and Central America) region. Mr. Mouantri previously held the post of Managing Director of Hyperion Corporation Japan.

Stephen Imbler, Hyperion's president and chief operating officer, said, "I'm very pleased that Karl has agreed to take on this challenging new role. He has a strong record of performance with Hyperion, both in Europe and in Japan. With his proven leadership skills and extensive product knowledge, we believe Karl is the ideal candidate to drive Hyperion's future growth in the APAC region."

Karl Mouantri said, "I'm delighted to accept this role. This is an exciting time to take leadership of Hyperion's APAC region. Hyperion is focusing on Financial Management, Customer Analysis and custom analytic applications built on our market-leading Hyperion Essbase technology. These give us the best business intelligence platform available anywhere with which to address the needs of the varied and diverse Asia/Pacific enterprise software market. As more and more of our products become available in local languages we see a great opportunity for Hyperion to establish the position of market leader in Asia that it enjoys in other parts of the world."

About Karl Mouantri

Karl Mouantri began his career with Hyperion in 1989 in Italy, Hyperion's then European headquarters. He established a network of distributors and direct operations across Europe before moving to Hyperion's German operation in 1992. There he was the principal pre-sales consultant that helped Hyperion close its biggest sale to date, to Siemens.

In 1995 he moved to Singapore, where he established Hyperion Asia Pacific Headquarters. In addition he has been the driving force for the expansion and establishment of additional direct offices in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.

As the Managing Director of Hyperion Corporation Japan, Mr. Mouantri oversaw the operations of around 50 staff, Selling and Servicing a customer base of about 1,100 corporate customers and a partner network comprising of 15 partners.

Mr. Mouantri holds an MBA from Schiller International University in Paris. He also has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Schiller International University in London. A Swedish national, Mr. Mouantri speaks fluent English, French, Italian, German, and of course, Swedish.

About Hyperion

Hyperion is a global leader in business analysis software. Hyperion helps managers succeed by helping their companies achieve greater performance and profitability. Business leaders use Hyperion products and services to plan, manage and execute on strategies by analyzing information on e-business initiatives, supply chain execution, customers, operations and finance. The company's market-leading Hyperion Essbase technology, packaged business analysis applications and tools are used by more than 6,000 organizations worldwide, including 86 of the Fortune 100, 64 of the Nikkei Top 100 in Japan and more than 40 of the Financial Times European Top 100. In addition, more than 400 Hyperion alliance partners deliver technology, applications and services to increase the flexibility and choice for customers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company has offices in 22 countries. More information is available at www.hyperion.com, info@hyperion.com, or 800-286-8000.

Contact Robin Christie of Brodeur Worldwide, 408-324-4848, rchristie@brodeur.com, for Hyperion.